Object Details
- General note
- Accompanied by a typed transcript inserted in the same volume.
- 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, 33 cm)
- Date
- 1858 July 21
- Container
- Item M086
- 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
- Livingstone describes his arrival at Mazaro on the Zambezi River, where he saw a number of headless, mutilated bodies lying around, amidst a crowd of natives and Portuguese. There was shooting in the vicinity. The governor was ailing. Livingstone counsels Kirk to have patience about getting supplies, and suggests that the Portuguese could be of help if not distracted by war. Some persons named in the letter include the Commandant of Tete; Colonel Nuñez; Baines; and Lt. Azeredo. Places or tribes mentioned include Mazaro; Shupanga; Landeen; and Senna.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890705-3
