Box 606761875
Container
Contains 82 Results:
Letter to Jourdan about buying farms, including Woollandale; stocking the De Beers farms; and the fencing he needs, 12 Oct 1899
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 40
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Oct 1899
Letter about the dam, the contractor, stock, and fencing, 9 Nov 1899
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 41
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 Nov 1899
Letter recommending the renewal of the guarantee for Colenbrander's overdraft on certain conditions, 16 Nov 1899
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 42
With related letters from the African Banking Corporation (9-16 Nov).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Nov 1899
Letter to Michell about expenditure on the darn (with a related progress graph), increasing the catchment area, and obtaining fittings via Beira as the Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) line is cut, 12 Feb 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 43
Also about the war, resulting company closures and individual hardships; and the health and employment prospects of Michell's son Frank.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Feb 1900
Five letters to Michell enclosing accounts and reporting on progress (with a related report by Laidman) and on his purchase of a Lechwe ram for Rhodes; commenting on the war and Frank Michell's movements; recommending the purchase of some large nuggets (with enclosed photographs - now missing); and enquiring about Rhodes, 3 Mar-20 Apr 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 44
Bound here is a letter from W. Smith, Govt House gardener, reporting on soil and agricultural prospects in the Sauerdale valley (20 Jul).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 Mar-20 Apr 1900
Letter to Michell reporting on the dam's progress and enclosing a related diagram and a letter congratulating Rhodes on his release from Kimberley and announcing his intention of leaving Sampson's Company, 9 Mar 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, items 45-46
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
9 Mar 1900
Letter to Michell enclosing a statement of Rhodes's stock in Matabeleland, 6 Mar 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 47
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Mar 1900
Letters to Michell about buying the nuggets; financial arrangements during his absence in England; Frank Michell's future employment; and constant alterations to the dam ordered by Rhodes; with a diagram showing its progress, 12-14 Apr 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 48
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12-14 Apr 1900
Letter enclosing a report by Laidman on the proposed deviation of the Malema catchment into the dam, 14 Apr 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 49
Duplicate of that enclosed with MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 44). Recommending the scheme as a means of supplying Bulawayo with water; and urging the purchase of Alnwick/Woollandale.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Apr 1900
Letter to Jourdan on a variety of topics, including buying two Woollandale farms for Rhodes, and Arthur Rhodes's refusal to buy four others, 14 Oct 1900
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 50
And enclosing a letter from Halse about the dam and participating in a De Beers cattle-ranching scheme, and a letter from Laidman.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Oct 1900
Letter to Rhodes about the dam valves; Halse's oxen losses, which are causing delay until grazing improves; Woollandale; Halse and the De Beers block; distribution of cattle; and buck given to Rhodes by Colenbrander: with a reference to Capt. Cameron [of Cameron's Horse], 19 Oct 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 51
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Oct 1900
Letter to Jourdan about Colenbrander's buck, a lucerne drill, and cattle promised by Rhodes to a De Beers 'boy', Jim, 22 Oct 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 52
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Oct 1900
Letter to Jourdan about pulling down the old Goldfields building and erecting a new one with quarters for Rhodes and Metcalfe; his wish to act as agent for De Beers; and farming matters, 29 Oct 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 53
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Oct 1900
Letter to Jourdan about the farms (with related accounts) and personnel, including his misgivings about giving Ross and Huntley the lucerne contract; cattle for Grimmer; and 'Jim', 13 Nov 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 54
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Nov 1900
Letter to Rhodes about; farming activities, difficulties, and mismanagement; items ordered for Grimmer; transport difficulties; Laidman's progress with the dam; and building the hotel, 20 Nov 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 55
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Nov 1900
Letter to Jourdan about distributing cattle; demolishing the Goldfields buildings; and Grimmer and his accounts, 25 Nov 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 56
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Nov 1900
Telegram to Rhodes about the dam and the doctor's recommendations for Le Sueur, 7 Dec 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 57
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Dec 1900
Letter to Rhodes about Le Sueur and Grimmer; distributing stock; Halse's losses and wish to participate in the De Beers ranching scheme; the Malema furrows; Laidman's industry; progress with the hotel; and farming matters, 10 Dec 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 58
With enclosed notes from Ross and Huntley.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Dec 1900
Letter to Jourdan about the dam; the effects of drought and locusts; Huntley's plans; Laidman's quarters; Le Sueur's health; and Woolls Sampson, 18 Dec 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 59
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
18 Dec 1900
Letter to Jourdan enclosing correspondence between himself and Ross about the latter's cattle losses, 13 Feb 1901
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C14, item 60
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Feb 1901