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A collection of printed and manuscript material bound in a single volume book. One of the documents within is related to the purchase of the Cape, dated 1673, with signatures of Khoi leaders.
List of items in G.13.b.45
Record 1 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR Chase, John Centlivres.
AUTHOR Evitas [pseud. John Centlivres Chase].
UNIFORM TI South Africa : no. 33, 55, 58, 61, manuscript, documents, historical, geographical, etc., 1838-1840 [manuscript].
TITLE Lines to education [manuscript] / Evitas.
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n.], 1824-1828.
PHYS DESCR p. 57-59.
NOTE Chase signed his name next to the pseudonym "Evitas" printed at the end of the poem.
NOTE Printed below title: "The following spirited Lines were sent to Mr Robertson, the indefatigable Government Teacher at Graaff-Reinet, after a Public Examination of the School." - with handwritten date, 23 December 1824.
NOTE Uniform title from spine.
NOTE Poem by John Centlivres Chase, extracted from Poetry of the Cape of Good Hope, selected from the periodical journals of the Colony, by R.J. Stapleton (Cape Town: G.Greig, 1828), pages 57-59.
ALT AUTHOR Stapleton, R. J.
ADDED TI Poetry of the Cape of Good Hope, selected from the Periodical Journals of the Colony.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(1.1) NOTE: As this item is loose in the bound volume, a decision has been taken to remove the item and not send with.
Record 2 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR Chase, John Centlivres.
UNIFORM TI South Africa : no. 33, 55, 58, 61, manuscript, documents, historical, geographical, etc., 1838-1840 [manuscript].
TITLE Our fathers are come, (with "Notes on the preceding lines"), p. 257-268; Lines, p. 269; and Makosi's address to "Graham's Tree," p. 270 [manuscript] / J. C. Chase.
PUBLISHER [S. l. : s. n.], [1829?].
PHYS DESCR p. 267-270.
NOTE Poems by John Centlivres Chase extracted from an unidentified anthology or journal.
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Record 3 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR LeCamp, John Aldborough.
TITLE Oratio Latina : [manuscript] annual commemorative address delivered in Latin by John LeCamp at the South African College, December 1857 / J. A. LeCamp.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s. n.], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms ; 32 cm.
SUBJECT South African College (Cape Town, South Africa).
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Record 4 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Dutch Reformed Church. Synod.
TITLE Lists of clergymen and elders attending the Dutch Reformed Church Synod held at Cape Town, October 1857 [manuscript].
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 5 p. : ms; 32 cm.
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Record 5 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Hope, William.
TITLE To the Volunteer Corps of Cape Town, D'Urban, Stellenbosch, Paarl and Malmesbury [manuscript] : [address] by Wm. Hope, Col. Commanding C.R. Rifles and Senior Officer on Parade, Mar. 25, 1857 / Wm. Hope.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [Cape Royal Rifles?], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 1 leaf : ms., 33 cm.
SUBJECT Military service, Voluntary -- South Africa.
ALT AUTHOR Cape Royal Rifles.
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Record 6 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Van der Poel, Jonas, 1774-1857.
TITLE Receipt written by private banker and money-lender Jonas van der Poel, brother of Anna Margaretha Hiddingh, [manuscript] / J. van der Poel.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 1 p. : ms; 8 cm x 20 cm.
NOTE Van der Poel issued this receipt an hour before being struck down by paralysis on 25 July 1857. He died five months later on 14 December 1857.
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Record 7 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Mphahla, Joseph.
TITLE Quit-rent receipt for ten shillings paid by Joseph Umpaphla [Mphahla] of Uzulu's tribe for the year 1 January to 31 December 1854 and signed by William M. Edge [manuscript] / W[illia]m M. Edge.
PUBLISHER Fort Peddie : [s.n.], 1854.
PHYS DESCR 1 p. : ms. 10.5 cm.
NOTE The printed form indicates a sum of ten shillings was due but a ms. annotation indicates a payment of eleven shillings. Chief Joseph Mphahla and his followers migrated southwards from Natal as a result of the Mfecane. The Cape Government placed 16,000 Mfengu people in the district of Peddie where Chief Mphahla established the Zulu location in 1835 on the site of the present Tyefu. Information derived from "A reconstruction of the history of land degradation in relation to land use change and land tenure in Peddie District, former Ciskei, by Vincent Kakembo (Thesis MSc, Rhodes University, 1997), page 32.
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Record 8 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Borcherds, P. B. (Petrus Borchardus).
TITLE List of Kora [Korana] language words with English meanings [manuscript] : taken from the statement of a Kora interpreter, 7 Novr 1861 / P. B. Borcherds.
PUBLISHER [S. l. : s. n.], 1861.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms; 33 cm.
NOTE At foot of document: "Taken from the statement of a Kora interpreter, 7 Nov[embe]r 1861."
NOTE At head of document: "From Mr R. B. Borcherds' Journal of travels in South Africa, 1861 x 2."
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Record 9 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Borcherds, P. B. (Petrus Borchardus).
TITLE List of Boshuanah [Tswana] language words with English meanings [manuscript] : taken from a Boshuanah interpreter, 27 Novr 1861 / P. B. Borcherds.
PUBLISHER [S. l. : s. n.], 1861.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms; 33 cm.
NOTE At foot of document: "Cape Town. 8 July 1857."
NOTE At head of document: "Boshuanah language."
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Record 10 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR .
TITLE An account of the Cloete family given to George Grey by a missionary from the Rhenish mission station at Komaggas [manuscript].
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s. n.], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 4 p. : ms; 33 cm.
SUBJECT Cloete family.
