| Letter to John Murray III | [12-13 October 1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [Liverpool?] | 3 | 411 x 258 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 0601.7 | liv_001112 |
(9.2 MB) | Letter to John Murray III | 10 April [1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [London] | 4 | 182 x 111 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42420, 18-19 | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 0498 | liv_000994 |
(68.9 MB) | The Standard (London), 24 November 1869. Clean Copy of the Issue Used by David Livingstone to Create the 1871 Field Diary | 24 November 1869 | The Standard | | [London] | | | newspapers; publications | National Library of Scotland | | | | liv_014099 |
(20.3 MB) | Letter to Henry Dickson | 8 May 1840 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Dickson, Henry, 1818-1840 | [London] | 8 | 245 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10707, 1-4 | | David Chamberlin, ed., Some Letters from Livingstone, 1840-1872 (London: Oxford University Press, 1940), 5-7. Michael Gelfand, Livingstone the Doctor; His Life and Travels: A Study in Medical History (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1957), 24, ex. | Letters, 0008 | liv_000462 |
(8.6 MB) | Note to David Livingstone, and Response to John Murray III | 9 February 1858, [February 1858] | Drysdale, T.M.; Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [London] | 4 | | autographs (manuscripts); notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42420 (437 F-G) 91-92 | MS. 10779 | | Documents, 14 | liv_000065 |
(6.3 MB) | Letter to John Murray III | [1 March-30 July 1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [London] | 4 | 183 x 115 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42420, 70-71 | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 0562 | liv_001069 |
| Envelope to Joseph B. Braithwaite | [April 1857?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [London] | 1 | 61 x 102 | autographs (manuscripts); envelopes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20317, 2 | | | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 07 | liv_002960 |
| Envelope to Joseph B. Braithwaite | [February 1858?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [London] | 1 | 68 x 123 | autographs (manuscripts); envelopes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20317, 3 | | | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 08 | liv_002961 |
| Retrospect to be Inserted in the Journal | 10 March 1870 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 8 | 190 x 280 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, 40-43 | | | Field Diaries, 34 | liv_000211 |
| Fragment of 1870 Field Diary (X-XIII) | 10 October 1870 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 4 | 215 x 140 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, 1-2 | | | Field Diaries, 37 | liv_000202 |
| Fragment of 1871 Field Diary | 11 August 1871-9 September 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 8 | 190 x 135 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, ff. 36-39 | MS. 10780 | | Field Diaries, 38 | liv_000096 |
| Fragment of 1870 Field Diary (LXX-LXXV) | 12-23 December 1870 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 6 | 215 x 140 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, 24-26 | | | Field Diaries, 37 | liv_000207 |
| Fragment of 1871 Field Diary (CII-CLXIII) | 23 March 1871-11 August 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 64 | 270 x 160; various between 290 x 260 and 320 x 270 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | David Livingstone Centre: 297b, 297c; National Library of Scotland | MS. 10717 | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874), vol. 2, opposite 114. | Field Diaries, 37 | liv_000095 |
| Fragment of 1870 Field Diary (LXXVIII-LXXXVII) | 24 January-19 February 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 10 | 215 x 140 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, 27-31 | | | Field Diaries, 37 | liv_000209 |
| Field Diary XIII | 28 June 1869-25 February 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 138 | 136 x 81 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. Dep. 343 | MS. 10776 | | Field Diaries, 26 | liv_000013 |
| Fragment of 1870 Field Diary (XXI-LXI) | 3-15 November 1870 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Manyuema Country] | 42 | 215 x 140 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10703, 3-23 | | | Field Diaries, 37 | liv_000205 |
| Envelope to Joseph B. Braithwaite | [November 1870] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [Manyuema Country] | 1 | 70 x 115 | autographs (manuscripts); envelopes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20317, 6-7 | | | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 21 | liv_002972 |
(2.7 MB) | Sketch of Mongazi Village and Dzomba from the East | 19 April 1859 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | | [Mongazi Village and Dzomba] | 1 | 320 x 195 | sketches | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10750, 2 | | | | liv_014034 |
(17.3 MB) | Letter to Charles Livingstone | 6 February, 18 March, 7 June 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Charles, 1821-1873 | [Motlatsa-Linyanti] | 4 | 400 x 250 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10707, 33-34 | | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Family Letters, 1841-1856, vol. 2 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1959), vol. 2, 206-214. The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, MA), Aug. 1922, 212-213. | Letters, 0311 | liv_000790 |
(9.0 MB) | Letter to John Murray III | 23 March 1865 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [Newstead Abbey?] | 6 | 180 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42421, 59-61 | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 1647 | liv_002233 |
(6.6 MB) | Letter to John Murray III | 3 March 1865 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Murray, John III, 1808-1892 | [Newstead Abbey?] | 6 | 177 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42421, 45-46 | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 1630 | liv_002215 |
(2.4 MB) | Letter to Charles J. Meller | [1 November 1864-31 March 1865] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Meller, Charles J., 1836-1869 | [Newstead Abbey?] | 1 | 183 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20312, 174 | MS. 10769 | Sotheby's Cat., 18 Nov. 1969, lot 384. | Letters, 1659 | liv_002245 |
| Letter to John Kirk 2 | 14 May 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | [Nyangwe] | 1 | 202 x 208 | autographs (manuscripts); letters; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 81r | | Reginald Coupland, Livingstone's Last Journey London: Collins, 1945), 115-116. Reginald Foskett, ed., The Zambesi Doctors: David Livingstone's Letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1964), 151-152. | Letters, 1970 | liv_002571 |
