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D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
- BSA - British South Africa Company
  - 5 - Land Settlement.

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3287/BSA/5/306
Title	Geo. Milner Odlum, Decatur, Michigan, to British South Africa Company: has visited W.I. Joseph of Potwin, Kansas, and discussed his scheme for attracting settlers for Southern Rhodesia whilst making his own profit out of land sales; enclosed draft agreement between British South Africa Company and Joseph; need for advertising in U.S.A.; convinced of potential source of settlers, esp. due to break up of the ranges in the West; has visited Wyoming State Experimental Station and firm of meat packers in Chicago; thinks he has convinced them of potential of Southern Rhodesia; is to go to Canada to see Lord Grey, then to Washington to interview candidates for post in charge of Bulawayo Warehouse.
Date	1908 Jan 29
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	British South Africa Company
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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