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WEIL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. i+319). Correspondence of B. B. Weil, chiefly with Baden-Powell and other officers, together with lists of provisions and other papers relating to the siege; Oct. 1899-May 1901. A photograph of Weil is at f. i.

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f. 10 Captain Gordon Chesney Wilson, Royal Horse Guards; Major 1903: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
ff. 11, 59 James Lawrence, of Kimberley: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
ff. 12, 18-20, 149, 264 Major Francis William Panzera, RE; CMG 1911: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 13-305 passim Charles George Harland Bell, Resident Magistrate, Mafeking; CMG 1902: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
ff. 14-239 passim Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1899.: Mostly typewritten and signed.
ff. 21-301 passim Major Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG 1913: Correspondence, etc., with B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
f. 22 Captain Ashley Paget Wilmot Williams, British South Africa Police; DSO 1900: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
ff. 23, 121, 168,184,295 Samuel Weil, brother of B B Weil: Letters to his brother Benjamin: 1899, 1900.
f.24 Captain Raymond H. Girdwood, formerly Royal Irish Rifles: Letter to Capt. H. C. Sandford: 1899.
f. 33 Captain Herbert Greener, British Bechuanaland Border Police; DSO 1900; Lieutenant -Colonel 1901: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
ff. 36, 54, 57, 127, 229, 230, 241, 253 General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
f. 37 Captain Alexander John Godley, General 1923; GCB1928: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
ff. 40, 212, 254 Lieutenant Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Lancers; Captain 1900: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
ff. 41, 234, 250 Captain Bryce William Cowan, Bechuanaland Rifles; DSO 1902: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
f. 42 Lieutenant Edward Charles Shuttleworth Holden, DSO; Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry; Major 1901: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
ff. 43, 247 Lieutenant-Colonel John Ashton Henshaw Walford, British South Africa Police; DSO 1900: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1899, 1900.
f. 45 Kitty G. Hill, Matron, Victoria Hospital, Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1899.
f.46 Captain Ronald Moncreiffe, Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 47, 63, 77 Captain Raymond H. Girdwood, formerly Royal Irish Rifles: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 48, 166, 182, 248, 249 Lieutenant Henry Townsend Corbet Singleton, Highland Light Infantry; Lieutenant -Colonel 1920: Correspondence, etc., with B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 51, 52, 61, 103 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Letters to, from various correspondents: 1900.
ff. 51, 53 Charles George Harland Bell, Resident Magistrate, Mafeking; CMG 1902: Letters to Capt. C. M. Ryan: 1900.
f.52 Lieutenant A. T. Mackenzie, Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment: Letter to C. G. H. Bell: 1900.
ff. 56,137 Percival Halford Thomas, Staff Clerk, Mafeking: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 61 P. M. Fincham, general dealer, of Mafeking: Letter to Capt. C. M. Ryan: 1900.
f. 64 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Letter to A. Campbell: 1900.: Typewritten. Signed.
ff. 65, 68 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Letters to J. Simpson: 1900.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 66 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Letter to - McLeod: 1900.: Typewritten. Signed.
f.72 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Letter to J. Ellitson: 1900.
ff. 73, 88 Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson, wife of Captain G C Wilson: Letters to, from Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1900.
ff. 73, 88 General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell: Letters to Lady Sarah Wilson: 1900.
ff. 75, 75 b Wessels Montshioa, Chief of the Eastern Baralongs at Mafeking: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.
f.76 Vere Stent, journalist: Receipt to - Mitchell: 1900.
f. 80 Captain Gordon Chesney Wilson, Royal Horse Guards; Major 1903: General Orders, etc., signed by: 1899, 1900.: Typewritten.
f. 81 Major Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG 1913: General Orders, etc., issued by, as Chief Staff Officer, Frontier Force: 1899, 1900.: Mostly typewritten and signed.
ff. 82, 123, 257-260,275,277 Vere Stent, journalist: Correspondence, etc., with B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 83 Frank Firth, storekeeper, of Mafeking: Memorandum to B. B. Weil: 1900.: Printed, with MS. additions.
f. 84 Captain Ronald Moncreiffe, Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry: General Orders, etc.: 1899, 1900.: Typewritten, signed.
f. 87 Lieutenant John Alric Percy Feltham, Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment: Invitation to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 88b, 99, 300, 302 Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson, wife of Captain G C Wilson: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 91, 159, 164, 170 John Ronald Algie, Town Clerk of Mafeking: Municipal notices, etc., by: 1899, 1900.: Mostly typewritten.
f. 94 Lieutenant Charles Mackillop Mackenzie, Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 101 Ernest Noel Grayson, of Mafeking: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.: Imperf.
