- Title
- Letter from Richard Graham Stone to Walter Jardine offering position of curator of Grahamstown Botanical Gardens, 1867
- Creator
- Stone, Richard Graham
- Creator
- Jardine, Walter
- Subject
- Jardine, Walter
- Subject
- Botanical Gardens -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
- Subject
- Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
- Date
- 1867-05-14
- Date
- 2021-09-29
- Type
- text
- Type
- letter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/196730
- Identifier
- vital:45798
- Identifier
- Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University
- Description
- Jardine Correspondence transcribed by Jean Kelly July 2021. Transcription: Grahams Town 14 May 1867 Mr W. Jardine Newlands Cape Town Sir I have much pleasure to inform you that your application for the Curatorship of the Botanic Garden has been accepted and that the Committee gave you preference, being strongly recommended by Mr McGibbon, the Gardener of the Colony. Salary £150 per annum (One Hundred and fifty pounds) per annum. The Committee will be glad to hear of your early departure from Cape Town. Yours truly R.G Stone Secretary.
- Format
- 2 p
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Relation
- Walter Jardine Letters
- Relation
- Walter Jardine Letters mixed material
- Rights
- Stone, Richard Graham
- Rights
- This item resides in the Public Domain
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