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Ashanti carrier difficulties: reports that no carriers are obtainable from the Gold...
Catalogue reference: CO 96/360/16
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- CO 96/360/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900 June 11
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Ashanti carrier difficulties: reports that no carriers are obtainable from the Gold Coast for Colonel James Willcocks; some Chiefs refuse to accept the bonus; strongly recommends reinforcement of no less than 100 men should be sent to Accra; doubts volunteer corps can be depended upon.
William Low, Acting Governor.
Unnumbered Telegram, folios 58-64.
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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)
- 18543/1900
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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