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John Stanford was born in 1929 on Inungi, his parents' farm in East Griqualand, and has farmed all his life. He is over 90 now, still farming, and philosophical about most things except the weather. John's mother, Effie Anderson, was one of the Chronicle's founding editors. In their home on their farm in East Griqualand was a collection of the Chronicles which Effie used to read to her six children. On later re-reading of the Chronicles, John was impressed by their eloquence and their delightful respect and courtesy. He decided to make a selection of these historical documents available to the many descendents of the Molteno and Murray families and a wider readership. After 100 years, the letters and accounts retain the immediacy of first-hand experience. https://www.amazon.com/Great-War-Letters-Diaries-1913-1920/dp/0986979155 |
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From 1913 to 1920, the Molteno-Murray family published a private journal called "Chronicle of the Family". It appeared three times a year, providing news of the family scattered throughout South Africa, Britain, and Kenya - a means, as one of the editors put it, "of preventing the younger members growing up strangers to each other." When war was declared in 1914, the Chronicle began to include letters from family serving in the military and medical corps in diverse contexts, including the war fronts in German East Africa and South West Africa, the trenches of France, and naval battles. News from home continued with accounts of life on a Karoo farm, a horse trek in Basotuland, a leftist political rally in London, and reminiscences of older family members. https://www.amazon.com/Great-War-Letters-Diaries-1913-1920/dp/0986979155 |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS -- GENERAL NEWS -- KAMFER'S KRAAL -- JANET -- A SKETCH -- 1912-1913 -- The Balkan War -- Letters from Ernest Anderson -- 1914 -- A Visit to Basutoland -- Effie Anderson -- 1914 THE BOER REBELLION -- Diary -- Kenah Murray -- The Graaff-Reinet Commando -- John Molteno -- 1914-1916 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS -- Letter from Effie Stanford (nee Anderson) / East Griqualand -- A West Coast Voyage -- Willie Blenkins -- In Memoriam -- 1914-1918 THE WAR IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA -- Letters from Jarvis and Lenox Murray |
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1915 THE WAR IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA -- Diary -- Kenah Murray -- 1915 THE WAR IN EUROPE -- Letters from Ernest Anderson / France -- Letter from Willie Anderson / France -- Letter from Caroline Murray / London -- Loss of H.M.S. Goliath -- Lieut C W Parker -- Letters from Gerald Sandeman / France -- Letters from George Murray / France -- 1916 THE WAR IN EUROPE -- Letters from Kenah Murray / France -- The Battle of Jutland -- Percy Molteno -- Letters from Kenah Murray / France -- Geneva and the War -- Marguerite Genequand -- 1917 THE WAR IN EUROPE -- Letters from Kenah Murray / France |
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Letters from Betty Molteno / London -- The Albert Hall Meeting -- Betty Molteno -- Letters from George Murray / France -- Letter from Ronald Beard / France -- 1918 THE WAR IN EUROPE -- Letter from Betty Molteno / London -- Letters from May Murray-Parker / London -- Letter from George Murray / France -- George Murray death announcement -- Letters from Kenah Murray -- American Canteen Work in France -- Letters from Nan Mitchell -- The Labour Conference -- Betty Molteno / London -- The Naval Surrender -- Letters from Gordon Thomas -- Letter from Alice Greene / London |
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The Baltic Expedition -- Letters from Gordon Thomas -- 1916-1920 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS -- Drought in the Karoo 1915-1918 -- Episodes of Farm Life -- Kathleen Murray -- Gamin -- A Police Dog -- Bessie Molteno -- Travel Diary -- Kathleen and Margaret Molteno -- Memorial Service for General Louis Botha -- Percy Molteno -- Editorial closing the Chronicle -- Kathleen Murray -- THREE 19TH CENTURY REMINISCENCES -- Reminiscences as a magistrate in Mount Frere 1879-1880 -- Willie Blenkins -- Reminiscences of the Molteno Family in the 1860s -- Caroline Murray |
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The Prah Expedition in the Ashante War 1871-1874 -- Dr C.F.K. (Charles) Murray -- REFERENCES -- Back cover |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Stanford family.
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Stanford family. |
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Anderson family.
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Anderson family. |
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Murray family.
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Murray family. |
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Molteno family.
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Molteno family. |
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Molteno, John Charles, Sir, 1814-1886.
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Stanford family. |
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Anderson family. |
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Murray family. |
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Molteno family. |
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Molteno, John Charles, Sir, 1814-1886. |
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Diaries.
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Diaries. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Personal narratives.
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1914-1918 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal narratives.
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Stanford, John, editor.
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0986979171 (electronic book) |
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9780986979170 (electronic book) |
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