David Livingstone correspondence with James Young, and fragments of other letters
Object Details
- General note
- Also included in the manuscript group: an engraved card illustrating a church building in Gothic Revival style, with captions: 1. (handwritten) "Commercial school"; 2. (engraved) "There are two sets of converging lines in this object, one converging to the right and the other to the left." Verso of card is blank.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Correspondence, 12-21 cm in envelope 25 x 38 cm)
- Date
- 1853-1863
- Container
- Item M092
- 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
- Livingstone's autograph letters to his financial supporter James Young, including two fragments ([4] pages on 1 sheet, dated July 7, 1863, Cataracts of Shire [Malawi]; and [4] pages, undated, with caption heading "3 sheet"), and a complete, signed letter dated Cataracts, August 1, 1863 ([8] pages), with addendum "August 8, Cataracts" on page [8]. Livingstone's letters discuss the missionaries on the Zambezi expedition, his plan to sell his boat the Lady Nyassa in Bombay, and his praise for John Kirk. Persons mentioned in Livingstone's letters include Mr. Tod; Mr. Hannam; John Kirk; Meller; Thornton; Mr. Hamilton; Rae; Mrs. Baines; Dr. Macleod; and Bishop Tozer. The manuscript group also includes an autograph letter signed by Robert Candlish (Edinburgh, November 14, 1853; [1] page) to an unidentified recipient ("My dear sir"); an autograph letter with letterhead "2, Eton Terrace, Edinburgh" (correspondents' names illegible; dated "Thursday"; [3] pages on 1 sheet); and an autograph letter dated Edinburgh, 5 July 1859 (sender Dr. [Thomas] Guthrie?; [4] pages on 1 sheet).
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890707-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0