113. David Livingstone, H. M. Exploring Ship Pioneer, Zambesi, to Rev Arthur Tidman [Mission House, Blomfield Street, London]

Comments on the tragedy of the Makololo missionaries; Sekeletu [chief of the Makololo] suffering from a skin disease when they arrived, believed to be leprosy; have received unvarying testimony that Mr & Mrs Helmore "had been highly valued by chief and [Makololo] people"; the generally held beli...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 25 Feb 1862
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.113
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/04/08/07/01/113
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/113
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/113
scb_alt_ref_no Livingstone Wooden Box, item 113
prefix_number 113
title 113. David Livingstone, H. M. Exploring Ship Pioneer, Zambesi, to Rev Arthur Tidman [Mission House, Blomfield Street, London]
scb_date_creation 25 Feb 1862
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 6pp
format Archive
scb_admin_history Holloway Helmore (1815-1860), LMS missionary to Southern Africa. Having been appointed to open a mission among the Makololo, on the north of the Zambesi, he travelled with Mrs Helmore and their four children, and Mr and Mrs Price, also missionaries, arriving at Linyati on 14 February 1860. Here Mr and Mrs Helmore and two of their children died of fever, as did Mr Price's child and later his wife. Under these disastrous circumstances the mission to the Makololo was given up. Roger Price (1834-1919), LMS missionary to Southern Africa.
description Comments on the tragedy of the Makololo missionaries; Sekeletu [chief of the Makololo] suffering from a skin disease when they arrived, believed to be leprosy; have received unvarying testimony that Mr & Mrs Helmore "had been highly valued by chief and [Makololo] people"; the generally held belief was that had Helmore survived, he would have led them [the Makololo] to the North East and the Highlands; same regard not entertained towards Mr Price who appears to have failed to secure the respect of either chief or people; discusses claims of wrongs committed towards Price by the Makololo, to which Livingstone expresses some surprise; still sees hope for the mission; has visited the burial place [of the Helmores].
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.0004.0008.0007.0001.00113