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WEIL PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 134).
(1) Correspondence of Baden-Powell and members of his staff with headquarters staff at Cape Town and units in Rhodesia and elsewhere; Oct. 1899-July 1900. ff. 1-58b.
(2) Correspondence of Baden-Powell with Boer officers, consisting mostly of autograph drafts of his letters to Generals Piet Arnoldus Cronje and J. P. Snyman; Oct. 1899-Aug. 1900. Partly Dutch. Typewritten copies of the majority of the letters appear in Add. MS. 46851, ff. 638-832. ff. 59-101.
(3) Accounts by Baden-Powell, in diary form, of various operations during the early months of the siege; 14 Oct.-26 Dec. 1899. Typewritten copies. ff. 102-134.
includes:
- f. 1 Major Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG 1913: Letter to Maj. J. Hanbury-Williams: 1899.
- ff. 1- 101 passim General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell: Correspondence with British and Boer officers, etc.: 1899, 1900.
- ff. 2-42 passim Major John Sanctuary Nicholson, 7th Hussars; Colonel 1907: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899.: Mostly typewritten copies.
- ff. 5, 43,44 Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Kekewich, Major -General 1902: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899.: Copies.
- f. 6 Major John Sanctuary Nicholson, 7th Hussars; Colonel 1907: Letter to Major Lord Edward Gascoyne-Cecil: 1899.
- ff. 9, 10 Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Kekewich, Major -General 1902: Telegram to C. G. H. Bell: 1899.: Typewritten copies.
- ff. 11, 85b Major Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG 1913: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899, 1900.: Partly typewritten and signed.
- ff. 14, 15 Captain Algernon Henry Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Royal Horse Guards: Correspondence, etc.: 1899, 1900.
- ff. 34, 37 (telegram) Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Reports to Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899.
- ff. 45, 47, 54 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Letters, etc., to, from Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1900.: Drafts and copies.
- ff. 59-65 Piet Arnoldus Cronje, Boer general: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899.: Partly Dutch.: Mostly typewritten copies.
- ff. 66-82, 85-90, 93-96 J. P. Snyman, Boer general: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899, 1900.: Partly Dutch.: Mostly typewritten copies.
- f. 83 Bertelsmann, German doctor: Letter to Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1900.: Signed.
- f. 91 Bertelsmann, German doctor: Letter to Gen. J. P. Snyman: 1900.: Dutch.: Signed.
- f. 92 General Dantje L. Botha, Commandant at Marico Laager: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899, 1900.: Engl. and Dutch.: Mostly typewritten copies.
- ff. 95, 98 Jan Sarel Eloff, Boer Field Cornet: Correspondence with Lt. Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1899, 1900.: Partly Dutch.: Mostly typewritten copies.
- f. 97 (signed) Major Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG 1913: Letters to Gen. J. P. Snyman: 1900.: Typewritten.
- ff. 100, 101 Piet Coetzee, Boer officer: Letter to, from Maj.-Gen. R. S. S. Baden-Powell: 1900.: Typewritten and draft.
- ff. 102-134 (copies) General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell: Orders, etc., and account of operations at Mafeking: 1899-1900.: Mostly typewritten.
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- Western Manuscripts
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040-002102947 - Is part of:
- 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 46850 : WEIL PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 134). (1) Correspondence of Baden-Powell and members of his staff with headquarters staff at Cape Town… - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
- Dutch
English - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1899-1900
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Bertelsmann, German doctor
Botha, Dantje L., General; Commandant at Marico Laager
Cecil, Edward Herbert, army officer and colonial administrator, 1867-1918
Coetzee, Piet, Boer officer
Cronje, Piet Arnoldus, Boer general
Eloff, Jan Sarel, civilian commissioner and mining commissioner, 1859-1939
Hanbury-Tracy, Algernon Henry Charles, Captain; Royal Horse Guards
Kekewich, Robert George, Lieutenant-Colonel; Major -General 1902
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Nicholson, John Sanctuary, Major; 7th Hussars; Colonel 1907
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, 1st Viscount Plumer, army officer, 1857-1932
Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, army officer, founder of the Scout movement, 1857-1941
Snyman, J. P., Boer general