f. 102 Captain Charles Montgomerie Ryan, Brig.-General 1919: Correspondence with Maj. Lord Edward Gascoyne-Cecil: 1900.
f. 103 W. H. Beland, private, Bechuanaland Rifles: Letter to Capt. C. M. Ryan: 1900.
ff. 109, 228 Major Courtenay Bourchier Vyvyan, 10th Baronet 1917 Lieutenant -Colonel 1902: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 124 Miss A. M. Craufurd, Superintendent, Auxiliary Hospital, Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f.128 E. O. Butler, Sergeant-Major, British South African Police: Memorandum to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 134, 175, 214, 263, 270, 281, 282, 286-289 Captain Algernon Henry Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Royal Horse Guards: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 135, 206 Henry Purcell Dennison, of the Commissariat département, Mafeking: Correspondence with B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 141-262 passim Nevil Bursey Hodgson, trooper, Cape Police: Letters, etc., to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 146, 244, 279 Major Charles Owen Hore, South Staffordshire Regt.; Lieutenant -Colonel 1901: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 180, 203 Hubert H. Bradley, canteen manager, of Mafeking: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 187 Solomon T. Plaatje, Interpreter to Court of Summary Jurisdiction, Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 188 John William de Kock, attorney, of Mafeking: Letter to W. Forsyth: 1900.
f. 188 William Forsyth, Chief Staff Clerk, Mafeking: Letters, etc., to, from various correspondents: 1899, 1900.
f.194 Lieutenant Kenneth M. Murchison, Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 195 L. Schreiber, auditor, of Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 196, 240 Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, GCMG: Letters to B. B. Weil.: 1900.
f. 211 Lieutenant-Colonel William Bodle, CMG; British South Africa Police: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 215 Lieutenant H. Fielding, police officer in Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 220 Henry Gerald Early, of Early Bros., importers, of Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 239, 288, 290, 291 Major Frederick David Baillie, journalist: Notes by, and telegrams to the 'Morning Post': 1900.: Partly draft and copies.
f. 245 James Buchan, civil engineer, of Mafeking: Letter to Lieut. A. H. C. Hanbury-Tracy: 1900.
f. 245 Captain Algernon Henry Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Royal Horse Guards: Correspondence, etc.: 1899, 1900.
f. 251 Matsetsa Motsioa, mother of Chief Wessels, of Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 252 Lieutenant Rowland M. Daniel, Glamorganshire Artillery: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 263 David Jonathan Davies, of Mafeking: Letter to G. N. H. Whales: 1900.
ff. 266-268 General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell: Receipts signed by: 1900.
f. 269 James Fleming, cattle dealer, of Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 271-272 William Forsyth, Chief Staff Clerk, Mafeking: Letter, etc., to B. B. Weil: 1900.: Typewritten.
ff. 273,274,278 J. Emerson Neilly, journalist: Letters to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 276 Captain Charles FitzClarence, VC; Colonel 1913: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 284 Peter Stuart, Chief Constable, Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f.285 William Hayes Weekes, Chaplain, Mafeking; Dean of Bloemfontein 1922: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 292-293 Sub-Inspector Arthur Duncan Murray, Cape Police: Letter, etc., to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f. 293 Poetry ENGLISH: Verses written during the siege of Mafeking: 1899, 1900.
f. 294 Major Francis William Panzera, RE; CMG 1911: General Orders, etc., signed by: 1899, 1900.: Mostly typewritten.
f. 296 William Van der Merwe, Boer officer, writing from Rietfontein: Letter to Gen. J. P. Snyman: 1900.: Dutch.
f. 296 J. P. Snyman, Boer general: Letter to, from W. van der Merwe: 1900.: Dutch.
f.297 Jan Sarel Eloff, Boer Field Cornet: Letter to B. B. Weil: 1900.
f.303 Melville M. Clements, of Mafeking: Letter to B. B. Weil: circ. 1900.
f. 306 Major Raymond Northland Revell Reade, Major -General 1912; CMG 1918: Letter to the Railway Staff Officer, Vryburg: 1900.
f.307 Davis Masson, of Mafeking: Receipt to B. B. Weil: 1900.
ff. 315-318 Nevil Bursey Hodgson, trooper, Cape Police: Comic heraldic designs by, rel. to the Boer War: 1900.: Lithogr.
ff. 315-318 Art. Cartoons and Caricatures: N. B. Hodgson, comic heraldic designs rel. to the Boer War: 1900.: Lithogr.

