11. David Livingston [Livingstone], Ongar, to Rev John Arundel, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London
Expresses his wish not to be sent to the West Indies mission field in preference to South Africa on the basis that the islands [of the West Indies] had been too long settled and that the work would therefore be "too like the ministry at home", and also that many doctors would be practising there and...
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CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 1A |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
2 Jul 1839 |
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Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 1A |
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| Summary: |
Expresses his wish not to be sent to the West Indies mission field in preference to South Africa on the basis that the islands [of the West Indies] had been too long settled and that the work would therefore be "too like the ministry at home", and also that many doctors would be practising there and that his medical skills would be better employed elsewhere. |
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Open |
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| Format: | Archive |