SUBJECT Rhenish Mission Society.
SUBJECT Komaggas (South Africa)
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Record 11 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Edwards, William.
TITLE Copy of a letter from the Reverend William Edwards to the Reverend Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp written from "Kroeman's" [Krooman's] River in "Brikwasland" [Griqualand], 22 July 1802 [manuscript] / W. Edwards.
PUBLISHER Kroeman's River : [s.l.], 22 July 1802.
PHYS DESCR 1 leaf, 6 pages : ms; 23 cm.
NOTE Rev. William Edwards, accompanied by fellow missionaries, Jan Matthys Kok and Johann Christoffel Lodewyk May, trekked from the Cape through Bushmanland to Krooman's River in the territory of the Griqua people. This letter tells of their journey and their reception among the San (or Bushmen) and later among the Griqua people.
SUBJECT London Missionary Society.
SUBJECT Griqualand West (South Africa) -- History.
SUBJECT Van der Kemp, Johannes.
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Record 12 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Maitland, Peregrine, Sir.
TITLE Minute [manuscript] : from Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, to Moshesh (Moshoeshoe, chief of the Sotho people) regarding land west of the Caledon River / by order of His Excellency the Governor, signed Brownlow Maitland, Private Secretary.
PUBLISHER Touw Fontein : [s.n.], 30 June 1845.
PHYS DESCR 8 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE The minute outlines the proposed terms of treaty between Moshesh on the one hand, and Morokko [Moroka] (chief of the baRolong), Peter Davids (chief of the Griquas), Carolus Peter Davids (chief of the Griquas), Carolus Baatje (chief of the Newlanders of Platberg) and Gert Taaibosch (chief of the Koranna) on the other to resolve the territorial boundary disputes of the land west of the Caledon River.
SUBJECT Land tenure -- Africa, Southern.
SUBJECT Moshesh, Basuto Chief, d. 1870.
SUBJECT Sotho (African people) -- History.
SUBJECT Lesotho -- History.
ALT AUTHOR Maitland, Brownlow.
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Record 13 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Moshesh, Chief of the Basutos, 1785-1870.
TITLE Letter [manuscript] / to Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, accepting the proposed treaty intended to resolve the territorial disputes in the region / Moshesh.
PUBLISHER Touw Fontein : [s.n.], 30 June 1845.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Moshoeshoe agreed to the terms in principle but took issue with some of the details, insisting that all arrangements made with him apply also to Molitsane, chief of the baTaung. He also restricted the residence of British subjects to specific land between the Orange and the Caledon rivers.
SUBJECT Land tenure -- Africa, Southern.
SUBJECT Moshesh, Basuto Chief, d. 1870.
SUBJECT Sotho (African people) -- History.
SUBJECT Lesotho -- History.
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Record 14 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Moshesh, Chief of the Basutos, 1785-1870.
TITLE Letter [manuscript] : 1838 October 15, Thaba Bosigo to his Excellency the Governor, Sir George Grey K.C.B. , putting his seal on the treaty of peace brought to him by John Burnet, and adding his own concerns and remarks regarding thieving and hunting / Moshesh.
PUBLISHER Thaba Bosigo : [s.n.], 15 October 1838.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Bears stamp of Moshesh in seSotho.
NOTE Moshoeshoe asks for English assistance in dealing with the problem of theft and requesting lenience in the implementation of the laws regulating hunting for the current year because of the severe drought and famine among his people.
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Record 15 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Peyton, Walter.
TITLE Second voyage of Captain Walter Peyton to the East Indies, with the ship Expedition, chartered by the English East India Company, together with the Drake, the Lion and the Pepper-Corn, in the year 1615 and subsequently [manuscript] : First part, What happened at Saldania [Table Bay] etc. / Walter Peyton.
PUBLISHER [S.n. : s.l., n.d.].
PHYS DESCR 7 p. : ms ; cm.
NOTE Loose transcription of the opening section of Walter Peyton's account of his second voyage. Peyton's English version of the voyage, published in Samuel Purchas' Hakluytus posthumus (Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1905, pages 287-289), gives the name of the ship as "Dragon" (translated in the Dutch version as "Draak"). The mss. transcript suggests it may be a translation from the Dutch edition rather than a transcription from the English version as it erroneously gives the ship's name as "Drake" not "Dragon" (Tweede reys van Kapiteyn Walter Peyton, na Oost-Indien, me het schip de Expedities, uyterust van de Engelse Oost-Indise Maatschappy, nessens de Draak, de Leeuw en de Peper-corn ... Leyden: Pieter vander Aa, 1707, pages 1-3).
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Record 16 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Collins, William.
TITLE Naamlyst der leden van de Vergadering van Representanten voor Bloemfonteinsch District, Smithfield, Sannah's Poort [Fauresmith], Winburg, & Harrismith [manuscript] / William Collins, clerk.
PUBLISHER Bloemfontein : [s.n.], 22 Feb[ruar]y 1854.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE This list gives the names of the first members elected to serve on the Congress of Representives the day before the launch of the independent Orange Free State in Bloemfontein on 23 February 1854.
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Record 17 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR Burnet, John.
TITLE Draft of the Bloemfontein or Orange Free State Convention, February 1854 [manuscript] / John Burnet.
PUBLISHER [Bloemfontein] : [s.n.], February 1854.
PHYS DESCR 48 p. : ms., 33cm.
NOTE Text in English and Dutch.
