Box 606761874
Container
Contains 50 Results:
Hawksley, immigration, and Inyanga (Nyanga), 1896-1902
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11-C13
Letter from Hawksley about allegations made against him by Chamberlain, reiterating his opinion that the whole truth must come out at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Jameson Raid, 28 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 1
Note: Filed after item 5, but belonging here, is a group of five letters from W.T. Stead to Hawksley (22-29 Jan 1897) relating to the Inquiry; Rhodes's interview with Chamberlain and subsequent policy; the influence of [George] Wyndham, Maguire, and Rutherfoord Harris; Stead and Hawksley's views on how matters should be handled, the degree of cooperation between them, and reasons why Stead published 'The History of the Mystery'; with references to Edmund Garrett, Labouchere, Lady Warwick,...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Jan 1897
Letter from Hawksley agreeing to abide by instructions not to produce the cables, and commenting on the course of the Inquiry and on the behaviour of Chamberlain and of Lord Selborne, Parliamentary U-S/S Col: with a reference to Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe), 5 Jun 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 2
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
5 Jun 1897
Letter from Hawksley about the Select Committee Report, the effect on public opinion, and the consequences for Charter (the British South Africa Company), 28 Aug 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 3
He regrets that his advice was not taken; fears that, with Chamberlain at the Colonial Office, he cannot usefully continue to act for Charter (the British South Africa Company); and comments on Stead's difficulties with his American editor, on the rights of De Beers Life Governors, and on Dalston.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Aug 1897
Letter from Hawksley about complicated points relating to the De Beers accounts and the Life Governors' Rights, 4 Sep 1897
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 4
The letter is intended to accompany a letter from Philipson-Stow about making Baring-Gould a Life Governor of De Beers.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Sep 1897
Letter from Hawksley advising Rhodes that he is contractually bound to continue monthly payments to Tweed for his work on the Shangani memorial despite his disapproval of a bust Tweed has been commissioned to produce by a Bulawayo committee [headed by Weston Jarvis], 4 Sep 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 5
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Sep 1897
Letter from Hawksley about the Colonial Office's proposals for the future of Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe) and related financial problems to be discussed at a special Board meeting; with comments on the change in official policy over Bechuanaland (Botswana) and the Ganza (sic) trek, and references to Selborne and Jameson, 29 Jan 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 6
Two enclosures referred to are missing.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Jan 1898
Letter from Hawksley about threats of litigation by Tweed, with related enclosures, 20 Aug 1898
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 7
Also about:
the Cape elections, and a speech by Grey on cooperation [between Charter (the British South Africa Company) and the Colonial Office?]
proposed alterations to Cape mail routes
a codicil to Rhodes's will
J.J. Atmore's affairs.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Aug 1898
Letter from Hawksley about changes in Rhodes's will; Cape political affairs, in particular redistribution; Rhodes's prospects of achieving his Northern policy once Prime Minister; and Jameson's reluctance to return to South African politics, 26 Nov 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 8
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Nov 1898
Cable from Hawksley about Tweed's panels for the Shangani memorial, forwarded by R.H. Blanckenburg; with shorthand notes of reply, 4 Jun 1901
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 9
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Jun 1901
Letter from Hawksley about the purchase of Dalham, intended to accompany a copy of a cable from Mrs Scholtz [relating to a case involving the Princess Radziwill] in connection with which Rhodes has sworn an affidavit, 10 Jan 1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 11
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Jan 1902
Letter from Hawksley about the forthcoming trial of the Princess and information from Miss Littlejohn about letters and bills of exchange apparently forged by the Princess, 25 Jan 1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 12
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jan 1902
Letter from Hawksley hoping for news of Rhodes and instructions about Dalham, enclosing a printed copy of an agreement between De Beers and Messrs Wernher Beit and others [known as the Syndicate] over the sale of diamonds (2 Dec 1901), 22 Jul 1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C11, item 13
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Jul 1902
Two maps of Inyanga (Nyanga) farms, [1897?]
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, item 1
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
[1897?]
Letter from H.J. Pickett [Government Surveyor, Umtali (Mutare)], agreeing to buy Inyanga (Nyanga) solely on Rhodes's account (draft in Rhodes's hand), Dec 1896
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, item 2
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
Dec 1896
Correspondence between Edward Vigne, Pickett, Coryndon, and Rhodes about buying Vigne's farm Erin (endorsed by Rhodes), 28 Dec 1896-15 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, item 3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Dec 1896-15 Jan 1897
Letter from Pickett about paying for farms bought by Rhodes; with a related Minute from the Chief Accountant, Salisbury (Harare), to Lawley, and a detailed report from J. Grimmer on some Inyanga (Nyanga) farms, 7 Jun-[15 Jul?] 1897
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, items 4-5
Reports on the following Inyanga (Nyanga) farms:
the Anglo-French block
Jaeger's Block
Fotheringham's
Vigne's Bideford
Wicklow and Withington
Jeffries.
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
7 Jun-[15 Jul?] 1897
Letter from George Corderoy about a misunderstanding over the basis of the sale of the Corderoy block, enclosing a copy of a related letter from his Umtali (Mutare) agent, A.H. Reynolds, and an attested copy of a letter from Coryndon, 7 Apr-5 Nov 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, item 6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Apr-5 Nov 1897
Letter from Vigne, Mallett, and Honey, Salisbury (Harare), enclosing a copy of a letter from J.M. Orpen, Surveyor-General, Salisbury (Harare), about titles to Inyanga (Nyanga) farms bought on behalf of Rhodes, for which sketch maps are needed; with a related letter from Orpen to Rhodes, 16-17 Dec 1897
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, item 7
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16-17 Dec 1897
Letter from H. Scott Turner, Resident Magistrate, Umtali (Mutare), about expenditure on and revenue from the Inyanga (Nyanga) enterprise, which he finds it difficult to supervise given the distance and pressure of official business, 3 Jun-7 Jul 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C13, items 8-9
With references to the Boundary Commission and to Umtali (Mutare)'s economic situation.
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
3 Jun-7 Jul 1898