From:
Harry George Wakelyn Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.198
Summary:
Thanks for kind thoughts JH sent, after a difficult time about the Kaffir wars.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks for kind thoughts JH sent, after a difficult time about the Kaffir wars.
Note accompanying copy of dispatch relating to Kaffir wars.
Comments on HS's dealings with native tribal groups and returns a volume of related material.
Comments on the shooting death in 1835 of Hintsa, leader of the Xhosa people. JH believes that no wrongdoing occurred.