NOTE First 18 pages comprise a working first draft, much amended and annotated, in English. Annotation on first page: "The two half sheets A, B are the originals, from which Mr Burnet drafted the
first sketch of the Convention. C is a copy in the hand writing of the Sp. Cn. for the Clerk to commence fair copy. They are kept as curiosities, J. Burnet, 21 Feb[ruar]y 1854." On verso of half sheet C: "Private. Send fair copy of this sealed and addressed to Mr Burnet (at Mr Steables[?]) ."
NOTE This section is followed by a much amended and annotated working first draft in Dutch (pages 19-48).
NOTE The text includes a section in Dutch and then in English entitled "Wegens Moshesh's Linie" / "Moshesh's Line" which sets out the procedures to be followed for the settling of land claims involving Moshoeshoe and the Orange Free State concluding with an undertaking by the British Government to compensate any land owner dispossessed of property previously approved by them.
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Record 18 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Orpen, Arthur Richard, b.1827.
TITLE Letter to "My Dear Sir" (W.C. Sergeant) [manuscript] : regarding the Commission led by his brother, Joseph Millerd Orpen, and the investigation into the "kidnapping affair" whereby children in the vicinity of Buffels River were taken forcibly from their parents and sold into slavery.
PUBLISHER Ladismith : [s.n.], 15 September 1855.
PHYS DESCR 6 p. : ms., 25 cm.
NOTE See also A.R. Orpen's memorandum, G.13.b.45(39)
NOTE Orpen writes primarily about dealings with Namainja (Namaintsha) of the Pongolo River area, and Cornelius van Rooyen, who is believed to have been carrying on a thriving trade in slaves in the Buffels River area and Klip River Division.
NOTE See George E. Cory's Rise of South Africa , vol. 6, pages 143-157 for an account of this episode.
SUBJECT Slave trade -- South Africa -- Orange Free State.
SUBJECT Orange Free State -- History -- 1854-1910.
SUBJECT Orange Free State -- Treaties, etc., -- 1854.
SUBJECT Slavery -- South Africa -- Orange Free State -- History -- 19th century.
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Record 19 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Pretorius, Regina Elizabeth.
TITLE English translation with a copy of the original letter in Dutch from Regina Elizabeth Pretorius (nee Viljoen) to her husband, Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius, giving him news of their farm in Potchefstroom and alluding to two instances of slavery and slave trading in their area [manuscript] / Regina Elizabeth Pretorius.
PUBLISHER Potchefstroom : [s.n.], 17 December 1854.
PHYS DESCR 3 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE See George E. Cory's Rise of South Africa, vol. 6, page 147.
NOTE English translation, see G.13.b.45(23); copy of the original Dutch version, see G.13.b.45(24).
SUBJECT Slavery -- South Africa -- Orange Free State -- History -- 19th century.
SUBJECT Slave trade -- South Africa -- Orange Free State.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45 (24) Dutch version
2 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(23) English translat
Record 20 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Boshoff, Jacobus Nicolaas, President of the Orange Free State.
TITLE Government Notice, dated 11 April 1857, publishing a letter to the Volksraad of the South African Republic dated 17 March 1857, [manuscript]: in which J.N. Boshoff, President of the Orange Free State, accuses M W Pretorius, President of the South African Republic, of inciting his people to war against the Orange Free State / J. N. Boshoff.
PUBLISHER Bloemfontein : [s.n.], 11 April 1857.
PHYS DESCR 10 p. : ms., 31 cm.
SUBJECT Free State (South Africa) -- History -- 1854-1900.
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Record 21 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Schoeman, Stephanus, 1810-1890.
TITLE Contra-declaration by Commandant General Stephanus Schoeman and the inhabitants of Zoutpansberg relating to the appointment of M. W. Pretorius as President of the South African Republic [manuscript] / [signed by] Stephanus S. Schoeman and nine others representing the residents of Zoutpansberg.
PUBLISHER Zoutpansberg : [s.n.], 29 January 1857.
PHYS DESCR 7 leaves + 14 p. : ms., 34 cm.
NOTE Schoeman was the Commandant-General of the Zoutpansberg district, which became a semi-autonomous area later in 1857, before assuming the office of President of the South African Republic himself in 1860 by questionable means.
SUBJECT Free State (South Africa) -- History -- 1854-1900.
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Record 22 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Moshoeshoe, Tlali.
TITLE Letter, Cape Town, 26 October 1857, to the Governor, Sir George Grey [manuscript] : telling Grey that he and his party had visited Simonstown and returned to Cape Town the same day / Tlali Moshueshue.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 26 October 1857.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms., 18 cm.
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Record 23 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Grey, George, Sir, 1812-1898.
TITLE Draft of a proclamation [manuscript] : ceding and transferring the allotment of a parcel of land intended to be used either as a site or as an endowment for or towards the erection and maintenance and support of a college or of a Grammar School or Grammar Schools to be erected in the Orange Free State for the education of all classes ... for the better management of the said allotments or parcels of land it is expedient that the same be vested in Trustees ... the Trans Gariep Presbytery / [George Grey].
PUBLISHER [Cape Town] : [s.n.], 17 April 1855.
PHYS DESCR 4 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Note on final page: Endowment on back of "Grammar School Grant" by Authority of Govt dated 17 April 1855.
NOTE Grey selected the Presbytery of Transgariep of the Dutch Reformed Church as Trustees of the College grant.
SUBJECT Education -- Orange Free State.
SUBJECT This grant enabled the establishment of Grey College, Bloemfontein, founded on 13 October 1855.
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Record 24 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Maclear, Thomas.
TITLE Copy of a letter, written from the Royal Observatory, Cape Town o Sir Benjamin D'Urban, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, proposing the installation of a baseline on the Parade, Cape Town : [manuscript]/ Thomas Maclear.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 20 November 1837.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE This permanent, standardised baseline, marked by two cannons sunk below the surface on the Table Bay side of the Parade ground to within 20 yards of the East and West walls, would provide a reference against which city surveyors could measure their lengths and a base against which they could triangulate.
