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Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, comprising his remarks on an enclosed typescript memorandum from Col Henry Crichton Sclater, Staff Officer, South Africa, 29 May 1902, containing Sclater's proposals on the supervision and disposition of artillery fire. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his favourable impression of recently constructed blockhouses, his discussions with Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Officer Commanding Mobile Columns and South African Constabulary (SAC), Orange River Colony, on the duties of the SAC and the abilities of column commanders. 2pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting that the Pretoria Conference would lead to peace and proposing a visit to Japan to report on the Japanese Army. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the capture of a British convoy by Boer forces at Klerksdorp, Transvaal, and news from Kitchener at Harrismith, Orange River Colony, on the capture of Boer commandos and cattle by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, at Lang Riet. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting Kitchener perceived himself unappreciated by the British press and public, and on Hamilton's discussions with Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, and Maj Gen Arthur Singleton Wynne, General Officer Commanding Administration, Cape Colony, on the difficulty of clearing rebels from the Cape Colony, and the welcome arrival of Indian battalions to South Africa. 3pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his presidency of a committee to recommend a new medal for service in South Africa (the King's South Africa Medal); on the military capabilities of artillery officers, including Lt Col Frederick Drummond Vincent, Col Alexander Nelson Rochfort and Maj Stanley Brenton Von Donop; his dining with Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey, Jan Christiaan Smuts and Louis Botha. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the failings of the Ordnance Committee and its president Lt Gen John Fletcher Owen; Hamilton's proposal of Capt Arthur Alexander Wolfe Murray for Inspector General of Garrison Artillery and his suggestion that Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French be transferred from the Cape Colony to tackle Boer forces in Orange River Colony. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his attempts to have columns and horses rested; Kitchener's views on a proposed new 18 pounder field gun; on the differences in opinion between Alfed Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, and Kitchener on a settlement with the Boers; the failure of Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle to resist the Boer attack on the column of Lt Col Robert Bertram Firman at Tweefontein, Orange River Colony. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his suspicion that highland regiments would lose the kilt as fighting dress and his urging that Boer leaders be given honourable peace terms to avert further conflict. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his intention to confiscate Boer food crops near Klerksdorp during his drive in Western Transvaal; his attitude towards Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, and the military capability of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his discussions with Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, commanding Mounted Column, on engaging Boer forces in Orange River Colony, on the likely advance of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet into the Cape Colony, and on the activities of Boer Gen Christiaan F Beyers at Petrusburg, Orange River Colony. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his view on the suggestion of the British Cabinet to try column commanders in South Africa by Courts Martial for failures in the field. 9pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his participation in the battle of Rooiwal, Western Transvaal, 11 Apr. 8pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, with the evaluations of Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French of French's column commanders, and enclosing draft typescript copy of letter from Hamilton to Rt Hon (William) St John (Fremantle) Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, on the dangers of forcing the Boers to an unconditional surrender, and proposing that Kitchener be allowed to negotiate peace terms with Boer leaders. 10pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his observations of the drive by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, against Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet at Zuikerbosch Rand, Eastern Transvaal, and on his request for more infantry to be dispatched to South Africa for blockhouse duties. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the daily routine of Kitchener's staff, on Kitchener's increasing decentralization of command, and Hamilton's opinion of the leadership capabilities of Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Maj Gen Laurence James Oliphant and Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, with his opinion on The Times history of the war in South Africa, volume 2, edited by Leopold Stennett Amery (Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1902); his suggestions for a temporary South African department in the War Office to deal with his operational archives; his preferences for future magistrates and governors in South Africa. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, advocating an armistice of one month in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and further musketry practice for British forces in South Africa, and hoping to initiate decentralization of military command in Kitchener's office and in the districts. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the workings and responsibilities of officers on Kitchener's staff; on the likely transfer of the railways from military to civil control; his proposals for raising battalions using Boer prisoners. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the signing of peace terms at Vereeniging. 3pp