| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.025
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| scb_order_with |
CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 1C
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| callnumber |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/025
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| callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/025
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| callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/025
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| scb_alt_ref_no |
Livingstone Wooden Box, item 25
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| prefix_number |
025
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| title |
25. David Livingston [Livingstone], Kuruman, to Henry Drummond, Hamilton, [Glasgow]
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| scb_date_creation |
29 Jul 1843
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| scb_level |
Item
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| level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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| scb_extent |
6pp
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| format |
Archive
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| scb_admin_history |
Henry Drummond, described as a lace manufacturer, was based at different addresses in Hamilton and Glasgow during the period of their correspondence and sent out supplies of clothing and drapery to Livingstone.
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| description |
Request to replenish his wardrobe with detailed descriptions re the types of practical clothing that he will require. Includes comments on weather and seasonal variations in temperature and a note on how the environmental conditions appear to be changing. He also describes the vegetation in the region and the physical landscape. Discusses the "Boors [Boers] of Port Natal", their religious observances, attitudes towards the Colonial Government and reistance to the abolition of slavery.
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| scb_access_status |
Open
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| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
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| scb_publications |
Transcription available in Some Letters from Livingstone, 1840-1872, Ed. David Chamberlin (Oxford University Press, 1940), p.59
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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| hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00025
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