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8 archives found for 'Mtesa, King'

  • 2923.

    Seyeid Mtesa, King of Uganda, s.l., 30-01-1876

  • 15.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (15 August 1875 - 1 March 1876), paper sides, pencil and ink, some leaves excised, two loose memos, 237 pp., oblong 8vo

    Daily notes on the Anglo-American expedition from 15 August 1875 till 1 March 1876, containing Stanley's relations with the Ugandan King Mtesa, extensive passages on the slave trade, Ugandan history, politics, economy, medicine, social life: "A bit of History of Uganda" (25 pp.), "On a Journey into Africa" (8 pp.), "A Peasant of Uganda" (2 pp.), "An African Forest" (2 pp.), etc.; also a vocabulary of "Kiganda" and "Kijiji" words, a "List of Goods to be conveyed from Dumo to the Albert Nyanza" and a "Money Acct of Soldiers of Expedition" (76 pp.; 152 names); including pencilled maps (Lake Victoria) and drawings of landscapes and canoes

  • 16.

    JOURNAL in Lett's Perpetual Diary, labelled "Journal 1874.75.76", black cloth, ink (1-2 January 1873; 12 November 1874 - 11 September 1876), 400 pp., many, folio

    Mainly transcriptions from the two foregoing journals. See on 11 May 1875: "Began to copy into this diary my notes yesterday"; including pencilled maps ('Kaguru' and 'Usukuma', LakeVictoria) and drawings: "Bridge Island", "Perspective view of King Mtesa's Council Chamber" and ethnographical details of "Ukerewe"

  • 17.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (2 March - 12 August 1876), paper sides, back board lacking, pencil and ink, 275 pp., oblong 8vo

    Stanley's voyage to Ujiji and on Lake Tanganyika. Daily notes concerning geography and geology (many calculations), the slave trade, desertions and thefts, characters of the chiefs Rumanika, Mtesa, Mirambo and others, drafts for despatches, etc.; also some lists ("People who have had food for one month", "Goods at Ujiji") and covered distances; including pencilled maps and landscapes (Akagera River, Lake Windermere, Lake Tanganyika, Lukuga River, etc.)

  • 6968.

    Letter from HMS to Edward Levy-Lawson, informing him of the safe arrival of the Anglo-American Expedition in Uganda, his coming meeting with King Mtesa, expressing his wish to open up commerce in the country lying between Mtesa and Lake Albert, on his decision to have taken the Expedition by water instead of overland, his prudence not to seek quarrels with tribes, 15-08-1875, Uganda

  • 4764.

    "Translation of a portion of the journal of the late Ernest Linant de Bellefonds, during his visit to the residence of M'tesa King of Uganda, where he met Mr. Stanley", 13-04-1875, Ministère de la Guerre, Cairo, 03-01-1878

  • 5184.

    King Mtesa and his chiefs, in threefold: 10,4 x 14,9; 10,3 x 15,8 and 10,7 x 15,2

    mounted on card

  • 2476.

    Letter [typewritten draft, pencil corrections] from HMS to the Editors of the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, attacking statements made by Colonel Charles Chaillé Long on Uganda and King Mtesa, Loanda, West Coast of Africa, 19-09-1877
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