Box 606761877
Container
Contains 80 Results:
Letter from Humphrey Hayes, Mining Engineer, reporting on the Millwood goldfields near Knysna, 22-27 Aug 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 1
Suggesting that Rhodes form a syndicate to develop the payable reefs he has discovered; and offering his services at a nominal fee: with a reply from Lewis Mansergh on behalf of Rhodes.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22-27 Aug 1890
Demands from the Official Liquidators of the Cape of Good Hope Bank Ltd. for immediate settlement of Rhodes's overdraft, 3 Oct 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, items 2-3
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
3 Oct 1890
Letter from Francis Dormer to Currey about his position as a shareholder of the Union Bank, and an overdraft at the Cape of Good Hope Bank guaranteed by Rhodes; with a related sworn statement, 14 Oct 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 4
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Oct 1890
Letter from R. Littlejohn, Cape of Good Hope Bank, London, expressing regret that the Bank refused Rhodes's help and asking whether Rhodes is interested in supporting an African Banking Corporation scheme to establish a new bank, 17 Oct 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 5
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Oct 1890
Letter from Dormer about the position in respect of his overdraft guaranteed by Rhodes, 27 Oct 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Oct 1890
Letter from H. Feltham, Pretoria, informing Rhodes that he has paid the sum owing in respect of Dormer's overdraft, 29 Nov 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 7
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Nov 1890
Letter, annotated by Hayes, from T.E. Candler, General Manager, Knysna Consolidated Gold Mining Company, about the withdrawal of a parliamentary grant to his Company, which he attributes to a report by Thomas Bain, 29 Nov 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 8
With a copy of a related letter to John Barrington, Portland Estate.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Nov 1890
Letters from the Liquidators of the Cape Bank about payments due in respect of Dormer's overdraft, 6-8 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, items 9-10
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
6-8 Dec 1890
Letters, marked Private, from Henry Mitchell, a Johannesburg stockbroker, giving his views on the state and needs of the Rand, and offering to go to Mashonaland (Zimbabwe), 9-27 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, items 11-12
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
9-27 Dec 1890
Letter from the Commanding Officer of SS Labrador suggesting an exploratory survey of the possibilities of Arctic whaling and sea-fishing from a base at the Cape, 31 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 13
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
31 Dec 1890
Notes by H.W. Carrington Wilmer on mining and other interests acquired by Europeans in North Namaqualand and Damaraland, 12 Jan 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 14
A map referred to is missing.
Extents: 16 pages
Dates:
12 Jan 1891
Letter from J.E. Scott about the price they are prepared to accept for Witkopje farm, 4 Mar 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 15
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Mar 1891
Letter from Hawksley to Currey enclosing copies of a letter from R.D. Graham about his dispute with [W.?] Alderson over the terms of a promissory note involving his house and furniture in Kimberley, and of related letters from [Dr] Edward Vigne and P.J. Haarhoff (29 Mar-9 Jun 1890), 4 Jun 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 16
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Jun 1891
Telegram from P.W. Michau, Kimberley, to J.H. Hofmeyr suggesting immediate action to reconstruct the Cape Bank as its failure is ruinous to farmers and public, 22 Sep [1890?] (dated in error 1892)
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 17
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Sep [1890?] (dated in error 1892)
Letter from T.W. Hague sending a cheque for profits due to Rhodes as a member of the Bluejacket Syndicate interested in Hague's store on the Murchison Range; with related accounts, 9 Jan 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 18
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 Jan 1893
Letter from A.L. de Jager thanking Rhodes for joining Sivewright, Currie, Beit, Bucknall Bros, Hill and Paddon, and others in subscribing towards an Edinburgh Students Club, 10 Mar 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 19
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Mar 1893
Letter from Abe Bailey about Mrs Bezuidenhout's categoric refusal to sell her farm, his suspicions that Rietfonteins are being cornered, his subscription to Rhodes's telegraph scheme, and wish to participate in any future enterprise, 29 Mar 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 20
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Mar 1893
Letter from Dormer about Mashonaland (Zimbabwe), improved business in Rietfonteins and Goldfields, and Robinson's attempts to outdo Ecksteins, 2 Apr 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 21
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Apr 1893
Letter from Frank Johnson and Co. Ltd., requesting a cheque on account of Rhodes's interest in the Churchill Syndicate, 4 May 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 22
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 May 1893
Letter from Sir Donald Currie, who is proceeding with the construction of the Mount Nelson Hotel and requests subscriptions from De Beers, Rhodes, and his friends, 17 May 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 23
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 May 1893