Fragment of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (Part III)
David Livingstone

Date of composition: January-October 1857
Repository: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, United Kingdom
Shelfmark: 834
Clendennen & Cunningham number(s): Books, 01
Digital edition and date: Livingstone Online, 2019
Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
Project id: liv_000103
TEI encoding: Justin D. Livingstone, Adrian S. Wisnicki, Kate Simpson

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David
2 Livingstone into the new field, But while
3I hope always to continue the
4same cordial cooperation &
5friendship which have always
6characterised our intercourse
7various reasons induce me
8to withdraw from pecuniary
9dependance on any Society - I
10have ˄ done something for the heathen but
11for my {an} aged mother and two sisters
12who have still more sacred claims
13 [than] they, I have ˄ been able to done nothing [↪ ⎰and a
14continuance
15of the
16connection
17would
18be a
19perpetuation
20of the {my}
21inability
22to make
23any pro
24vision
25for them⎱] When
26therefore the letter referred to
27made me think, and it did nothing
28more; and I found that in
29addition to disease "clergyman's sore
30throat" which partially disables
31me from the work ˄ I learned my father's
32 was deadd {th}, and ˄ a fresh source of
33income was opened ˄ to me without
34my asking I had no hesitation
35in the acceptance {ing} of what will
36enable me to fulfill my duty to
37my aged relative ↪ parent as well as to
38the heathen on the receipt of the letter
39 from the Directors I resolved to act independantly
40of the Society in future

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⎰Please insert the matter on
42the loose slips marked
43X X X
44I II III⎱
45 Missionary Travels
46 p 677