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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
- SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
  - 32 - Fr Augustus Law SJ (1833-1880)
    - 1 - Diaries and Journals

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
Language	Zulu

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/968	de Wit; Antony (1823-1882); Jesuit Priest	1823-1882

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