| Repository | Jesuits in Britain Archives |
| Ref No | ABSI/SJ/32/1/7 |
| Title | Law's Journal |
| Date | 25 February 1879-13 October 1880 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | A journal kept by Law during his mission towards the Zambezi. It includes words and phrases in Zulu, daily bearings taken on their journey and maps as well as drawings of landscapes and people. There are loose inserts of maps and a semi-circular cut out from a painting which on the back has been made into a protractor. Also inserted is the diary kept in pencil of Law's final weeks of life in a hut in Umzila's Kraal. The last entry here is 13 October. Another insert is a letter to Fr Antony de Wit SJ from Law dated 27 September 1880, and a page in Fr Antony de Wit's handwriting giving an account of Law's speech to Umzila or to Umzila's head officers. |
| Physical Description | Very poor condition. Significant insect damage to the cover and some pages. The spine is mostly broken away. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to archive material in the Jesuits in Britain Archives. |
| Language | English |
| Zulu |