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Kaffir fare at Fort Wiltshire (sic)

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George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Kaffir fare at Fort Wiltshire (sic)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6269

Title: Kaffir fare at Fort Wiltshire (sic)
Description: Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.,From 1824 – 1830 weekly trade fairs were held at the Fort, where licensed British Settlers could trade in ivory, hides etc with Xhosa. At first cattle could not be traded, and trade in fire-arms and liquor was forbidden.
Subject: Fort Willshire -- Alice (South Africa) -- Pictorial works
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018040
Creator: George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935); Greaves, Duncan (photographer)
Type: Still Image
Provenance: Bestowed to Rhodes University by Sir George Cory
Location - Physical Location: Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator: MS 10 542; CD 55
useGuidelines: In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Item sets: Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection; The Frontier Wars; Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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