Baker, Sir (Samuel White, 1821-1893, Knight, traveller and sportsman)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Fonds
Letter from General Gordon to Sir Samuel Baker, 1882 - 1969
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/11
Scope and Contents
A letter from King William's Town, South Africa, 21 July 1882 (4 pages), commenting on events in Egypt and on nationalism as a force there and elsewhere. There is an accompanying newscutting of circa 1969 concerning the letter. The folder also includes one of the notes issued by General Gordon during the siege of Khartoum, 1884-1885. The papers are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 159 (March 1970), including the article 'General Gordon on nationalism' (pp....
Dates:
1882 - 1969
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
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Letter from Sir Samuel Baker, 1866-04-21
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/8
Scope and Contents
A letter to an unnamed correspondent concerning adding 'Victoria Nile or' before 'Somerset River' on a map shortly to be published, presumably in Baker's 'The Albert N'Yanza', originally published in 1864. The map in the original volume is marked 'R Somerset or Victoria Nile'. The recipient may have been Stephen William Silver (1819-1905), a friend of Baker's, to whom other letters given by Sir Harry Wilson to the R.C.S. in 1916 were addressed.
Dates:
1866-04-21
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
Sub-Fonds
Letters on the slave trade and Sir Samuel Baker, 1870
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/7
Dates:
1870
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
Sub-Fonds
Papers on the Baker family, 1969
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/6
Scope and Contents
Papers compiled by Robert Baily concerning Sir Samuel Baker and his family. There is no indication of when the material was written.
Dates:
1969
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
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- Sudan (nation) 2
- Albert, Lake (lake) 1
- Egypt (nation) 1
- Khartoum (inhabited place) 1
- Khartoum (region) 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Tanganyika, Lake (lake) 1
- Uganda (nation) 1
- Victoria Nile (river) 1
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