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Frederick Courteney Selous autograph letter signed to Sir Walter Besant, from Alpine Lodge, Surrey, 12 July, approximately 1898

Catalog Data

Author:
Selous, Frederick Courteney 1851-1917  Search this
Author:
Besant, Walter 1836-1901  Search this
Chamberlain, Joseph 1836-1914  Search this
Rhodes, Cecil 1853-1902  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (6 pages) 4.5 x 7 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1898
Notes:
M135 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. DSI
Supplied title
Joseph Chamberlain was Colonial Secretary from 1895-1903
Forms part of: Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Summary:
Mostly concerns what Selous saw as the machinations of the British Government to bring about war with the Boers. "... I could prove to you that Rhodes said in Matabeleland that he Chamberlain was in it up to his neck." Refers to Jameson's Raid
Topic:
Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896  Search this
South African War, 1899-1902  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M135
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1043733