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              13 Archival description results for History

              ZA ZAR STS 2022-004-03-003 · Item · 1907
              Part of Leake collection

              1907 - 1910 Wesleyan Church Trust record book containing loose items relating to the Wesleyan Trust and the Million Shilling fund-raising effort.
              It would appear that the fund-raising effort mirrored that of a similar one in London at the same time. According to the letters and other records in the ledger, the intention of the local fund was aimed at a church to be built on the corner of Kerk and von Wielligh Streets in Johannesburg.
              The full contents of the ledger have not been digitised.

              Wesley Church Trust
              1906 CHL Firearm licence
              ZA ZAR STS 2022-004-03-002 · Item · 1906
              Part of Leake collection

              1906 CHL Firearm licence
              The licence was issued to Leake for a Hollis double-barreled shotgun, indicative of the safety atmosphere of the early years of Johannesburg.

              Receiver of Revenue (Johannesburg)
              ZA ZAR STS 2022-004-03-001 · Item · 1896
              Part of Leake collection

              1896 CHL Field Cornet certificate.
              Issued at the time that Dutch was still used as the official language of the Transvaal Republic.
              "The rank of field cornet (veldkornet) was used for the senior officer of a ward or sub-district in the independent republican states of the Transvaal and Oranje-Vrystaat in late 19th century South Africa. They were elected by the commandos of their ward for periods of three years." (Source: Wikipedia)

              Lombard, H S Veldkornet