Letters of various individuals to John Kirk and Helen Kirk, 1865-1872, and to John William Carnegie Kirk, 1925; several professional reports of John Kirk, 1870-1872; and two printed documents in Arabic, undated., 1865-1872, 1925, undated.
Scope and Contents
2 letters from George Percy Badger to Kirk, 8 October 1872 and undated.
3 letters from H.W. Bates to Kirk, 7 September 1872, 8 November 1872 and 20 November 1872.
Fragment of a letter from Archibald Churchill, British Residency at Zanzibar [circa 1865].
3 letters from L.S. Dawson to Kirk, 10 September 1872, 20 September 1872, and 6 November 1872.
Fragment of a letter from Baron von der Decken, mid-1865.
Letter from H.A. Fraser to Kirk, 19 July 1872.
Letter from Bartle Frere to Kirk, 15 November 1872.
Letter from C. Gonne (?) to Kirk, 18 November 1872.
Letter from Agnes Livingstone to Kirk, 28 August 1872.
3 letters from W. Oswell Livingstone to Kirk, 3 July 1872, 12 October 1872 and 5 November 1872.
9 letters from Sir Roderick Murchison, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 8 April 1867-3 February 1871.
3 letters from I.W. Rawlinson (?) to Kirk, 15 December 1871, 8 August 1872 and 20 November 1872.
Letter from Ross (?) to Kirk, 23 November 1872.
Letter from Smith, Fleming and Co. to Kirk, 1 August 1872.
Letter from C. Vivian, 12 December 1871.
Two letters to Kirk from E. Wedderburn [circa 1869] and 4 June 1871.
Letter from William Henn to Mrs Kirk, 9 October 1872.
Engraved letter from the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to Kirk, 7 September 1871.
Draft report of Kirk, marked 57 of 1872, 26 January 1872. Incomplete.
Draft report of Kirk, to C. Gonne (?) marked no 35/147 of 10 April 1872. Incomplete.
Two documents in Arabic script (printed).
Typescript of a letter from Kirk to Lieutenant Freer Smith [circa 1872].
Typescript of Kirk's Administration Report of the Political Agency in Zanzibar for 1870.
Letter from Sir Hamilton Freer-Smith to J.W.C. Kirk, 12 December 1925.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1865-1872, 1925, undated.
Creator
- From the Series: Kirk, John, Sir, Knight (consul general at Zanzibar) (Associated name, Person)
- From the Series: Kirk, Helen (wife of Sir John, consul general at Zanzibar, née Cooke) (Associated name, Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English, with two printed documents in Arabic.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply. Parts 39, 45 and 50 were never available to the National Library of Scotland either for deposit or purchase, and are therefore not available for consultation.
Extent
1 Folders
Repository Details
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