NOTE Copy initialled "T.M." [presumably Thomas Maclear].
SUBJECT Base measuring.
SUBJECT Geodesy.
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Record 25 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Bell, John.
TITLE Copy of a letter, written on behalf of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope : [manuscript] approving the proposal by Thomas Maclear to install a baseline on the Parade, Cape Town, marked by two cannons, sunk below the surface of the Parade ground on the Table Bay side, to within 20 yards of the East and West walls / John Bell.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 28 November 1837.
PHYS DESCR 1 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Copy initialled "T.M.", presumably Thomas Maclear himself.
NOTE Note on verso: The Parade Baseline: Copy of a letter addressed to His Excellency Sir B. D'Urban & of the reply, Year 1837.
NOTE This permanent, standardised baseline would provide a reference against which city surveyors could measure their lengths and a base against which they could triangulate.
SUBJECT Base measuring.
SUBJECT Geodesy -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
SUBJECT Triangulation -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
SUBJECT Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Surveys.
ALT AUTHOR D'Urban, Benjamin Sir, 1777-1849.
ALT AUTHOR Maclear, Thomas.
ADDED TI The Parade Baseline.
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Record 26 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Maclear, Thomas.
TITLE Copy of an extract from a letter to Colonel John Bell, Colonial Secretary : [manuscript] giving a detailed account of the installation of a baseline on the Parade, Cape Town, marked by two cannons, sunk below the surface of the Parade ground on the Table Bay side, to within 20 yards of the East and West walls / Thomas Maclear.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 6 December 1837.
PHYS DESCR 3 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Copy initialled "T.M.", presumably Thomas Maclear himself.
NOTE This permanent, standardised baseline would provide a reference against which city surveyors could measure their lengths and a base against which they could triangulate.
SUBJECT Base measuring.
SUBJECT Geodesy.
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Record 27 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Chase, John Centlivres.
TITLE Extract from the notes of Dr [Alexander] Cowie and Mr B[enjamin] Green on an expedition into the interior in the years 1828 and 29 where they unfortunately perished [manuscript] / John
Centlivres Chase.
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n., 1829].
PHYS DESCR 8 p. : ms, 32 cm.
NOTE When Cowie and Green set off on their ill-fated expedition to Delagoa Bay from the homestead of Henry Francis Fynn in 1828, they were accompanied by a Khoesan attendant. After both Cowie and Green died from malaria, the attendant rescued their travel notes and handed these over to Fynn on his return to the homestead on the Umzimkulu River. Fynn forwarded the notes to John Centlivres Chase who, drawing on these notes, compiled an official report of the expedition for the Colonial Office.
SUBJECT South Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT The notes have not been bound in page order but pencilled page numbers guide the reader.
SUBJECT Green, Benjamin.
SUBJECT Cowie, Alexander.
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Record 28 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR Riebeeck, Jan van, 1619-1677.
TITLE Letter to Ysbrand Goske, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, in connection with the contract of sale of the Cape of Good Hope by Schacher or Mankkhagou, hereditary Khoisan Lord of the Cape, to the Dutch East India Company. The contract was dispatched in a sealed sack aboard the Company ship, the Goylandt [manuscript] / J. A. van Riebeeck.
PUBLISHER [Cape Town: s.n.], 1673.
PHYS DESCR 1 p. : ms., 33 cm.
SUBJECT Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
SUBJECT Goske, Ysbrand.
SUBJECT Cape of Good Hope -- History.
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Record 29 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807-1848.
AUTHOR Grey, George, Sir, 1812-1898.
TITLE The spoor of African animals by Sir Wm. C. Harris, the African traveller [manuscript] : original drawings given to me [Sir George Grey] by him when he was Captain Harris at the Cape of Good Hope / William Cornwallis Harris.
PUBLISHER [Cape Town : s.n.], 1837.
PHYS DESCR 12 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE The drawings of animal spoors include those of Equus Burchelli (Burchell's zebra), Camelopardalis (giraffe), Strepsicuros Capensis (kudu), Ingoloob (ingulube), Acronotus Caama (hartebeest), Fragulus Rupestris (steenbuck/steenbok), Aegocerus Ellipsiprymnus (water buck), Antelope Melampus (rooibuck/rooibok), Aegocerus Equina (bastaard gemsbok), Gazella Euchore (springbok), Catoblepas Gorgon (bastaard wildebeest), Cephalophus mergens (duiker), Acronotus Lunata (crescent horned atnelope or bastard hartebeest), Redunca Gleotragus (riegbuck/rietbok), Catoblepas Gnoo (wildebeest/gnu), Cephalopus Perpusilla (blauwbok/bluebuck), Bubalus Caffer (Cape buffalo), Boselaphus Canna (eland), Aigocerus Niger (sable) and Gazella Pyganga (blesbuck/blesbok, white antelope).
SUBJECT Animal tracks -- Africa, Southern.
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Record 30 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Nourse, Joseph.
AUTHOR Forbes, John.
AUTHOR Owen, William Fitzwilliam, 1774-1857.
AUTHOR Somerset, Charles Henry Lord, 1767-1831.
TITLE Documents, including a despatch by Lord Charles Henry Somerset to the Earl of Bathurst ... [and related documents] [manuscript] / Joseph Nourse.
PUBLISHER Cape of Good Hope : [s.n.], 8 March 1823-3 July 1823.
PHYS DESCR 28 p. : ms., 23 cm.
