Letter from Livingston to Murray, 21 Oct 1864
Author(s): Livingstone, David
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1864. 7th Novr
D Livingstone
Newstead Abbey,
Mansfield, Notts.
7 Novr 1864
My Dear Mr Murray
Mrs Goodlake
obliges me by taking
up two small
books with astro-nomical
observations
worked out for
Mr Arrowsmith
but I don't send
the sketches by
Dr Meller which I
mentioned to Cooke
as a lady comes
tomorrow who
may construct
something out of
them for me —
A small tract
of Archbishop
Whately & published
by Parker & Co I
think teaches that
several things
20
such as iron-making
fire &c &c indicate
Divine revelation
[¿] to shew
by the similarity
of a great many
things the probability
that this was the
case. Can you
get me the tract
indicated — the
name I have forgot
It is an Argument
for a Revelation
from some things
that savage man
could not have
attained without
divine aid — If you
can you will
oblige Yours ever
David Livingstone
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Letter from Livingston to Murray, 21 Oct 1864
Document Information
| Document ID | 257 |
| Title | Letter from Livingston to Murray, 21 Oct 1864 |
| Year group | 1850-1900 |
| Genre | Personal writing |
| Year of publication | 1864 |
| Place of publication | Mansfield, England |
| Wordcount | 151 |
Author information: Livingstone, David
| Author ID | 36 |
| Forenames | David |
| Surname | Livingstone |
| Gender | Male |
| Year of birth | 1813 |
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Scotland |
| Occupation | Missionary, explorer, mill worker |
| Education | University |
| Locations where resident | Blantyre, Glasgow |
| Other languages spoken | Latin |
| Religious affiliation | Protestant, Congregational Church |
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