Manuscript note from Pearson to Deputy Adjutant General, 23 Dec 1878, with reply of 27 Dec, regarding the Rev Robertson accompanying the column into Zululand. Manuscript memorandum from Pearson to Chelmsford, enclosing a dispatch from the Border Agent on Cetshwayo's plans.

Letters and Papers relating to the advance of Col Pearson's Column (No.1, or Right) in Zululand, to April 1879, 1878-1879.
From papers of General Lord Chelmsford, relating to his command of the Army at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1877-1879, including the 9th Cape Frontier War (1877-1879) and the Zulu War (1879). Arranged by Maj Gen M W E Gossett, Lord Chelmsford's Principal Aide De Camp during the Zulu War (1879). Available on microfilm only.