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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/25
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/38
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License for Mr E F Knight to act as a War Correspondent for the Morning Post in South Africa, issued by the War Office.

Dates: 07 Oct 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/39
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War Office Rules for Newspaper Correspondents at the Seat of War.

Dates: 1889
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1900]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23/40
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Diary of H M S Tartar's Naval Brigade in South Africa, 29 October 1899 - 23 October 1900 [31 pp].

Dates: [1900]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/1-2
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Letter from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), Sandringham, Norfolk, to WSC, thanks for, letter on South Africa, commenting on his escape from captivity, and the progress of the campaign. Also thanks for copy of "The River War".

Dates: 19 Jan 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/3-4
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Letter from Sir William Garstin to WSC, thanks for gift of copy of The River War and on WSC's escape from the Boers.

Dates: 19 Jan 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/6
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Letter from Charles, 10th Duke of Marlborough to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 25 Feb 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/8
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F Tebbitt (an old Natal Colonist) to WSC, on the use of balloons against the Boers in South Africa.

Dates: 23 Mar 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/9
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Letter from G E Ross to WSC, sending "lines on the relief of Ladysmith".

Dates: 03 Apr 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 May 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/11
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Letter from Effie Thomas to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 14 May 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/12
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Letter from E Dodson to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 24 May 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/14
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Letter from WSC, Pretoria, to Major-General Robert Baden-Powell, on article by WSC in the Morning Post.Letter from Major-General Robert Baden Powell [Pretoria]to WSC, on WSC's article.

Dates: 20 Jun 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/16
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Letter from Sir Alfred Milner, Government House, Cape Town, South Africa, to WSC, stating that their conversation the previous evening should be regarded as "extra confidential". Commenting that it would be "most unwise" to proclaim their objectives too loudly beforehand, and that the Uitlanders should not be allowed to force the hand of the British Government.

Dates: 01 Jul 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Aug 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/25
Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Runciman, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne, to WSC, thanks for letter of congratulation for speech on the Spion Kop despatches, also commenting on the forthcoming election, [Runciman was one of the Liberal candidates in Oldham], stating that in a double seat "the success of either us need not necessarily mean the discomfiture of the other - It would be odd to find that we were to become colleagues", but conceding that this was a remote chance and that "one of us will...
Dates: 08 Aug 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/30-39
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Letter from Sir Bindon Blood to WSC, on South Africa and India.

Dates: 26 Sep 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Oct 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/45-47
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Letter from Sir Alfred Milner, Government House, Cape Town, to WSC, on South African affairs, and on WSC's election victory at Oldham.

Dates: 08 Oct 1890
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/1-3
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Letter from Nellie Burgess to WSC, sending two printed copies of her poem:- The Hero of the Day, Mr Winston Churchill.

Dates: 04 Jan 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jan 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/4
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Letter from "An English Gentlewoman...working as a Governess in Roumania", Gadintzii, Roumania [Romania], to WSC, on his escape from the Boers in South Africa.

Dates: 06 Jan 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/6
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Letter from Joseph Cheetham, Sereda, Central Russia, to WSC, on WSC's escape from the Boers and on WSC's election chances in Oldham.

Dates: 13 Feb 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/7-8
Scope and Contents Letter from Joseph Chamberlain [Secretary of State for the Colonies], (40 Princes Gardens [London]), congratulating WSC on his work, his escape from the Boers, on his letters to the press from South Africa and also on British success in South Africa in general. He adds that he had enjoyed WSC's "River War", and looked forward to his account of events in South Africa. Chamberlain then comments on the lessons of the Boer War, praising the bravery and endurance of the "rank and file" but...
Dates: 02 Mar 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open