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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 24 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/58-62
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: 24 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/63-66
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to WSC, on the peace Settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 31 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jun 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/67-72
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, Enclosing extract from letter from Hamilton to Lord Roberts, on the peace settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 08 Jun 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/73-79
Scope and Contents

Letter from M Astley Shute to WSC enclosing photographs: Mr Howard's house, 4" x 3" b/w Mr Howard outside office, 3" x 4" b/w The Mine [where WSC hid from the Boers] 4" x 3" b/w.

Dates: 24 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/33/53-54
Scope and Contents

Particulars of eight watches presented by WSC to Dr James Gillespie, J R Addams, J D Dewsnap, Joe McKenna, Joe McHenry, Charles A Burnham, Ellen David and Ada Blunden, "in recognition of their timely help afforded him in his escape from Pretoria".

Dates: 02 Oct 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/5-14
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Dates: 20 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/15-19
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 23 Feb 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/30-31
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, and on Lord Kitchener "he disliked you as a soldier; as an MP or Pressman he would look on you without any sort of prejudice. You may, I know, rely absolutely on receiving no petty annoyance at his hands".

Dates: 23 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/32-33
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa,.

Dates: 30 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/34-38
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, enclosing "advice to a young diplomat from an old soldier".

Dates: 05 Apr 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/39-46
Scope and Contents

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: 18 Apr 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Nov 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Captain S A Anderson to WSC, on the situation in South Africa, particularly on the treatment of the Colonial Corps, enclosing letter of introduction from J R Addams, dated 25 June 1903.

Dates: 29 Nov 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/9
Scope and Contents

Letter from Captain H S Scott-Harden to WSC on Somaliland [later Somalia].

Dates: 25 Jul 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/10
Scope and Contents

Letter from Captain H S Scott-Harden to WSC.

Dates: 27 Jul 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Nov [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/11-12
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Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, South Africa, to WSC, on the situation in South Africa.

Dates: 27 Nov [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/18-19
Scope and Contents

Report from Captain Aylmer Haldane, Pretoria, South Africa to the Chief of Staff, Natal Field Force, on the capture of an armoured train at Frere, including praise of WSC's actions in saving the engine "he was frequently exposed to the full fire of the enemy. I cannot speak too highly of his gallant conduct".

Dates: 30 Nov 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/20
Scope and Contents

Extract from report of D Horsley, Locomotive Instructor, on damage to the armoured train, [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Nov 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/21-23
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Letter from J W Shores, Engineer-in-Chief, Estcourt, to General Manager of Railways, on the capture of the armoured train, [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Nov 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/24
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Note in Afrikaans on the capture of the armoured train.

Dates: 16 Nov 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/25
Scope and Contents

Letter from P J Joubert to F W Reitz, advising against WSC's release from captivity, [in Afrikaans].

Dates: 28 Nov 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/26-29
Scope and Contents

Search Warrant following WSC's escape from the Boers, with photograph taken in Egypt, 1898 [in Afrikaans, with translation].

Dates: 13 Dec 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/30
Scope and Contents

Description of WSC, following his escape from the Boers [in Afrikaans].

Dates: 15 Dec 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/31-33
Scope and Contents

Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC with photograph [in Afrikaans, with translation].

Dates: 20 Dec 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/34-35
Scope and Contents

Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police Pretoria, South Africa, to ?, on WSC's escape to Durban via Lorenco Marques [in Afrikaans, with translation].

Dates: 28 Dec 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/36-37
Scope and Contents

Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC [typescript copy, in Afrikaans, with translation].

Dates: 20 Dec 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open