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Add MS 46848-46855 : WEIL PAPERS Papers of Benjamin Bertie Weil (b. 1849, d. 1945) relating to the siege of Mafeking and other events of the…

Add MS 46848 : WEIL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. i+319). Correspondence of B. B. Weil, chiefly with Baden-Powell and other officers, together with lists…

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Adams, Hamilton John, Knight, army officer and colonial official, 1858-1920
Algie, John Ronald, Town Clerk of Mafeking
Baillie, Frederick David, soldier, war correspondent, fl 1900
Beland, W. H., private, Bechuanaland Rifles
Bell, Charles George Harland, Resident Magistrate, Mafeking; CMG 1902
Bodle, William, Lieutenant-Colonel; CMG; British South Africa Police
Bradley, Hubert H., canteen manager, of Mafeking
Buchan, James, civil engineer, of Mafeking
Butler, E. O., Sergeant-Major, British South African Police
Cavendish-Bentinck, Charles, Lieutenant; 9th Lancers; Captain 1900
Cecil, Edward Herbert, army officer and colonial administrator, 1867-1918
Clements, Melville M., of Mafeking
Cowan, Bryce William, Captain; Bechuanaland Rifles; DSO 1902
Craufurd, A. M., Miss; Superintendent, Auxiliary Hospital, Mafeking
Daniel, Rowland M., correspondent of Benjamin Weil, fl 1900
Davies, David Jonathan, of Mafeking, manager of a chemist shop, fl 1899
Dennison, Henry Purcell, correspondent of Benjamin Weil, fl 1900
Early, Henry Gerald, of Early Bros., importers, of Mafeking
Eloff, Jan Sarel, civilian commissioner and mining commissioner, 1859-1939
Feltham, John Alric Percy, army officer, fl 1862-1903
Fielding, H, police officer in Mafeking, fl 1900
Fincham, P M, shopkeeper of Mafeking, fl 1900
Firth, Frank, storekeeper, of Mafeking, fl 1900
FitzClarence, Charles, army officer, 1865-1914
Fleming, James, cattle dealer, of Mafeking, fl 1900
Forsyth, William, Chief Staff Clerk, Mafeking
Girdwood, Raymond Herbert, army officer, fl 1883-1899
Godley, Alexander John, Captain; General 1923; GCB1928
Grayson, Ernest Noel, of Mafeking, correspondent of Benjamin Bertie Weil, fl 1900
Greener, Herbert, army officer, paymaster and diarist, 1862-1946
Hanbury-Tracy, Algernon Henry Charles, Captain; Royal Horse Guards
Hill, Kitty G., Matron, Victoria Hospital, Mafeking
Hodgson, Nevil Bursey, trooper, Cape Police
Holden, Edward Charles Shuttleworth, Lieutenant; DSO; Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry; Major 1901
Hore, Charles Owen, Major; South Staffordshire Regt.; Lieutenant -Colonel 1901
Kock, John William, attorney, of Mafeking
Lawrence, James, of Kimberley
Mackenzie, A. T., Lieutenant; Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment
Mackenzie, Charles Mackillop, Lieutenant; Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment
Masson, Davis, of Mafeking
Matsetsa Motsioa, mother of Chief Wessels, of Mafeking
Moncreiffe, Ronald, Captain; Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry
Murchison, Kenneth M., Lieutenant; Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment
Murray, Sub-Inspector Arthur Duncan, Cape Police
Neilly, J. Emerson, journalist
Panzera, Francis William, army officer, 1851-1917
Plaatje, Solomon T., Interpreter to Court of Summary Jurisdiction, Mafeking
Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, army officer, founder of the Scout movement, 1857-1941
Reade, Raymond Northland Revell, Major; Major -General 1912; CMG 1918
Ryan, Charles Montgomerie, Captain; Brig.-General 1919
Schreiber, L., auditor, of Mafeking
Singleton, Henry Townsend Corbet, Lieutenant; Highland Light Infantry; Lieutenant -Colonel 1920
Snyman, J. P., Boer general
Stent, Vere, journalist
Stuart, Peter, Chief Constable, Mafeking
Thomas, Percival Halford, Staff Clerk, Mafeking
Van der Merwe, William, Boer officer, writing from Rietfontein
Vyvyan, Courtenay Bourchier, 10th Baronet, army officer, 1858-1941
Walford, John Ashton Henshaw, Lieutenant-Colonel; British South Africa Police; DSO 1900
Weekes, William Hayes, Chaplain, Mafeking; Dean of Bloemfontein 1922
Weil, Samuel, brother of B B Weil
Wessels Montshioa, Chief of the Eastern Baralongs at Mafeking
Williams, Ashley Paget Wilmot, Captain; British South Africa Police; DSO 1900
Wilson, Gordon Chesney, Captain; Royal Horse Guards; Major 1903
Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, wife of Captain G C Wilson