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244:'s office in Graaff-Reinet, where he worked for 14 years under magistrates like Andries Stockenström, Egbertus Bergh and W van Ryneveld. He was promoted to chief clerk and acted as sheriff. 1824 was also the year that the Scottish minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Graaff-Reinet, the Rev Andrew Murray, confirmed Boshof in the Christian Faith.
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Boshof and his family (including his parents) apparently left the same year, but is first mentioned in documents of the
Republiek Natalia in January 1841, when he and J P Zietsman were asked by the Volksraad to draft a reply to Sir George Napier, Governor of the Cape, on matters relating to Natal. He
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Nicolaas Boshof (the third of that name) was born on the farm De Derde Heuvel achter de Cogmans Kloof, Swellendam district (now Derdeheuwel, Montagu district) and was educated at first in Swellendam, but later in Graaff-Reinet under the Scottish dominy (teacher) William Robertson, who later
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territory and war seemed inevitable. As the state finances were in dire straits at the time, Boshof had great difficulty in organising the defence and buying arms. On the purchase of 50 rifles at £6 apiece he had to request a delay in payment of six months. Either assistance from the
Transvaal or
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Unfortunately he overstayed his leave and was dismissed by
Andries Stockenström, now Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province. Boshof travelled to Cape Town to put his case to the Governor and to the Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Glenelg, but without success. Before leaving the colony
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Boshof's efforts to reconcile the Boers and the
British authorities would appear to be behind his re-appointment in the civil service. (Natal was officially part of the Cape Colony at this stage, although separated by the independent chiefdoms of the Ciskei and Transkei regions.)
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Boshof was also called upon to respond to Napier when, on 02-12-1841, the
Governor announced his intention to occupy Port Natal and denied the Boer emigrants their independence. The response appeared on 21-02-1842, and became known as the Boers' official apologia. As
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on 29 September 1858. In it, the
Basotho and Orange Free State jurisdictions were for the first time clearly demarcated, as were several legal provisions. In the meantime, a movement had developed that aspired to a union or amalgamation of the
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family from the Cape Colony, originally bearing the surname Boseau, was proved to be unfounded by genealogical research. He was actually a great-grandchild of Willem
Hendrik Boshof (with one
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accepted the resignation, but also showed its displeasure about it. Eventually Boshof withdrew his resignation after some discussions, but this in turn effected the resignation of several
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from 01-02-1841 to 01-11-1842, retaining his seat in the
Volksraad during this time. He also served on a number of commissions and sat as chairman of the Volksraad on several occasions.
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members, among whom the chairman. In town sentiments ran high as well, mainly in support of Boshof, with people shooting in the air, and throwing "turpentine balls".
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permanently to live in Natal, Boshof wrote three letters to the
Grahamstown Journal early in 1839 in which he presented an analysis of the causes of the Great Trek.
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Boshof continued his political career in Natal as member of the Legislative Assembly for the Klip River District (1866). He died in Weston,
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Politics in the Orange Free State were still rather volatile and personal in the 1850s and there were conflicts regularly between the
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In 1845 he became registrar and master of the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg. In 1847 he was appointed resident magistrate of
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While in the Republic of Natalia Boshof drew up a set of regulations for Voortrekker officials and presided at a public meeting.
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republics were then briefly united under one head of state with a dual mandate. The experiment failed quickly however, with
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to intermediate between the Orange Free State and the Basotho. This expired in August and September 1858, resulting in the
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chairman he also negotiated the cession of Natal with Col Abraham Josias Cloete, who was Napier's representative.
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on 3 November 1827) and after her death in 1878 to Louisa Perry, the widow of one Van den Berg (26 May 1880).
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had been ruled out by the British government. And last but not least, the supporters of a union with the
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intervention from the Cape Colony seemed inevitable. The government of the Orange Free State asked
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in February 1859, tired of the burden of his high office. The peace treaty with the
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shortly afterwards became a member of the Volksraad and served as Landdrost of
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did not put an end to the frontier skirmishes. Closer co-operation with the
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150:(31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (
331:on 13 October 1856, endowed by and named after Sir
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399:now forcefully pushed for a personal union with
228:to take up the post of Treasurer-General of the
361:Early in 1858 tensions rose on the border with
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179:A claim that Boshof had been a member of a
154:) statesman, a late-arriving member of the
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58:27 August 1855 – 6 September 1859
973:State Presidents of the Orange Free State
709:State Presidents of the Orange Free State
418:was elected as his successor and the two
902:State President of the Orange Free State
545:Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa
46:State President of the Orange Free State
454:on 21 April 1881 and was buried in the
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320:. He won the election with a majority.
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800:Johannes Henricus Brand
794:Jacobus Johannes Venter
782:Jacobus Johannes Venter
763:Jacobus Johannes Venter
442:as the sole candidate.
438:was put forward by the
218:Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof
148:Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof
25:Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof
859:Martinus Theunis Steyn
775:Esaias Reynier Snijman
718:Provisional Government
397:South African Republic
381:South African Republic
372:Treaty of Aliwal North
230:South African Republic
213:, is named after him.
81:Esaias Reynier Snijman
847:Francis William Reitz
757:Josias Philip Hoffman
725:Josias Philip Hoffman
403:as president of both
216:His eldest son, also
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446:Later life and death
426:first resigning the
812:Executive Committee
751:Jacobus Groenendaal
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393:Cape Colony
333:George Grey
222:Paul Kruger
209:, close to
156:Voortrekker
114:Cape Colony
64:Preceded by
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818:W. Collins
656:Literature
478:References
436:J.H. Brand
314:A. du Toit
290:Klip River
253:Commandant
102:1808-01-31
468:Volksraad
440:Volksraad
428:Transvaal
424:Pretorius
416:Pretorius
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352:Volksraad
348:Volksraad
340:Volksraad
276:Volksraad
211:Kimberley
170:Biography
54:In office
665:(1907).
414:In 1860
342:and the
226:Pretoria
181:Huguenot
129:Weston,
44:2nd
389:Basotho
363:Basotho
251:(later
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