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    <mods:title>Letter to John Washington</mods:title>
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    <mods:title>Letter to John Washington, 1 November 1862</mods:title>
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    <mods:namePart>Livingstone, David, 1813-1873</mods:namePart>
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    <mods:namePart>Washington, John, 1800-1863</mods:namePart>
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    <mods:description>Hydrographer to the Admiralty and Head of the Harbour Department from 1855 till his death. Chief supply officer for Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition. Handled Livingstone's requests for provisions, material, personnel, etc.</mods:description>
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    <mods:dateCreated>1 November 1862</mods:dateCreated>
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    <mods:place>
      <mods:placeTerm type='text'>Anjouan (Comoros)</mods:placeTerm>
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    <mods:note type='physical details'>Complete manuscript in creator's hand</mods:note>
    <mods:extent unit='pages'>9</mods:extent>
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    <mods:accessCondition type='use and reproduction'>As relevant, &amp;#169; Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).</mods:accessCondition>
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  <mods:identifier type='local' displayLabel='NLS copy identifier'>MS. 10777</mods:identifier>
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    <mods:identifier>G. W. Clendennen, ed., "David Livingstone on the Zambesi: Letters to John Washington, 1861-1863," Munger Africana Library Notes 6:32 (1976), 54-55.</mods:identifier>
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