Reference code
ZA UCT BC757
Title
David Livingstone Miscellany
Date(s)
- 1851-1862 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1813-1873)
Biographical history
David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa
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Scope and content
1. Letter from Kuruman, 16 Jan 1851, to Mrs Hamilton, written on behalf of her husband who was ill. ALS.
2. Map of Livingstone’s route across Africa, 1857, by Arrowsmith.
3. Photocopies of three letters from Livingstone to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, 1862.
4. List of provisions supplied to the “Pioneer”, and a letter about meeting Livingstone, 1861. Photocopy of original in BC 356.
2. Map of Livingstone’s route across Africa, 1857, by Arrowsmith.
3. Photocopies of three letters from Livingstone to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, 1862.
4. List of provisions supplied to the “Pioneer”, and a letter about meeting Livingstone, 1861. Photocopy of original in BC 356.
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- English
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Images and transcriptions of letters in this collection are available at:
http://livingstoneonline.org/islandora/search?access=view&f%5B%5D=repository_ms%3A%22University+of+Cape+Town+Libraries.+Special+Collections%22
http://livingstoneonline.org/islandora/search?access=view&f%5B%5D=repository_ms%3A%22University+of+Cape+Town+Libraries.+Special+Collections%22
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2013
Language(s)
- English