NOTE Documents include a despatch by Lord Charles Henry Somerset to the Earl of Bathurst dated 3 July 1823; with a covering letter from Joseph Nourse (written aboard the Andromache in Simon's Bay), dated 16 June 1823; copy of the treaty between Mayett (King Kapel or Capell or Capella), King of all the lands situated between the English and Dundas Rivers on one side, and the river of Mapoota (Maputo) on the other, ceding all the lands and full sovereignty of his kingdom Temby (south-west of Delagoa Bay) and Mapoota (Maputo) to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland, dated 8 March 1823; a written statement by William Mudge, Senior Lieutenant aboard H.M.S. Leven and John Forbes, botanist, that King Kapel of Temby ceded the territory in their presence, witnessed by his own chiefs and people; a written statement by W.F.H. Owen, Captain of the Leven, explaining the cession of this land; and a further document setting out conditions of trade in the newly ceded territory, signed by Nourse on 1 June 1823.
SUBJECT Land -- South Africa.
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Record 31 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Copy of a letter to Thomas Maclear telling of his detention in Kuruman for four months after the Boers blocked his expedition's path to the interior, of the loss of his own and others' property in his house at Kuruman during a Boer commando raid (including the destruction of his medicines and library), of the many other hindrances to his expeditions and the threat of fever in the interior [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Kuruman : [s.n.], 13 December 1852.
PHYS DESCR 10 p. : ms., 32 cm.
SUBJECT Kuruman (South Africa) -- History.
SUBJECT Maclear, Thomas.
SUBJECT Africa, southern -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Afrikaners -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century.
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Record 32 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Letter to Thomas Maclear, written from Tete (or Nyunkwe) on the Zambesi River, recounting his recent travels from Angola to Tete in Mozambique via the country east of the Linyanti River [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Near Tete : [s.n.], 15 February-2 March 1856.
PHYS DESCR 12 p. : ms., 41 cm.
NOTE This final version of the letter is written on both sides of large flimsy paper, with severe show-through rendering it difficult to read, so use of the full, typed copy is recommended to protect the original and for ease of reading.
NOTE Livingstone includes a comprehensive description of Mosi-oa-tunya, the waterfalls Livingstone dubbed the Victoria Falls, explains how the falls were traditionally used as a place of worship, writes of the discovery of the ruins of a church at the confluence of the Kafue and Luangwa rivers (both tributaries of the Zambesi), gives an account of the physical geography of the land to the north-east in the vicinity of Lekone River and a description of the African people residing in the different areas with additional information supplied by his Arab contacts and guides.
NOTE See also two partial, typed drafts of this letter with mss annotations at G.13.b.45(33.2-33.3) and a full typed copy at G.13.b.45(33.4).
NOTE This letter accompanied Livingstone's map of Central Africa drawn in the field in 1856, see G.13.b.45(34).
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Discovery and exploration.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(33.1)
Record 33 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Two partial, typed copies of a letter to Thomas Maclear, written from Tete (or Nyunkwe) on the Zambesi River, recounting his recent travels from Angola to Tete in Mozambique via the country east of the Linyanti River [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Near Tete : [s.n.], 15 February-2 March 1856.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. + 2 p. : ts., 33 cm.
NOTE These are two partial, typed drafts of Livingstone's final manuscript letter, see G.13.b.45(33.1). See also a full typed copy at G.13.b.45(33.4).
NOTE The original letter is written on both sides of large flimsy paper, with severe show-through rendering it difficult to read, so use of the full, typed copy is recommended to protect the original and for ease of reading.
NOTE Livingstone includes a comprehensive description of Mosi-oa-tunya, the waterfalls Livingstone dubbed the Victoria Falls, explains how the falls were traditionally used as a place of worship, writes of the discovery of the ruins of a church at the confluence of the Kafue and Luangwa rivers (both tributaries of the Zambesi), gives an account of the physical geography of the land to the north-east in the vicinity of Lekone River and a description of the African people residing in the different areas with additional information supplied by his Arab contacts and guides.
NOTE The final letter accompanied Livingstone's map of Central Africa drawn in the field in 1856, see G.13.b.45(34).
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Discovery and exploration.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(33.2-33.3)
Record 34 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Full typed copy of a letter to Thomas Maclear, written from Tete (or Nyunkwe) on the Zambesi River, recounting his recent travels from Angola to Tete in Mozambique via the country east of the Linyanti River [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Near Tete : [s.n.], 15 February-2 March 1856.
PHYS DESCR 8 p. : ts., 30 cm.
NOTE The final manuscript version of the letter is written on both sides of large flimsy paper, with severe show-through rendering it difficult to read, so use of this full, typed copy is recommended to protect the original and for ease of reading.
NOTE See also two partial, typed drafts of this letter with mss annotations at G.13.b.45(33.2-33.3) and the final mss version at G.13.b.45(33.1).
NOTE The final version of this letter accompanied Livingstone's map of Central Africa drawn in the field in 1856, see G.13.b.45(34).
NOTE Livingstone includes a comprehensive description of Mosi-oa-tunya, the waterfalls Livingstone dubbed the Victoria Falls, explains how the falls were traditionally used as a place of worship, writes of the discovery of the ruins of a church at the confluence of the Kafue and Luangwa rivers (both tributaries of the Zambesi), gives an account of the physical geography of the land to the north-east in the vicinity of Lekone River and a description of the African people residing in the different areas with additional information supplied by his Arab contacts and guides.
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Discovery and exploration.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(33.4)
Record 35 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Map of Central Africa showing the territory from the Kuanabare (Kuanda) River in Angola to the Tete area in Mozambique [map] / David Livingstone.
