Letter from Richard Graham Stone to Walter Jardine offering position of curator of Grahamstown Botanical Gardens, 1867

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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Walter Jardine Letter (1860s)

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