Park, Mungo, 1771 - 1806 (African explorer)
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Account of the apparition of Mungo Park, 1853
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/1
Scope and Contents
Seven pages of notes on supernatural events, including three pages describing the appearance of an apparition of Mungo Park to his sister, Mrs Thomson, in 1805-1806. There are two further pages addressed to Miss Erskine. The notes are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 72 (December 1962), including the article 'An apparition of Mungo Park' (pp. 1-3), which transcribes with notes the part of the document relating to Mungo Park.
Dates:
1853
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