Letters to ‘Jemmy’ and Johnny Coventry from their brother Walter Bulkeley Coventry in South Africa

Description: Walter gives details of his job for the Public Works Department in Cape Town and his life generally, especially the difficulty of finding suitable lodgings. Comments on Cape Town and farmers, 'nearly all the Dutch farmers are well to do men - but most disgustingly low and slovenly in their habits' (item 3)

Date: 01/04/1882 - 31/01/1883

Last import: September 11, 2017