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The E L Thomson Collection.

Catalogue reference: ETH

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This record is about the The E L Thomson Collection. dating from 1893-1897.

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Reference
ETH
Title
The E L Thomson Collection.
Date
1893-1897
Description

'Letters from Mlanje,' extracts from letters written between 1893 and 1897, by a young Scot, Edward Laidlaw Thomson, employed with African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation. Typescript edited with a forward by James MacEwan, 1976. Type script, 167 pages in two ring binders

Held by
Royal Geographical Society
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Thomson, Edward Laidlaw, 1870-1897</persname>
Physical description
Two files.
Restrictions on use

Photocopying subject to the condition of each item and completion of an 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG.

Access conditions

Access is via the Society's Foyle Reading Room and is free to Members and Fellows of the Society and to those in formal education (proof of educational status required e.g. a student/staff card or formal letter of introduction from your institution). For all other visitors a & #163;10 daily access fee applies. All visitors are required to provide personal i.d. such as a driving licence or passport.

Immediate source of acquisition

Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files.

Unpublished finding aids
<p>The RGS archives: a handbook / compiled by Christine Kelly, London: RGS, 1977.</p>
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3de14ce4-511b-45c0-8374-5b30f1b77156/

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The E L Thomson Collection.