78. David Livingston [Livingstone], Linyati, to William Thompson, Church Square, Cape Town

Sends a paper on "Missions: the privilege of being allowed to engage in them, their future, &c &c"; Anderson has reached the lake [Charles John Anderson, 1827-1867; the first European to reach the Lake Ngami from the West in July 1852]; watch given to him by the Geographical Society "is an e...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 11 Oct 1853
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.078
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/078
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/078
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/078
scb_alt_ref_no Livingstone Wooden Box, item 78
prefix_number 078
title 78. David Livingston [Livingstone], Linyati, to William Thompson, Church Square, Cape Town
scb_date_creation 11 Oct 1853
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 4pp
format Archive
description Sends a paper on "Missions: the privilege of being allowed to engage in them, their future, &c &c"; Anderson has reached the lake [Charles John Anderson, 1827-1867; the first European to reach the Lake Ngami from the West in July 1852]; watch given to him by the Geographical Society "is an excellent one, and have corrected several errors in Longitude by its means, but send my observations to Mr Maclear for verification before publishing them" - comments "It is probable the Lake is wrong, as we never attempted or could attempt to establish its Longitude. We never had watches worth anything"; conviction that in going into the Interior "I am doing something for God"; illness and exhaustion from fever, including vertigo; discusses his spirits; only thoughts of longing are for his family; has sent a packet of seeds for the Botanic gardens, collected on his journey.
scb_access_status Open
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00078