SPEC DET Scale not given. (E 20°0'0"-- E 33°0'0" / S 19°0'0"-- S 8°30'0").
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n., 1855-1856?].
PHYS DESCR 1 map : ms. ; 40 x 48 cm.
NOTE Separate note on card: "Livingstone appears to have omitted to mark the Victoria Falls [Mosi-oa-Tunya] located 17 x 26 [17°55'28"S / 25°51'24"E], about 8 miles from Kalai." There are several hand-drawn versions of this map, including copies held by the Royal Geographical Society (image no. S0011858) and the National Library of Scotland. The copy held by the RGS shows the "Falls" marked clearly near Kalai.
NOTE Livingstone's manuscript map indicates the location of African peoples, geographic features such as streams, rivers, lakes, vegetation and mountains as well as mineral deposits.
NOTE Annotated on verso: "For T. Maclear, Esq."
NOTE The map is drawn in ink on flimsy paper, folded into the bound volume. Should be handled with care.
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Maps.
SUBJECT Manuscript maps.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(34)
Record 36 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
AUTHOR Duprat, Alfredo.
TITLE Copy of a letter Livingstone addressed to Alfredo Duprat, Portuguese consul in Cape Town, to accompany a separate document intended to show Livingstone's gratitude to King Dom Pedro V of Portugal by giving the King "the earliest intelligence of of my discoveries" [manuscript] / sig. of David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Tette [Tete] : [s.n.], 4 March 1856.
PHYS DESCR 3 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Livingstone's letter to King Pedro V of Portugal, written above Tete or Nyunkwe, 24 February 1856, is held by the National Archives of Zimbabwe, Harare (Call Number: LI 1/1/1, pp. 376-379).
NOTE This letter confirms Livingstone's arrival at Tete, activities of the autochthonous people in the area with a description of a good bed of coal close to the surface that would bear investigation.
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- History.
SUBJECT Mozambique -- Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT Mozambique -- History.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(35)
Record 37 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Letter to Alfred[o] Duprat, Portuguese consul in Cape Town, regarding the possibility of the exchange of seeds of a range of Cape fruits and vegetables for seeds of all the edible fruits in the vicinity of Tete [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Tete or Nyungué on the Zambesi : [s.n.], 26 March 1856.
PHYS DESCR 4 p. ms., 34 cm.
SUBJECT Duprat, Alfredo.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(36)
Record 38 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Leal, Ferdinando da Costa.
TITLE Two copies of a report of the Governor of Mossâmedes respecting an expedition under his own command to the Elephant [Kunene] River, undertaken in November 1854 [manuscript] / (signed) Ferdinando da Costa.
PUBLISHER Mossâmedes : [s.n.], 29 November 1854.
PHYS DESCR 11 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Note: "Translated from the Portuguese into German and thence into English."
NOTE Fernando [Ferdinando] da Costa Leal was fifth Governor of Mossâmedes (1854-1859). Mossâmedes [or Moçâmedes, known after 1985 as Namibe] is the capital of Namibe province, Angola.
NOTE Two copies: G.13.b.45(37) and G.13.b.45(38).
SUBJECT Angola -- History -- 1648-1885.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(37)
2 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(38)
Record 39 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Orpen, Arthur Richard, b.1827.
TITLE Memorandum of journey to Pongola and beyond, 30 August 1855-12 September 1855 [manuscript] / [Arthur Richard Orpen].
PUBLISHER [Ladismith? : s.n., 30 August 1855-12 September 1855].
PHYS DESCR 15 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE This account tracks the journey of Joseph Millerd Orpen and his Commission members (P.M. Bester, M. Cauvain, van Aardt and E. Bruwer and co-opted members Cornelius van Rooyen and Nicolas Smit) starting west of Sunday's River, proceeding via Biggarsberg, across Stretch's River, Steyn's River and the Buffalo [Buffel's] River to Namainja's territory near the Pongola River. The Commissioners questioned Namainja and others about the seizing of children in the vicinity of Buffels River who were taken forcibly from their parents and sold into slavery.
NOTE See also A.R. Orpen's letter to W.C. Sergeant, G.13.b.45(22).
NOTE Note: "Received C.O. Natal, Sept. 20. 1855."
NOTE See George E. Cory's Rise of South Africa, vol. 6, pages 143-157 for an account of this episode.
SUBJECT Slave trade -- South Africa -- Orange Free State.
SUBJECT Orange Free State -- History -- 1854-1910.
SUBJECT Orange Free State -- Treaties, etc., -- 1854.
SUBJECT Slavery -- South Africa -- Orange Free State -- History -- 19th century.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(39)
Record 40 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Schacher (Prince Manckhagou), Khoikhoi prince.
TITLE An undated traced copy (4.2) of the contract by which the Khoisan Prince Mankkhagou alias Schacher, hereditary Lord of the Land of Cabo de Boa Esperance, sold to the Dutch East India Company "the whole district of the Cabo de Boa Esperance, beginning from the Leeuwenberg (Lion's Head) along the coast of Table Bay with the Hout and Saldanha Bays included, with all the land, rivers, creeks, forests and pastures therein situated." With Dutch transcript (4.3) and English translation (4.4).
PUBLISHER [S.n. : s.l. , n.d.].
PHYS DESCR 1, 5 p. : ms., 23 + 33 cm.
NOTE With anonymous explanatory document (4.1).
NOTE Facsimile copy of the original dated 3rd August 1673, including the signatures of Aernout van Overbeke, Albert van Brugel, Conrad van Brietenbach, Prince Schacher and T. Tachou, "chief person next to the Prince" and with a replicated seal of the VOC. The copy has neither attribution nor date.
