BIB_ID
362153
Accession number
MA 7360.12
Creator
Bernstorff, Albrecht, 1809-1873.
Display Date
1868 Jan. 2.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Gerhard Rohlfs was a German geographer and was part of the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-1868.
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Prussia House" and on stationery engraved with the seal of the Prussian Foreign Ministry.
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Prussia House" and on stationery engraved with the seal of the Prussian Foreign Ministry.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking for his help on behalf of Mr. [Gerhard] Rohlfs, whom Sir Stafford had recommended to Sir Robert Napier; explaining that Mr. Rohlfs needs assistance from the English to get to Annesley Bay; asking that he telegraph instructions "for the conveyance of Mr. Rohlfs."
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