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LADYSMITH, SIEGE OF: Boer soldier's letter, 1899
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LADYSMITH, SIEGE OF: Boer soldier's letter, 1899

  • MISC2
  • Collection
  • 1899

Manuscript letter written in Afrikaans by Boer soldier A J Tapper to the Boethma family, Groenfontein, 7 Nov 1899, detailing Boer attitudes and expectations during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, South Africa, with English translation of letter supervised by Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson, 1966, and correspondence between Thompson and former holder of the letter Mrs L K Dodderidge, widow of Sgt Dodderidge, 1966