SUBJECT Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(4.1)-(4.3)
Record 41 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Nolloth, Matthew Stainton.
TITLE Tristan da Cunha [manuscript] / E. L. Layard.
PUBLISHER [Cape Town : s.n.], 1856?].
PHYS DESCR 53 p. + 7 p.: ms., 32 cm.
NOTE Report by Captain Matthew Stainton Nolloth (commander of H.M.S. Frolic), on Tristan da Cunha written after his 1856 expedition. The report, commencing with some of the observations of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, commander of the surveying vessel Herald, who visited Tristan da Cunha in 1852, covers the geography, geology, flora, fauna, marine life, fishing, ocean patterns and climate of the island. Nolloth also writes about the resident islanders, including considerable detail on the life of Corporal William Glass, known as "the Patriarch of the Community," who lived on the island for 39 years, dying there aged 67 years in 1853.
NOTE With Nolloth's transcription of notes by Mr [Edgar Leopold] Layard, then curator of the South frican Museum, on Nolloth's specimens brought back from the island.
SUBJECT Tristan da Cunha -- History.
ALT AUTHOR Layard, Edgar Leopold, 1824-1900.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(40)
Record 42 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Andersson, Charles John, 1827-1867.
TITLE Map of the usual route from the Orange River northwards to the west of the Kalaharri [Kalahari] desert [map] / by Mr Andersson, from observations taken by him in 1853.
SPEC DET Scale [1:804,670]. "Scale of geographical miles [1 cm = 5 miles]." (E 014°0'0"--E 19°0'0"/S 29°0'0"--S 25°0'0").
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n., 1853?].
PHYS DESCR 1 map ; 44 x 56 cm.
NOTE Relief shown by hachures.
NOTE Shows "McDougal's house" on ithe left bank at the mouth of the Orange River in the south, a high range of granite hills in the east, the Groote Brak Caross[?] mountain and the Berseba [Beersheba] mission to the north, an extensive range of table mountains near the Bethany mission and Angra Paquena marked on the coast to the west.
NOTE Folded in volume.
SUBJECT Namibia -- Maps.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(41)
Record 43 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Andersson, Charles John, 1827-1867.
TITLE Route map for travellers in South West Africa [map] / [Charles John Andersson].
SPEC DET Scale [1:804,670]. "Scale of geographical miles [1 cm = 5 miles]." (E 014°0'0"--E 19°0'0"/S 22°0'0"--S 25°0'0").
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n., 1853?].
PHYS DESCR 1 map ; 44 x 56 cm.
NOTE Relief shown by hachures.
NOTE Note: "Two of these miles measured as the crow flies, should be allowed for each hour's travel with either waggons or pack oxen, and not more. Time lost in stoppage must not be counted."
NOTE Note: "The northern part of this sheet is laid down by Mr Galton from observations taken by him in 1850-1. The southern part from those of Mr Andersson in 1851-2,3."
NOTE Map covers the territory from Walvis Bay on the Atlantic coast in the west to the Black Nossop [Nossob] River, Wesley Vale Mission in the east and Schmelens Hope in the north. Shows mountains, rivers, missions, vegetation and some settlements.
NOTE Folded in volume.
SUBJECT Namibia -- Maps.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(42)
Record 44 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Andersson, Charles John, 1827-1867.
TITLE [Map of the territory around Lake Ngami] [map] / [Charles John Andersson].
SPEC DET Scale [1:804,670]. "Scale of geographical miles [1 cm = 5 miles]." (E 019°0'0"--E 24°0'0"/S 19°0'0"--S 23°0'0").
PUBLISHER [S.l. : s.n., 1853?].
PHYS DESCR 1 map ; 44 x 56 cm.
NOTE Relief shown by hachures.
NOTE Map shows Lake Ngami, wells, areas where water is scarce, hills, vleis, and scattered settlements.
NOTE Folded in volume.
SUBJECT Botswana -- Maps.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(43)
Record 45 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
TITLE Map of the west coast of Africa [map] : from the river Senegal to Fernando Po shewing the tracks of different discoverers and the places where factories have been and are intended to be established on the Niger and Chadda.
SPEC DET Scale [1:5,363,930]. "Scale of geographical miles [1 cm = 33.33 miles]." (W 18°0'0"--E 18°0'0" / N 22°0'0"--S 05°0'0").
PUBLISHER London : MacLure, MacDonald and MacGregor, lithographers, 1858?].
PHYS DESCR 1 map ; 55 x 72 cm.
NOTE Relief shown by hachures.
NOTE Folded in volume.
NOTE Sent under cover of the Central Africa Company, Limited (annotated: "For His Excellency Sir George Grey ... with Admiral Trotter's best regards. Per favour of Mr George Thompson").
NOTE Bound with "Statement" by MacGregor Laird, 10 April 1858, 5 appendices and various letters, 1856-1858, see G.13.b.45(45).
NOTE Inset map: "Route of the monthly mail packets."
NOTE Inset illustrations: (1) "The confluence of the rivers Quorra & Chadda from stirling Hill"; (2) "The Rennell mountains"; and (3) "The Attah cliffs, 150 ft perpendicular."
NOTE Printed note on map: "The Niger: The length of this great river is 2300 miles & its mean breadth below Rabba 1 mile. It rises 36 ft from April to August. From Boussa to the sea was discovered by Lander 1830. Laird went up in steamer 1833, and Allen surveyed it as far as Rabba."
NOTE Printed note on map: "The Chadda or Binue was first entered by Laird in 1833, crossed at Yola by Barth in 1851 and ascended in Steamer as far as Dulti by Baikie in 1854."
