Box 606941208
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Commission signed by Loch appointing Rhodes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (South Africa), 10 May 1893
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 327
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
10 May 1893
British South Africa Company Trust Deed for securing £25,000 mortgage debentures and £500,000 debentures stock, 27 Jun 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 328-347
Extents: 20 Leaves
Dates:
27 Jun 1894
Letter from Rhodes to the Archbishop of Cape Town offering to endow a scholarship to Oxford from the Diocesan College, Cape Town, and outlining the conditions for the contest, 22 Jan 1901
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 348
Photocopy and typescript transcription; see fols. 5-7, 142, and also MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 530-238.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
22 Jan 1901
Agreement between the Rhodes Trustees and George Parkin, empowering the latter to prepare a scheme for giving effect to the scholarship provisions Rhodes's will (copy, not signed), 12 Aug 1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 349-350
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
12 Aug 1902
C.J. Rhodes deceased: Statement showing sales of De Beers deferred shares and reinvestment of the proceeds, 8 Mar 1907
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 351
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
8 Mar 1907
Letter from Rhodes and Beit, Aug 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 352-359
Photocopy of original owned by Sir Alfred Beit.
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates:
Aug 1895
C.J. Rhodes: Miscellaneous papers, 1868-1907
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14
Holograph letters from Rhodes requesting that [C.W.] Boyd show [E.B. Iwan-Müller (Daily Telegraph leader-writer)] the Schnadhorst Correspondence in view of references in the press, [c. Aug 1901?]
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 1
Photocopy.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
[c. Aug 1901?]
Autograph letter from Rhodes asking Müller to publish two letters to Lord Milner and Arnold Foster about post-war land settlement in The Daily Telegraph, and to write a leader on the subject, 3 Dec 1901
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 2-4
Photocopy.
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
3 Dec 1901
Letter from Rhodes to the Archbishop of Cape Town about establishing a scholarship to Oxford from Diocesan College, Cape Town, 23 Jan 1901
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 5-7
Typescript copy, with covering letter.
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
23 Jan 1901
Holograph letter from Rhodes to [H.L.] Currey, sending thanks to [Rabbi A.P.] Bender and Rothhugel for offers to mediate with Princess Radziwill, 6 Jan 1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 8-9
These are not needed, as she has no letters from him that could not be published (see MSS. Afr. s. 229/VI).
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
6 Jan 1902
Letter from Rhodes requesting that Rudd and Co. undertake the ordering and shipment of a steam engine to C.D. Rudd at the Diamond Fields, 5 May 1876
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 10-11
Duplicate photocopies.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
5 May 1876
Copies of 23 letters from Rhodes to C.D. Rudd on matters affecting their business partnership at Kimberley, their personal finances, and their expansion into the Rand goldfields, 1874-1901
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 12-112
From Sep 1888, the emphasis shifts to acquiring and implementing a concession from Lobengula, and Rhodes becomes increasingly involved in Charter (the British South Africa Company) affairs, in which Rudd is not involved, except through De Beers and Goldfields of South Africa. In Mar 1889, they differ over the participation of Goldfields in this new venture, but relations recover quickly, and later letters show Rhodes advising in personal matters affecting Rudd's son, arranging for him to...
Extents: 101 Leaves
Dates:
1874-1901
Copies of letters from Rhodes to Sir Robert Herbert, with some letters to Herbert from Colonial Office colleagues, 1889-1892
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 113-141
Comprises:
(fols. 113-118) letter from Rhodes about containing Kruger's northern ambitions, which are behind the [Adendorff] trek, by keeping the Swaziland (Eswatini) question open until the Chartered Company occupies Mashonaland (Zimbabwe); with comments on the state of the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) and on Kruger's political motivation, [1889-1890?]
(fol. 119)...
Extents: 29 Leaves
Dates:
1889-1892
Typed copy of letter from Rhodes to the Archbishop of Cape Town, Mar 1900
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 142
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
Mar 1900
Photocopies of letters from Rhodes to Julius Wernher, Alfred Beit, Lord Grey, and Rochfort Maguire, 1889-1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 143-213
Comprises:
(fol. 143) letter to Wernher about sending [D.C.] de Waal profits on Charter (the British South Africa Company) shares sold on his behalf, May 1889
(fol. 144) letter asking Wernher to send (Capt. T.?] Tyson 200 Charter shares that Rhodes owes him, 25 May 1895
(fol. 145) copy of letter asking Wernher to give Bailey 100 of his own Charter shares as a present to...
Extents: 71 Leaves
Dates:
1889-1897
Holograph letter from Rhodes to Rudd about a steam engine he has ordered and a steam pump, 1 Jun 1876
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 214-229
With references to:
related contracts and business opportunities at Kimberley
the slump in diamond prices and the stock market generally
his Oxford experiences and Inner Temple plans
his determination to speculate more boldly
the success of his London property investments, in which he offers Rudd a share (original and printed copy, with...
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates:
1 Jun 1876
Holograph letter from Rhodes instructing F. Lowrey, Local Secretary, Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa (CGFSA), Johannesburg, to finance Michell in prospecting for coal [in Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)], 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 230-232
With a note on provenance by Jameson.
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
1890
Order, signed by Rhodes appointing Sir F. Carrington, Commandant of the British South Africa Company's Police in Bechuanaland (Botswana), the Protectorates, and elsewhere, 15 Feb 1830
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fol. 233
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
15 Feb 1830
Letter from Rhodes instructing [A.R.] Colquhoun how to proceed over a letter from Lobengula, which [James] Dawson will deliver, and which Rhodes dismisses as a scheme by settler opponents at Bulawayo, 22 Oct 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 14, fols. 234-235
It concerns marking out the royal ground (photocopy, with note on provenance).
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
22 Oct 1890