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 South African Commercial Advertiser (1826-1840)
| Date transcribed | 2009-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Sue McKay - Marianne Mansfield | | Comment | Sue McKay has kindly authorized us to publish her transcriptions of Family History-related data from the Announcements in the South African Commercial Advertiser. This is because they include very many references to personnel in the service of The East India Company en route to or from India or on furlough in S. Africa, which offered a more temperate climate. Also included are many officers and soldiers of the British Army regiments who may well have served in India shortly before or after serving in South Africa. |
| | Publication Date | 26 March 1836 | | | Event Date | 15 February 1836 | | | Surname | Smith | | | Rank or Occupation | Hon. Col Commanding Province of Queen Adelaide | | | Full Entry | Saturday 26 March 1836: To the Hon Colonel SMITH, Commanding the Province of Queen Adelaide. Graham’s Town, 15th Feb 1836: Sir,
We the undersigned , having observed with regret in the Graham’s Town Journal the copy of an order said to have been issued by you in the New Province, in which you state it had come to your knowledge that some of the present traders were carrying on a most unfair, unjust and fraudulent traffic with His Majesty’s new subjects (the Caffers); and you further remark, that if such was their conduct, it required no philosopher to tell why the Caffers were so virulent towards the traders in the late war. As we know, and are well able to prove, that we dealt neither unfairly, unjustly or fraudulently with any of the Caffer tribes before the war, but from the great competition &c there then was, actually gave them prices for their produce far too high to leave us anything like a fair profit for our great risk and trouble; and as mischievous and wicked persons will, and already have, endeavoured to turn your words to their account, and to our disadvantage, we wish particularly to hear from yourself whether you have any grounds for believing or supposing that our conduct, or the conduct of the traders generally, before the war, in their intercourse with the Caffer tribes was unbecoming them as men and as Englishmen.
We beg the favor of as early a reply as you can find it convenient.We have the honor to be Sir your most obedient servants,
W. SOUTHEY, D. ROBERTS, W. SIMPSON, J. TEMLETT, E. FORD & Son, B. TROLLIP, Joseph TROLLIP, W. FOWLER | | | Reference ( National Archives - Kew) | CO53/4 |
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