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War Relief Fund: transmits draft for £500 subscribed by Europeans and 'natives' to...
Catalogue reference: CO 96/358/30
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This record is about the War Relief Fund: transmits draft for £500 subscribed by Europeans and 'natives' to... dating from 1900 Mar 19 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Gold Coast, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 96/358/30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900 Mar 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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War Relief Fund: transmits draft for £500 subscribed by Europeans and 'natives' to the Mansion House fund to assist the wives, widows and orphans of soldiers and sailors fighting in South Africa; among these contributors are several 'Native' Kings and Chiefs; this sum is in addition to the £100 already contributed by the Aborigines Rights Protection Society; reports the sense of loyalty and patriotism that has been evoked in all classes by the war in the Gold Coast, especially among the indigenous population.
Sir Frederick Hodgson, Governor.
No 114, folios 415-421.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 11988/1900
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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