£150
1881 (May 5) Six page letter written and signed by Mons. Daniel Comboni, Bishop and Apostolical Vicar of the Diocese of Central Africa, on printed "VICARIATUS APOSTOLICUS / Africae Centralis" notepaper, written in English from El-Obeid, to Carl Geigler, Director of Posts and Telegraphs in the Sudan. The letter concerns a report written by Father Don Leon on the slave trade in Gebel Nuba, that fell into the hands of Consul Harisal who passed it over to his Consul in Egypt; the report was published in a German newspaper creating difficulties for the Catholic authorities. An interesting and early letter sent within the Sudan, no envelope or address.
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