| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.039
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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 3
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| callnumber |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/039
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| callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/039
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| callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/039
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| scb_alt_ref_no |
Livingstone Wooden Box, item 39
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| prefix_number |
039
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| title |
39. David Livingston [Livingstone], Chonuane [Chonwane], to Rev David G. Watt, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London
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| scb_date_creation |
8 Jun 1846
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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 |
4pp
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
Personal letter; concerns for Watt's position; plans to travel about 10 days east [of Chonuane] to visit the indigenous people living there with hopes of smoothing the way for their "two native brethren", Mebaloe [Mebalwe Molehane] and Paul; comments on progress and characters of Mebaloe and Paul; refers to the lack of progress in the conversion of the Bechuana chiefs, with the exception of "the aged Motheebe" [Mothibi, elder brother of Mahura, chief of the Ba Thlaping, 1812-1845]; refers to the immense influence of the chiefs over their people; refers to dispute with Edwards; comments on arrival of Inglis [Walter Inglis] at Mabotsa; refers to privations in current location, "Here I have to go more than forty miles for water to irrigate enough of land to get corn".
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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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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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| hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00039
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