The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. This volume contains the first five parts up to the peace negotiations of Vereeniging and includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.
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Preface; Part I. The Student Years. 12 June 1886-11 September 1895: 1. Stellenbosch documents 1-4; 2. Cambridge documents 5-15; 3. The Middle Temple documents 16-21; Part II. Entry into Politics. 26 October 1895-5 October 1899: 4. The Cape Colony documents 22-40; 5. The South African Republic documents 41-129; Part III. The Anglo-Boer War. 4 September 1899-4 January 1902: Documents 130-172; Part IV. Vereeniging. 12 May 1902-31 May 1902: Documents 173-179; Part V. Memoirs of the Boer War: Document 180; 1. The fall of Pretoria; 2. Donkerhoek or Diamond Hill; 3. Reorganization; 4. Opening of the Western Campaign, July 1900; 5. The Opening of the Western Campaign, August 1900; 6. The Magaliesberg Campaign, September 1900; 7. The Magaliesberg Campaign, October 1900; 8. The Magaliesberg Campaign, October-November 1900; 9.The Magaliesberg Campaign, December 1900; 10. The Magaliesberg Campaign concluded, December 1900.
