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Auction: 24025 - Historical Documents Featuring the Major David Cecil Underwood Jr Collection of Royal Visits to India 1876-1906
Lot: 322

Southern Africa
Basutoland
1880-98 A wonderful group of autograph letters spanning the Moirosi Campaign, 1879 and Gun War 1880-81 including 1879 detailed letter from Arthur Pattison headed "The Taking of 'Quitini' or Moirosi's Mountain, Basutoland" with a report of the death of Moirisi; 1880 (April-December), a group of seven letters from Major C.H. Bell; 1880 (July-Sept) with reports on Malop's death, the battle at Mafeteng; 1852-54 copies of letter from Lt. Henry Siborne in relation to border disputes. A most interesting group of letters.

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