NOTE Map shows rivers, mountains, towns and the routes of travellers and discoverers.
SUBJECT Atlantic Coast (Africa) -- Maps.
SUBJECT Atlantic Coast (Africa) -- Maps.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(44)
Record 46 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Laird, MacGregor.
TITLE Documents relating to the Central Africa Company, with a statement / by MacGregor Laird.
PUBLISHER London: [s.n.], 1855-1858.
PHYS DESCR 31, [3] p. ; 33 cm.
NOTE "Statement" by MacGregor Laird, 10 April 1858, with 5 appendices and various letters, 1856-1858, all relating to British trade with West Africa, particularly a proposed increase in trade in cotton.
NOTE Bound with "Map of the West coast of Africa" (G.13.b.45(44)), and prospectus of the Central Africa Company Limited, 26 May 1858 (G.13.b.45(46)).
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(45)
Record 47 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Central Africa Company Limited.
TITLE Prospectus [manuscript] : with a blank Company share certificate, 26 May 1858 / Central Africa Company Limited.
PUBLISHER London : the Company, 26 May 1858.
PHYS DESCR 5 p. ; 39 cm + 16 cm.
SUBJECT Central Africa Company Limited.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(46)
Record 48 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
TITLE Letter, written on the banks of the Chobe River, from Livingstone to Alfred Duprat, Portuguese consul in Cape Town, requesting berry wax seeds from Angola for planting around Loenda and recommending the procurement of Angolan coffee seeds for distribution [manuscript] / David Livingstone.
PUBLISHER Chobe River : [s.n.], 12 September 1855.
PHYS DESCR 4 p. : ms., 18 cm.
NOTE With typed transcription.
NOTE Note on letter: "Via St Helena." The letter bears a St Helena post mark and is date-stamped in Cape Town 23 De[cember] 1855.
NOTE See Livingstone letters 1843 to 1872: ... (Johannesburg : Brenthurst Press, 1985), pages 67-70 (AF.1986 -161); and David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents; compiled by G.W. Clendennen; assisted by I.C. Cunningham (Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, for the David Livingstone Documentation Project, 1979), page 113 (AQ.1980-2).
SUBJECT Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(47.1)
2 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(47.2) ts copy Note: As these two items (47.1 & 47.2) are loose in the bound volume, a decision has been taken to remove both items and not send with.
Record 49 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Fildes, Horace Edward Manners, 18751937.
TITLE Newspaper clippings regarding the repatriation of Maori manuscripts collected by Sir George Grey and deposited by him in the South African Library, Cape Town, with a ms. note enclosing postage stamps and asking about the catalogue of the Grey Collection [manuscript] / H. Fildes.
PUBLISHER Wellington, N.Z. : [s.n.], 30 April 1921-2 June 1921.
PHYS DESCR 3 leaves : printed and ms., 32 cm.
SUBJECT National Library of South Africa -- History.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(48) Note: As this item is loose in the bound volume, a decision has been taken to remove the item and not send with.
Record 50 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Achmat, Gamien.
TITLE Statement recorded in the Police Office, Cape Town, by Imam Gamien Achmat (and endorsed by Imam Hadji Madien) concerning free access for Muslims to the road close to the homestead of P.L. Cloete leading to the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf. The statement also records the ceding of government ground to the Muslims in compensation for the loss of such access [manuscript] / Gamien Achmat.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s.n.], 1857.
PHYS DESCR 7 p. : ms., 18 cm.
SUBJECT Muslims -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(5)
Record 51 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Theron, Francois, 1937-
TITLE Manuscript copy of the family register of the Theron family who fled from France in 1685, 1686 and 1687 [manuscript] / compiled by Francois Theron.
PUBLISHER [Cape Town?]: s.n., 1823-1827.
PHYS DESCR 49 p. : ms., 33 cm.
NOTE Confirmed and signed as an accurate copy ("Een Naauwkeurig afschrift") on each page by J.W. Moorrees and A. Meeuwsen.
NOTE Text in Dutch.
SUBJECT Theron family.
SUBJECT South Africa -- Genealogy.
ALT AUTHOR Moorrees, J. W.
ALT AUTHOR Meeuwsen, A.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(6)
Record 52 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Du Toit, Francois.
TITLE Genealogical details of Francois du Toit and Susanna Soenget [Soinget/Seugnet]; and of Jacobus Malan and Elisabeth Lelon, French refugees, 1685 to 1686 [manuscript].
PUBLISHER 11 p. : ms; 35 cm.
SUBJECT South Africa -- Genealogy.
SUBJECT Lelon family.
SUBJECT Malan family.
SUBJECT Seugnet family.
SUBJECT Du Toit family.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(7)
Record 53 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Grey Collection
AUTHOR LeCamp, John Aldborough.
TITLE English address [manuscript] : annual commemorative address delivered by student John A. LeCamp at the South African College, December 1856 [manuscript] / John A. LeCamp.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s. n.], 1856.
PHYS DESCR 4 p. : ms ; 32 cm.
SUBJECT South African College Schools -- History.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(8)
Record 54 of 54
LOCATIONS Cape Town Campus
AUTHOR Myburgh, Piet.
TITLE Oratio Latina [manuscript] : annual commemorative address delivered in Latin by Piet Myburgh at the South African College, December 1856 / Piet Myburgh.
PUBLISHER Cape Town : [s. n.], 1856.
PHYS DESCR 2 p. : ms ; 32 cm.
SUBJECT South African College Schools -- History.
1 > Cape Town Grey Collecti G.13.b.45(9)
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