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Colonial affairs in East Africa.

Contains: 1. reports of the district governor of Usambara, Major Krenzler, 1891; 2. letter of Major H. Wißmann, 1891-1892; 3. letter of J. Rindermann to the secretariat of the German Colonial Society, 1897.

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Colonial enterprises in Southwest Africa: Plan to establish a settlement society for Southwest Africa; reports on individual settlement areas (printed matter).

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Colonial enterprises.

Contains: 1st colony Dona Franziska in Brazil, 1897; 2nd liberation of Carl Neufeld, captured in Sudan, 1898; 3rd offer for sale of files from the time of the foundation of the German Colonial Society by Richard Jakob, 1898-1899; 4th promotion of ...

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Colonial printed matter.

Darin: Kolonialzeitung; Afrika, Monatsschrift für die morliche und soziale Entwicklung der deutschen Schutzgebiete; minutes of meetings of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft and others.

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Correspondence with Freiherr Karl von der Heydt and Dr. Carl Peters on matters of the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a S c h e G e s e l l l l s c h a f t , above all on the founding negotiations; merger of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a n i a l V e l l s c h a f t with the Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation; reports by Peters on his undertakings.

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Correspondence with Heinrich Scharrer, Managing Director of the Witu Society for Europe, about matters in Witu; expedition to support Emin Pasha, use of funds collected for this purpose, etc.

Expedition zur Unterstützung Emin Paschas, Verwendung der zu diesem Zweck gesammelten Gelder u.a..

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Correspondence with Prince Hermann on colonial issues during his reign as governor: requests for use and support; sending of books and lectures; annual reports and prospectuses of individual colonial companies and organizations (Evangelical Africa Association; Cameroon Cocoa Society; German-African Business F. Colin and Co.; Colonial Economic Committee; Hanseatic Colonization Society; Settlement Society for D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a; German Rubber Plantation Society).

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Correspondence with lawyer Gustav Siegle, mainly about colonial enterprises in West Africa and the trading company of Colin; mediation of a picture gift to Ks. William I

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Establishment of a German native school in Dar es Salaam at the suggestion of the governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a Freiherr von Soden; recruitment of a teacher by the German Colonial Society; correspondence with von Soden, the Württemberg Minister of Churches and Education Sarwey and applicants for the position; acceptance of teacher Barth from Friedrichshafen to complete a Swahili language course; establishment of the school in Tanga; complaints by Barth about lack of support and his return to Germany.

Darin: 3 photographs of the school in Tanga, 1894.

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Establishment of scientific and commercial stations in the Niger Benue area; collection for an Eduard Robert Flügel fund; use of surpluses after the death of the researcher Flegel in September 1885.

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Execution of an anti-slavery lottery; appointment of Prince Hermann to the Executive Committee; support of the Wißmann Sea Expedition and the Wißmann Steamship; expedition in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a; dispute between the Carl-Peters Foundation and the Anti-Slavery Committee about the use of foundation funds; correspondence with the Federal Foreign Office (Dr. Kayser), Prince Wilhelm zu Wied, Bergrat Dr. M. Busse; Koblenz and others; minutes of meetings, printed matter, press releases.

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Expedition to Witu to take over the land acquired by the Denhardt brothers and to investigate the economic possibilities; reports by Captain R. Rabenhorst as expedition leader and Lieutenant Schmid from Lamu to Prof. Eggert in Berlin and his successor as head of the Witu affairs E. Arnhold; differences between Lieutenant (retired) von Wittich and Lieutenant Schmid with Captain Rabenhorst.

Berichte des Kapitäns R. Rabenhorst als Expeditionsleiter und des Leutnants Schmid aus Lamu an Prof. Eggert in Berlin und seinen Nachfolger als Leiter der Witu-Angelegeheiten E. Arnhold; Differenzen des Leutnants a.D. von Wittich und des Leutnants...

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Formation of a German Pflanzer Company for stock corporation law reasons for later merger with the existing Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Plantagengesellschaft; invitation to Prince Hermann to join; annual report of the Company; letter from Hofrat Credé, Leipzig, Dr. Schroeder, Berlin, Carl Strauß, Berlin.

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Foundation of a "Evangelical African Society" by Julie Sutter and Pastor von Bodelschwingh; election of Prince Hermann as Honorary President; minutes of meetings; communications from the fields of work in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a..

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Foundation of a Cameroon expedition committee; assumption of honorary presidency by Prince Hermann; correspondence with the chairman of the managing committee Ernst Vohsen; execution of the Cameroon expedition by Baron von Uechtritz in 1893/1894.

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Foundation of a settlement company for Southwest Africa (Syndicate for Southwest African Settlement); preparatory exploration in the Windhoek area; correspondence with the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office; allocation of settlement land by the Colonial Department; establishment of a regular steamboat connection to Walfischbay; establishment of a protection force.

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Foundation of the Deutsche Colonial-Gesellschaft für Südwest-Afrika: Statutes, minutes of meetings, annual reports of the Company (files of Prince Hermann as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company).

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Foundation of the German-African Society; election of Prince Hermann to the Board of Directors; minutes of meetings, annual reports; colonial policy activities in German East Africa.

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Foundation of the company "Friedrich Colin, Deutsch-Afrikanisches Geschäft in Hamburg", for the purpose of promoting and developing trade with West Africa; recruitment of business members (Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Frankenberg, Varnbüler, G. Siegle and others); Founding meeting on 9 March.1885; submission to the Imperial Chancellor Bismarck for the dispatch of an imperial official to Koba, Kabitai and Sumbayland; conclusion of contracts with several indigenous chieftains; attempt to settle differences with France with the involvement of the German envoy in Paris, Prince Clovis of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst; Rejection of an intervention by the German Reich (deployment of a warship); renunciation by the Reich of Koba and Kabitai in the delimitation of the spheres of interest with France; withdrawal of the prince from society; annual reports of the society.

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General correspondence of the Witu Society; expedition under Captain Rabenhorst to take possession in the autumn of 1886; weapons provided by the Prussian War Ministry; negotiations on the sale of Witu to the British East African Society.

Expedition unter Hauptmann Rabenhorst zur Besitzübernahme im Herbst 1886; Stellung von Waffen durch das preußische Kriegsministerium; Verhandlungen über den Verkauf von Witu an die Britisch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft.

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General development in Witu: Reports of the authorized representative of the Witu Society in Lamu Kurt Toeppen to the Board of Directors and the authorized representative of the Society in Germany Heinrich Scharrer; transmission of Toeppen's correspondence (in copy) to Prince Hermann; correspondence of the Prince with Toeppen; merger of the Witu Society with the German East African Society; efforts to obtain an imperial award for Consul Schwabe; dismissal of Toeppen.

Übersendung der Korrespondenz Toeppens (in Abschrift) an den Fürsten Hermann; Korrespondenz des Fürsten mit Toeppen; Fusion der Witu-Gesellschaft mit der Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft; Bemühungen um eine kaiserliche Auszeichnung für Konsul...

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German Togo expedition; correspondence with consul Ernst Vohsen; establishment of a Togo Committee; assumption of honorary presidency of the Togo Committee by Prince Hermann.

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Letter from Hermann von Wißmann to the Prince; sea expedition; construction of the Langenburg station on Lake Victoria; intervention of Prince Hermann in favour of Wißmann by Emperor Wilhelm II.

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Letter from Privy Councillor Simon, board member of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s e l l s c h a f t , mainly in matters of the Witu Society.

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