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MOFFAT (ROBERT)
Autograph letter signed ("Robert Moffat"), to the Rev C.B. Taylor ("My dear Friend & Brother"), mentioning the achievements of Dr Livingstone, Kuruman [Northern Cape], 9 July 1869

19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LIVINGSTONE (DAVID)

MOFFAT (ROBERT) Autograph letter signed ("Robert Moffat"), to the Rev C.B. Taylor ("My dear Friend & Brother"), a long letter written during his last months in Africa, looking back on all that has happened since they last met and on the prospects for Africa and the spread of the Gospels ("...Even long neglected & long trodden down Africa the oppressed of the nations & abode of ignorance is becoming susceptible of the wide spreading genial rays of the sun of righteousness, which has arisen on her with healing in his wings. The astonishing explorations of Dr Livingstone & others have laid open to Xtian philanthropy lands teeming with inhabitants, whose degradation has been increased a thousand fold by the demon of slavery..."), 8 pages on two bifolia, some dust-staining where originally folded for the envelope, recipient's pencil marking, 8vo, Kuruman [Northern Cape], 9 July 1869

Footnotes

'THE ASTONISHING EXPLORATIONS OF DR LIVINGSTONE' – Robert Moffat provides an overview of the state of Africa and the achievements of his son-in-law David Livingstone. He and his wife Mary were to retire from Africa the following year.

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