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The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888.
A panel from the Shangani Memorial at World's View in Zimbabwe, c1905 'Rhodesia' was named after Cecil Rhodes, the British empire-builder who was one of the most important figures in British expansion into southern Africa, and who obtained mineral rights in 1888 from the most powerful local traditional leaders through treaties such as the Rudd Concession and the Moffat Treaty signed by King ...
The Moffat Museum, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1983, ISBN 978-0-15-202553-3. Things are changing in the Moffat family, and Janey has the clever idea of making a museum to hold special items from their lives. NOTE: The first three novels were illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. The Moffat Museum was illustrated by Estes.
Moffat's first teacher was William Mitchell, also known as "Wully Mitchell," who was the parish schoolmaster. He was considered a stern teacher and would rap Robert on the knuckles if he slacked off in his schooling. [2] Moffat's first instruction book was The Shorter Catechism, which contained the alphabet in its title page. [3]
John Smith Moffat (1835–1918) was a British missionary and imperial agent in southern Africa, the son of missionary Robert Moffat and Mary Moffat. He was the brother-in-law of missionary explorer David Livingstone. He is known for his various publications and essays detailing his journeys and experiences in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
In the 1880s the federal government became involved on behalf of the Cherokee Freedmen; in 1888 the US Congress passed An Act to secure to the Cherokee Freedmen and others their proportion of certain proceeds of lands, Oct. 19, 1888, 25 Stat. 608, which included a special appropriation of $75,000 to compensate for failure of the tribe to pay ...
[1] [5] He then became head of the Caius Laboratory here, a position he held until 1908, when he retired. [1] At Cambridge, between 1876 and 1888, Muir lead the research on bismuth compounds, resulting in 18 papers published by him alone or together with his students in the Journal of the Chemical Society. His coauthors were all young graduates ...
Dates / Year [5] City Country Notes October 2, 1889 – April 1890: Washington D.C. United States: First International Conference of American States: October 22, 1901 – January 31, 1902: México Mexico: Second Panamerican Conference. July 21 – August 26, 1906: Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Third Panamerican Conference. July 12 – August 30, 1910 ...