Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. Autograph letter signed to "My dear sir" to Sir Richard Southey, Colonial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope, from "River) Zambezi"
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Correspondence, 5 x 8.25 in.)
- Date
- 1862 March 4
- Container
- Item M090
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Autograph letter signed to "My dear sir" [Sir Richard Southey], dated R. Zambesi 4 March 1862 (4 pages; not in Clendennen & Cunningham). Thanking him on behalf of his wife and himself for the letters and newspapers, reporting on the mules and his progress, or lack of it, up the Zambezi, and making disparaging remarks about the "Ladies" accompanying the Expedition. "There is no doubt but ladies would be great boon to the mission if they were strong as Mrs. Burrup appears to be, but Miss Mackenzie is a peculiar case and I have my fears ..."
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890706-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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