Letters and documents
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590, Box 9, File 3
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Title
Letters and documents
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590, Box 9, File 3
Summary
Comprises 92 leaves and 2 items.
Includes letters to Flora from:
(fols. 65-66) Charles H. Allen, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 26 May 1897
(fols. 3-12, 24) C. Moberly Bell, 3 letters, enclosing two letters he has received from Bourchier F. Hawksley, 15 Feb-20 May 1897
(fol. 23, 37-40, 51-54, 78, 82-83, ) George Earle Buckle, 6 letters, 9 May-4 Jul 1897
(fols. 90-91) Redvers Buller, 2 Feb 1900
(fol. 74) Alice T. Goldie, 26 May 1897
(fols. 13-20) Leander Starr Jameson, 4 letters, [7 May 1897] and undated
(fols. 92) incomplete letter, possibly by Mary Kingsley, about nursing Boer prisoners of war at Simonstown, received on 31 Jul 1900
(fols. 59-62) Sir John Kirk, 26 May 1897
(fol. 63) Frederick A. Maxse, 26 May 1897
(fols. 84-89) Lord Milner, 14 Apr 1899
(fols. 41-45, 69-70, 73) Herbert Stephens, including a list of questions which Flora might be asked at the Select Committee meeting and suggestions on how she should answer, 3 letters, 24-26 May 1897
(fol. 71) Arthur Walter, 26 May 1897
(fols. 1-2) H. F. Wilson, 12 Feb 1897
and letters from:
(fols. 21-22) Flora to George Earle Buckle, 8 May 1897
(fol. 75) Joseph Chamberlain to Mr. Wilson asking him to tell Miss Shaw that she gave her evidence admirably, 26 May 1897
also:
(fols. 25, 81) summons notices ordering Flora to attend the House of Commons Select Committee on British South Africa, 21 May and 29 Jun 1897
(fols. 26-35) handwritten draft of Flora's statement to the Select Committee on British South Africa, [May 1897]
(fols. 79-80) paper from the Select Committee on British South Africa containing transcripts of telegrams dated 10 Dec-31 Dec 1895, including telegrams sent by Flora (code name "Telemones") to Cecil Rhodes (code name "Verdschoen"), 24 Jun 1897
(item 1) Second Report from the Select Committee on British South Africa with the Proceedings of the Committee, 13 Jul 1897
(item 2) Great Britain and the Dutch Republics reprinted from The Times, 1900
Date
1897-1900
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Archive of Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard
Jameson Raid and Anglo-Boer War
Letters and documents
