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Letters between John Kirk and various individuals; notes of John Kirk on slave porters; and a memorandum., 1875-1888, undated.

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Identifier: Acc.9942/9

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Letter to Kirk from Lord Aberdare, 30 July 1880.

Letter to Kirk from Sir Charles Aitchison, 15 March 1875.

Letter to Kirk from H.W. Bates, 3 May 1882.

Letter to Kirk from Hassam Corjee, 28 April 1885.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Dufferin, 30 May 1885.

Letter to Kirk from V.O. Dunne, 31 December 1875.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Granville, 24 August 1881.

Letter to Kirk from A. Gunther, 30 May 1880.

Letter to Kirk from H.H. Johnston, 5 October 1884.

Letter to Kirk from A.C. Lyall, 30 May 1880.

Letter to Kirk from Munster, 2 February 1875.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Northbrook, 27 January 1882.

Letter to Kirk from W. Gifford Palgrave, 15 July 1885.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Rosebery, 21 February 1883.

Letter to Kirk on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, 30 April 1882.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Salisbury, 11 July (?) 1879.

Letter to Kirk in the name of Lord Salisbury, 22 September 1885.

Letter to Kirk from Lord Salisbury, 27 January 1886.

2 letters to Kirk from G. Shergold Smith, 31 August 1877 and 14 October 1877.

Letter to Kirk from C.T. Wilson, 7 May 1878.

Letter to Kirk from Sir Henry Yule. 16 July 1882.

Draft of a letter to Sir J. Lumley, 4 February 1882.

Printed letter to Lord Hartington from Lord Ripon and others, 7 March 1882.

Memorandum on "Roc's Quills".

2 copies of a translation of a letter received by Emin Pasha from the Mehdih [Mahdi], 29 January 1885. Translated, 9 June 1888 by Sir J.W. Redhouse.

Typescript of a letter from Kirk to P.T. Carnegy, 10 February, 1876.

Letter from Kirk to Hill, July 1885.

Notes by Kirk on slave porters.

Copy of a letter from Kirk to Rosebery, 30 June 1886.

Fragment of a letter from an unknown correspondent.

Subjects include affairs in Uganda, Egyptian invasion, collection of natural history specimens, German involvement in Zanzibar and East Africa, Emin Pasha, slave trade, conferment of a knighthood in the Order of St. Michael and St. George to Kirk.

Dates

  • Creation: 1875-1888, undated.

Creator

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

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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