Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
4 letters of David Livingstone, missionary, 2 of which are copies.
File
Identifier: Acc.13333
Dates:
1865, 1871, 1872.
15 letters of David Livingstone to Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, with three enclosures to the editor of `The Times`, and various envelopes, copies and other items.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.237- is now Acc.7176.
Dates:
1857-1863.
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.9468
Scope and Contents
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Dates:
1857-1874.
Fragment of a letter of David Livingstone to John Murray.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9838
Scope and Contents
Probably the second half of letter number 1645 in "David Livingstone: a Catalogue of Documents" (1979), compiled by G W Glendennen, assisted by I C Cunningham.
Dates:
1865.
Letter of David Livingstone to Colonel Wildman (possibly Colonel Thomas Wildman of Newstead Abbey).
Item
Identifier: Acc.10160
Scope and Contents
Concerns a piece of china.
Dates:
1857.
Letter of David Livingstone to James Hamilton, millwright in Moffat.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9337
Dates:
1851.
Letter of David Livingstone to Mrs Robinson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10741
Scope and Contents
Concerns the Buaze plant, in a copy of Livingstone`s "Missionary Travels" (1857).
Dates:
1861.
Letter of David Livingstone to Professor Richard Owen on the physical resemblences between ancient Egyptians and modern Africans.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12661
Dates:
1857.
Letter of David Livingstone to Richard Thornton.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10324
Scope and Contents
Concerns coal and the accuracy of Thornton`s surverying.
Dates:
1859.
Letter of David Livingstone to Robert Mackay Smith.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9913
Scope and Contents
Concerning Livingstone`s son Robert.
Dates:
1864.
Letter of David Livingstone to Sir Richard Owen.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10916
Scope and Contents
Concerns an elephant tusk and friendship.
Dates:
1857.
Letter of David Livingstone to Thomas Bazley and James Aspinall Turner, cotton merchants in Manchester.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10712
Scope and Contents
Concerns Livingstone`s plans for producing cotton in East Africa, hoped for collaboration with Portugal, and his reasons for promoting trade.
Dates:
1857.
Letter of Mary Moffat
Item
Identifier: Acc.13200
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1846, of Mary Moffat to her brother`s widow. The letter was written in Kuruman, Africa, where Mary Moffat was stationed with her husband Robert Moffat, missionary. The Moffats` eldest daughter, Mary, had married David Livingstone at Kuruman in 1845, and this letter refers to the birth of David and Mary Livingstone`s son, their first child, six months earlier, and notes the new station Livingstone is establishing. Brief reference is made to Mary Moffat`s feelings about her...
Dates:
22 June 1846.
Letters of and concerning David Livingstone., 1857-1890.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42420-42425
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1857-1890.
Letters of and to David Livingstone written and received during Livingstone`s return to Britain from Africa between 1856 and 1858., 1857-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.42420
Scope and Contents
The letters concern mostly the preparation for publication of Livingstone`s `Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa`.
Dates:
1857-1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Letters of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Letters of, to and concerning David Livingstone.
Letters of David Livingstone to John Murray III, with a letter to Robert Cooke, written at the time of his expedition to the Zambesi, and during his return to Britain from Africa between 1864 and 1865., 1858-1874.
File
Identifier: MS.42421
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters concern the preparation for publication of Livingstone`s “Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries”. Also included : (1) a letter of Reginald Poole to ?John Murray III concerning a quotation in Livingstone`s “Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries”;(2) letters of Robert Cooke to John Murray III concerning the return of Henry Stanley to Europe after he had "found" Livingstone at...
Dates:
1858-1874.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Letters of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Letters of, to and concerning David Livingstone.
Letters of, to and concerning David Livingstone., 1857-1874.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42420-42421
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1857-1874.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Barmby, K to Barratt, R., 1824-1936.
File
Identifier: MS.40052
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Barmby, Kate P.Letter, 1904, of Kate Barmby to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Barnard, F C.Letters, 1847, of F C Barnard to John Murray III. Folios 2-5.Barnard, Frederick Lamport.Letter, 1847, of Frederick Barnard probably to John Murray III. Folios 6-7. Barnard, George.Letters, 1842, 1861 and 1879, of George Barnard to John Murray III....
Dates:
1824-1936.
Miscellaneous papers concerning David Livingstone., 1863-1982.
File
Identifier: MS.42442
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : picture postcard of the tombstone of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey;folio 2-3 : prospectus issued by John Murray, publishers, advertising works by or concerning Livingstone;folio 4 : cutting from "The [?Standard]", no. 326 : “Last letter of Dr. Livingstone”;folio 5 : cutting, supplied through Durrant’s Press Cuttings, from ‘The Standard’, 21st October 1912 : "A Livingstone relic. An inkless letter. Written on a copy of ‘The...
Dates:
1863-1982.
Papers of and concerning David Livingstone., ? 1852-1982.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42420-42442
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
? 1852-1982.
Papers of David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.9529
Scope and Contents
Includes three fragments of letters, a letter of his daughter, Anna Mary, his commission as Consul and a copy of his book, "Analysis of the Language of the Bechuanas".
Dates:
1849-1892 and undated.
Photocopies of two letters of David Livingstone to Dr Thomas Dick, 1843, 1857, and of eight letters to and two letters concerning Livingstone, 1861-1875.
File
Identifier: Dep.286- is now MS.20314.
Dates:
1843-1875.