Two Manuscript dispatches from Pearson to the High Commissioners' Military Secretary dated 16 and 17 Jan 1879, reporting his progress in crossing the Tugela, with a sketch map of the camp on the Natal side of the river, dated 13 Jan 1879.

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.