114b. David Livingstone, Burnbank Road, Hamilton, to Rev Arthur Tidman [Mission House, Blomfield Street, London]
Comments of damage done "by the aspersions of that beastly fellow Burton against missionaries on the West Coast", referring to Burton [Richard Burton] as a "moral idiot. His conduct in Africa was so bad that it cannot be spoken of without disgust - systematically wicked and impure and untruthful"; a...
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CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
25 May 1865 |
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Item |
| Format: | Archive |
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CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3 |
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| Summary: |
Comments of damage done "by the aspersions of that beastly fellow Burton against missionaries on the West Coast", referring to Burton [Richard Burton] as a "moral idiot. His conduct in Africa was so bad that it cannot be spoken of without disgust - systematically wicked and impure and untruthful"; advises bringing Mr Moffat [Robert Moffat] home for a year "to show people what a missionary is...". |
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4pp |
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Open |
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| Format: | Archive |