BC 818 H.C.V. LEIBRANDT PAPERS 

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

Purchased from Struik (from the Bane Sale) 14.2.1957

A.

Leibrandt's notes on settlements, etc.

No. of items

1.

Notes on the history of the establishment of a farming settlement in the Hottentots Holland district, c.1652 - c.1830. Includes two letters, dated 24.11.1905 and 18.12.1905, both of which were probably addressed to C.J. van der Merwe, Town Councillor, Somerset West Strand. MSS.

6

2.

Original draft of Leibrandt's History of Graaff Reinet written for the Hon. Hutton, M.L.A. and published by Leibrandt in the "Educational Times". Dated Dec. 1886. MSS.

4

3.

Notes on various events which took place in the Cape Colony during 1794 and 1795. Includes notes on Graaff Reinet and Swellendam, etc., taken from official records. MSS

1

B

Notes on Wine.

1.

Memorandum dated 4.6.1888 for the Colonial Secretary concerning the appointment and duties of a wine taster at the Cape, 1806, plus notes. MSS.

2

2.

Memorandum on reports of the Commissioners of inquiry into feasibility of charging a levy on wine and brandy to raise funds for supporting a Public Library in Cape Town. MSS

1

3.

Memorial to Lord Charles Somerset from residents of the Paarl, Drakenstein and neighbouring country concerning duties and taxes which they had to pay on their produce. MSS

1

4.

Two drafts of letters to the Editor of the "Cape Times" re Cape wines, dated 31.1.1893 MSS.

2

5.

4 Newspaper clippings from the "Cape Times" dating from January and February 1893, mostly about Cape Wine.

4

C.                 

Notes on people

1-4.

Pieter van Papendorp, notes on deeds for land transferred to him, c.1788. situated between the Castle and the Salt River, and a bond on the property to cover the debts he had incurred, etc. MSS.

4

5.

Wills of Joachim Nicolaas von Dessin,

(a) joint will with his wife d. 8th December 1752.

1

(b) Second will dated 12th July 1761. MSS copies.

6.

Description of the murders by Jonas of Bouchis, Batjou of Bouchis and Batjou of Chirabon of Willem, Silleman and Jan de Sweet (or Swede?), and the sentences, 1724. MSS

1

D

Miscellaneous notes

1.

Draft of a paper on the early history of libraries in the Cape, 1877, by Leibrandt. MSS

1

2-3.

Notes on libraries, 1791 - 1830, and Graaff Reinet Library, 1849. MSS

2

4.

Draft of a talk on the history of education at the Cape, c.1687 -1897. MSS

1

5.

Notes from the Cape Almanac of 1828. MSS

1

6.

Notes on Landsurveyors, c.1887. MSS

1

7-9.

Miscellaneous notes. MSS

3

10.

Notes on editions of the Dutch bible. MSS

1

TOTAL

37 items

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