A1

Biographical details concerning Joseph James Ross, a medical practitioner and father of Robert F Ross. TSS. 5p.

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A2

Cape of Good Hope Medical Practitioner's Licence issued to Dr Joseph James Ross, 11 February 1899, signed by W P Schreiner.

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B1

Letter from Rocco Catoggio to his relatives in Italy explaining why it has been impossible for him to write to them before July 1833. He had gone to Spain, during the Peninsular War, had been captured by the British and taken to England where he was pressed into the British Army and sent to the Cape. He served for over six years at the Cape and then took his dis­charge and settled there. Gives interesting contemporary view of conditions at the Cape c. 1820's to 1830's. MSS

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B2

English translation of B1. TSS.

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C1

Historical survey of the Meintjes family. TSS - 3 pages

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D1

Translation into English of "Hoe ik ontsnapte", by J L de Villiers, the account of how he escaped from an English prisoner of war camp in India, during the Anglo-Boer War. 55p.

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