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Covering letter from Lewis Michell [Manager], Standard Bank of South Africa, [Cape Town], 2 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 1
Enclosing:
a list of securities and confidential papers held by him for Rhodes
an account of special payments [resulting from the Jameson Raid]
two draft letters (now missing).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Jan 1897
Letter about financial matters, 19 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 2
In particular:
acquiring options on Franshoek farms
subsidising Mrs Penstone's paper, the Owl
and an alleged promise by Rhodes to assist [H.J.] Pickett to buy land [near Umtali (Mutare)] (see C13)
with comments on Ons Land's reactions to the welcome given to Rhodes by Africanders (sic) and on the...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jan 1897
Letter about financial matters, in particular the amount of financial assistance claimed by Pickett, 26 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Jan 1897
Letter, marked Private, about pro- and anti-British alignments emerging among the Cape Dutch after Rhodes's recent visit; the encouraging number of moderate Dutch who refuse to be influenced by extremists; and the use of Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) secret service money to fan anti-British feeling, 26 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 4
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Jan 1897
Letters mainly about acquiring farms in the Drakenstein and Franshoek valleys (with related enclosures from H.E.V. Pickstone and Johan Jansen), and possibly acquiring Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) sugar estates, 1-18 Feb 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 5
With references to the indemnity claimed by the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West); to an interview between Kruger and J.B. Robinson; to Barnato's attempt to capture The Star; and to an advance to the City Club.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1-18 Feb 1897
Letter about enquiries into Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) sugar estates on Rhodes's behalf, and the Cape Copper Company [on Beit's behalf?], 6 May 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 May 1897
Letter about disbursements in connection with the fruit farms and other financial matters, 24 Jun 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 7
Including:
dealings in Rhodes's East Rietfontein shares
a draft made by T. Berry in favour of Capt. Radcliffe and debited to Rhodes's account
the position over De Beers Life Governorships following Barnato's death.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Jun 1897
Letter about Beira Railway and Charter (the British South Africa Company) debentures in which Rhodes is participating with Beit, with a reference to architect's expenses in connection with Groote Schuur, 1 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 8
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 Jul 1897
Letter about Rhodes's financial affairs, including East Rietfonteins and difficulties in drawing up a list of Rhodes's assets; and his account with Beit over Raid expenses, 6 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 9
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Jul 1897
Letter enclosing and commenting on Rhodes's account with the Bank (Apr-Jun), 8 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 10
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 Jul 1897
Letter about payments to Charter (the British South Africa Company) and for the purchase of property at Kalk Bay and elsewhere, 19 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 11
With an enclosed list of amounts debited to London Office to 31 Mar 1896 [in connection with the Raid?].
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jul 1897
Letter enclosing and commenting on letters from E. Birkenruth, Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa, Johannesburg, about East Rietfontein shares, 20 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 12
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Jul 1897
Letter replying to enquiries from Rhodes about Mrs Craven's financial position following her husband's death, 23 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 13
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jul 1897
Letter enclosing a statement of E.R. Syfret's accounts in connection with fruit farms jointly purchased by Rhodes and De Beers, and lists of related transfers, 23 Jul 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 14
With references to Rhodes's Indwe shares; to his interests in the City Club; to the position over inheriting De Beers Life Governorships; and to affairs handled by Syfret, including the contract for rebuilding Groote Schuur and the transfer of the Mowbray cricket ground.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jul 1897
Letter about Rietfontein transfer deeds; Beit's claim to a half-share in the proceeds from the [Matopos] hotel site; and Rhodes's account with Rothschilds (1895-1896), 24 Sep 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 15
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Sep 1897
Letter about payments from De Beers, 7 Oct 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 16
In connection with:
Life Governorships and fruit farms
financial transactions with Beit Rhodes's expenditure
McDonald
a settlement with Weil over a newspaper company (Du Toit Ltd.).
Bound with a letter from Pickstone about obtaining the right kind of managers for the fruit farms, with especial reference to the...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Oct 1897
Letter about Inyanga (Nyanga) personnel and expenses, 3 May 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 17
Includes:
an investment in the Bulawayo Cement Company
reasons for the depression in Bulawayo
payments for rebuilding Groote Schuur
J.B. Robinson
increasing Mrs Craven's pension from De Beers (with a related letter from the Griqualand West Board of Executors).
Enclosed is a request for a...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 May 1898
Letter to Jourdan answering a query about Rhodes's shares in the Cape Flats Railway Syndicate, and enclosing accounts for Masonic furnishings for the Umtali Lodge forwarded by Capt. Turner, and a related telegram from Rhodes agreeing to pay, 13 Jul 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 18
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Jul 1898
Letter about buying 'Wilmoed' (sic), near Stellenbosch, and other fruit farms, and paying an account for [Westacre ?] fencing, 14 Jul 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 19
With a related letter from Norris and a bill from the Caledonian Produce Agency.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Jul 1898
Letter enclosing and commenting on Rhodes's Jun account, and outlining arrangements for handling Rhodes's affairs and papers during his own absence from the Bank, 15 Jul 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C15, item 20
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Jul 1898