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Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. 7 autograph letters including an Autograph letter signed to "My dear brother in the Lord" Mr. John Naismith Sr. of Hamilton, Lanarkshire

Collection Creator:
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 7.75 x 12.75 in.)
Container:
Item M081
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1841 December 2
Scope and Contents note:
7 autograph letters by David Livingstone include: an ALS to "My dear brother in the Lord" Mr. John Naismith Sr. of Hamilton, Lanarkshire], dated Kuruman 2 December 1841 (4 pages; Clendennen & Cunningham #38). Written on his return from his first journey into the interior and reporting on what he termed as "the land of the Shadow of Death". It includes a description of a tribe which has not seen a white man before.
General note:
With address panel. This letter is among the first twenty recorded from Livingstone on his arrival in Africa.
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.
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc21ca09609-40aa-4898-a66a-cdc861aa22ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sil-cl-xxxx-0014-ref1822
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