Lex Anteinternet: Cape Colony

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Sunday, February 10, 1901. Boers invade Cape Colony.

Boer General Christiaan de Wet's troop invaded the Cape Colony.

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Friday, February 8, 1901. Russian overreach.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, China, Japan, Manchuria, Russia

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Thursday, October 12, 1899. Battle of Kraaipan and a Homecoming in Vermont.

The Boer Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking.

Admiral Dewey was welcomed home to his native Vermont in what was declared as Dewey Day.

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Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Boer War, British Army, British Empire, Cape Colony, Mining, Orange Free State, South African Republic (Transvaal), The Boer Republics, United Kingdom

Monday, October 11, 1999

Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

The Boer Republics' deadline having expired, the Boer War commenced with a formal declaration of war.

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Tuesday, October 10, 1899. Isaac R. Johnson patented the modern bicycle frame.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Bicycles, Ethnicities, technology, Transportation

Saturday, October 9, 1999

Monday, October 9, 1899. Boer ultimatum.

The South African Republic (Transvaal) andthe Orange Free State issued an ultimatum to the United Kingdom declaring that a state of war would exist if the British did not remove their troops from their respective borders.

Alexander Merensky, “Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic,” HIST 1952, accessed October 9, 2024, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/179.

With war approaching, the first first British troops reached Durban, South Africa. The theoretical cause of the war was the Boer treatment of the foreign gold miners in the the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, most specifically the deprivation of the franchise.

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Sunday, October 8, 1899. Marines take Noveleta, Luzon.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, It was because of World War One, Luzon, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines, United States Marine Corps

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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