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Preferred Citation:

Laura Adams Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Mss. Acc. 2014.242 was received by Special Collections in June 2014.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Tim Eklund, Special Collections staff, in February 2015.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one letter written by Laura Adams to her brother Newton Adams, a Christian missionary working within the Zulu Kingdom. Adams discusses problems reported by her brother and regarding missionaries in Africa in general, and updates Newton on the health of their father, along with other local news.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Africa, West--Church history--19th century
• Letters (correspondence)
• Zulu (African people)--History--19th century