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| Collection Index: | CRAIG, Sir James Henry, 1796-1797 | | | Collection Name: | Sir James Henry CRAIG Papers 1796-1797 | |
| A24 | Sir James Henry Craig Papers | | | | | | | | | | CRAIG, Sir James Henry | | | | | | | | | | Copyright 2009, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | | | | | | | | | | Sir James Henry Craig papers, British General and Governor of the Cape (1795-1797), 1796-1797 | | 1796-1797 | | | | | | | | The collection consists of: | | | | | A letterbook, 30 September 1796 - 22 May 1797, entitled 'Homeward letters', containing copies of 25 letters (128 pages) from Craig to Colonel R. Brooke (Governor of St. Helena), J. Duncan (Governor of Bombay), Rt. Hon. H. Dundas (Secretary of State for War) and the Governor and Supreme Council, Bombay. Subjects are: the shortage of money, corn and gunpowder at the Cape, the transport of troops between India and the Cape, the use of slaves and raising of the Hottentot Corps and the state of the Napoleonic War. | | | | | | | | | | Digitised items | | | | 1 | A memorandum (56 leaves) on the defence of the Cape prepared by Craig for his successor, Lord Macartney. | Sir James Henry Craig | 30 Sep 1796 - 22 May 1797 |
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