| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 1B
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| Summary: |
Describes travelling with oxen; intends to remain for two months (with Mr Edwards) for the purpose of acquiring the colloquial language before proceeding north where he intends to live "excluded from all European society", a course of action he considers absolutely necessary for one beginning the language, "I must form my own vocabulary, and nearly construct my own Grammar, and I must so mingle with the natives as to learn accurately their mode of thinking, or I shall never be of much use as a preacher"; comments on Moffat's plans to publish a grammar and dictionary and how invaluable this will be to all future missionaries; comments favourably on the indigenous Christians that he encounters; describes coming across a Bechuana village (in the search for water) which had a "native teacher" connected with the Griqua Town Mission, meeting with the village Chief and the purchase of Sitchuana [seTswana] Testaments; states how much more he thinks could be achieved were there the means for the employment of a "native agency" in Africa.
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| Extent: |
4pp
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| Admin history: |
Henry Drummond, described as a lace manufacturer, was based at different addresses in Hamilton and Glasgow during the period of the correspondence and sent out supplies of clothing and drapery to Livingstone. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Publications: |
Transcription available in Some Letters from Livingstone, 1840-1872, Ed. David Chamberlin (Oxford University Press, 1940), p.24
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| Format: |
Archive
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