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Uganda (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Letters from Uganda 1896-1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 167
Scope and Contents Letters sent between 1896 and 1905 to Frederick Bank's widowed mother and two sisters, and a folder of related correspondence. His letters provide a unique record of the life of a junior in a commercial firm in Africa at this time. He witnessed or comments upon the Kamasia/Nandi expedition of the Kabaka in 1897; the Sudanese Mutiny of 1897-1899; Macdonald’s and Martyn’s expeditions, 1897-1899; and the Nandi Rising, 1900. After working with a coastal merchant, Banks moved into coffee...
Dates: 1896 - 1905
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