Forcados (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Diary extracts, 1899, 1899
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/3
Scope and Contents
The diary of a journey from Forcados to Aboutchi, 15-18 May 1899, written on pages from a duplicate book numbered 35 and 36.
Dates:
1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Early travelling in Nigeria, 1940 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/5
Scope and Contents
An undated typescript description of a journey up the Niger March, 1906, 6 pages. Ward visited Forcados, Borutu, Lokoja, Wechisu and Barajuka before travelling by train to Zungeru and continuing her journey by rail. There is also a two-page manuscript fragment containing an account of part of this journey.
Dates:
1940 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).