Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Correspondence, 4.5 x 7 in.)
- Date
- 1858 January 28
- Container
- Item M084
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Autograph letter signed to [John Kirk], dated Manchester 28 January 1858 (4 pages; Clendennen & Cunningham #679). Discusses arrangements for the Zambesi expedition, the advance in salary that Kirk might require, gives the dates when his equipment must be ready and emphasizes the limitations of luggage space.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890705-1