(3.4 MB) | Letter to John Kirk 2 | 14 May 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | [Nyangwe] | 1 | 202 x 208 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 81r | | Reginald Coupland, Livingstone's Last Journey London: Collins, 1945), 115-116. Reginald Foskett, ed., The Zambesi Doctors: David Livingstone's Letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1964), 151-152. | Letters, 1970 | liv_002718 |
| Letter to John Kirk 2 | 26 June 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | [Nyangwe] | 1 | 202 x 208 | autographs (manuscripts); letters; spectral color | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 81v | | Reginald Coupland, Livingstone's Last Journey London: Collins, 1945), 116-117. Reginald Foskett, ed., The Zambesi Doctors: David Livingstone's Letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1964), 153-154. | Letters, 1971 | liv_002572 |
(2.7 MB) | Letter to John Kirk 2 | 26 June 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | [Nyangwe] | 1 | 202 x 208 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 81v | | Reginald Coupland, Livingstone's Last Journey London: Collins, 1945), 116-117. Reginald Foskett, ed., The Zambesi Doctors: David Livingstone's Letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1964), 153-154. | Letters, 1971 | liv_002719 |
(4.3 MB) | Letter to Joseph B. Braithwaite | [30 May 1859] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [River Zambesi] | 2 | 247 x 202 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20312, 52 | | | Letters, 0897 | liv_001433 |
(7.9 MB) | Letter to Editor of The Times | [15 March 1861?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | The Times, Editor of | [Rovuma River?] | 4 | 251 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20312, 83-84 | | | Letters, 1098 | liv_001645 |
| Astronomical Observations | 1 January-26 August 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 190 | 315 x 200 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); poems | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20316 | | | Astronomical Observations, 02.9 | liv_002730 |
(160.6 MB) | Field Diary | 23 August 1862-19 March 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 108 | 82 x 267 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20315, 1-54 | | George Shepperson, ed., David Livingstone and the Rovuma: A Notebook Edited, with Introduction and Related Documents (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1965) | Field Diaries, 10 | liv_003008 |
(290.3 MB) | Field Diary | 4 April-13 May 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 148 | 81 x 290 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 2249, 1-74 | | | Field Diaries, 02 | liv_003009 |
| Comparison of Chronometers | 6 March 1858-24 March 1863 | Gedge, Jonson; Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Meller, Charles J., 1836-1869; Unknown creator | | [South East Africa] | 72 + many blank | 108 x 232 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts) | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 8332 | | | Astronomical Observations, 02.5 | liv_002729 |
(2.7 MB) | Sketch Map of River Shire and Lake Shirwa | April 1859 | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | | [South East Africa] | 1 | 325 x 190 | manuscript maps; sketches | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10750, 3 | | | | liv_014035 |
(2.3 MB) | Letter to Unknown | [1 September-31 December 1859] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [South East Africa] | 2 | 136 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 41 | | Maggs' Cat., 894 (1964), no. 621. | Letters, 0981 | liv_001524 |
(3.4 MB) | Photographic Scene in an African Village | [1857-1865] | Livingstone, Charles, 1821-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 1 | 77 x 155 | photographs | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42440 | | | | liv_014094 |
| Ink Sketch of Shupanga House and Mary's Grave | [1862-1863] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 1 | 212 x 312 | annotations; autographs (manuscripts); sketches | National Library of Scotland | MS. 10779 | David Livingstone and Charles Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries (London: Johh Murray, 1895), facing 31. | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 04 | liv_002959 |
(15.5 MB) | Map of Lakes Nyassa and Shirwa | [1864?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 10496 | | | | liv_000077 |
| Envelope to Anna Braithwaite | [August 1860?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Anna | [South East Africa] | 1 | 80 x 138 | autographs (manuscripts); envelopes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20317, 4 | | | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 11 | liv_002964 |
(3.7 MB) | Letter to Unknown | [May-December 1862] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [South East Africa] | 2 | 150 x 185 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20312, 171 | | | Letters and Letter Fragments, 14 | liv_000067 |
(31.4 MB) | Letter to Editor of The Times | [November 1861?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Moffat, John S., 1835-1918 | The Times, Editor of | [South East Africa] | 28 | 8vo | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20319, 94-121 | | | Letters, 1151.3 | liv_001700 |
(7.1 MB) | Map of Trans-African Journey | 1853-1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 642 x 961 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10737 | | | | liv_003004 |
(3.1 MB) | Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [1848] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | 78 x 184 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 84 | | | Letters, 0195 | liv_000664 |
(2.8 MB) | Stores Left with Mr. Alington and Stores Left for Dr. Livingstone | Date Unknown (No Later than 1873) | Unknown creator | | [Southern, Central, or East Africa] | 2 | 125 x 210 | accounts | National Library of Scotland: MS. 3651 (vi), 74 | | | | liv_000086 |
| Letter to Messrs Coutts and Co. | 12 January 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Messrs Coutts and Co. | [Tanganyika] | 2 | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 13333 | | | | liv_000090 |
(8.3 MB) | Letter to Joseph B. Braithwaite | 8 January 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [Tanganyika] | 2 | 340 x 215 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 82 | | The Times (London), 13 Aug. 1872, 9 c. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 18 (1873-74), 279-280. | Letters, 1989 | liv_002593 |
| Letter to [Agnes?] Livingstone 3 | 11 November 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Agnes 3, 1847-1912 | [Ujiji] | | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 13333 | | | | liv_000091 |
(24.6 MB) | Letter to Editor of The Times | [17 March 1862] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Unknown creator | The Times, Editor of | [Zambesi Mouth] | 8 | 212 x 135 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20312, 88-91 | | | Letters, 1201 | liv_001751 |