Eastern Districts, Cape of Good Hope. Proclamation.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A rare survival announcing the appointment of Young as Lieutenant governor of the Eastern Districts, at a time when it was the urgent wish of the majority of settlers to be separated from the Western Districts. Below the proclamation are two government notices concerning the appointment. First edition. Single column on a folio sheet, old fold marks. Not traced in Mendelssohn. Gordon-Brown, The Settlers' Press, p103.

• Binding: Hardcover

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