Sent from Galle, Colombo, to Henry Wellcome
- Date:
- [29 May 1882]
- Reference:
- WF/E/02/01/01/07
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photocopy of a (relatively recent) typescript copy of a letter from Burroughs to Wellcome with an original date of 29 May 1882. Together with a photocopy of a "related" drawing by the depositor (drawing dated 4 October, 1954). Transfer records indicate that the photocopy was made in 1999. (NB The relationship between the drawing and Burroughs's letter would appear to be its subject - a Tonga tree (see below) - rather than the stated location, Nyali Beach, which is in Kenya.)
The letter offers a lyrical description of the local "luxuriant" vegetation - "a subject in which you may take some interest especially as you have some enthusiasm in the subject of Botany and much for Medical Botany" - especially "the celebrated Tonga tree."
The letter also provides a glimpse of Burroughs smitten with "a little affection of the heart from which I had been suffering somewhat but think likely I shall recover in due season."
Publication/Creation
[29 May 1882]
Physical description
1 file A4 sheets x 4.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores