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Letter from Lt. Col. H.G. Smith, C.B., to Lt. Col. Wade, enclosing extracts from...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/43/104
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838 Feb. 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from Lt. Col. H.G. Smith, C.B., to Lt. Col. Wade, enclosing extracts from letters relating to an incident which occurred in Cape Colony where he was Deputy Quartermaster General.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Personal and family papers
- Africa
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PRO 30/43
Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole: Papers
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