15 original letters from David Livingstone to John Kirk, January 22 1858 – 30 May 1869, with also a typescript of the last.

These form part of a series of letters published by Dr Foskett in 1964 covering Livingstone's periods on the Zambesi, at Newstead Abbey, in Bombay and in eastern Africa. The references in brackets relate to page numbers in "The Zambesi Doctors: David Livingstone's Letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872" (1964), by Reginald Foskett.

Folios 1-2. 22 January 1858. [Foskett page 34.]

Folios 3-4. 1 September 1864. [Foskett page 80.]

Folios 5-6. 21 October 1864. [Foskett pages 84-5.]

Folios 7-8. 3 November 1864. [Foskett page 85-6.]

Folios 9-10. 27 November 1864. [Foskett pages 91-2.]

Folios 11-12. 12 December 1864. [Foskett page 95.]

Folios 13-14. 13 February 1865. [Foskett page 98.]

Folios 15-17. 14 February 1865. [Foskett pages 99-100.]

Folios 18-20. 24 March 1865. [Foskett pages 106-107.]

Folios 21-22. 27-28 March 1865. [Foskett pages 108-109.]

Folio 23. 28 March 1865. [Foskett pages 109-110.]

Folios 24-27. 13 May 1865. [Foskett pages 115-116.] Folio 26 mutilated at the right-hand edge, with some loss of text.

Folios 28-31. 8 June 1865. [Foskett pages 117-119.]

Folios 32-34. 1-7 January 1866. [Foskett pages 132-133.] Folios 32 and 34 slightly mutilated, with some loss of text.

Folios 35-36. 30 May 1869. [Foskett pages 138-139 and illustration.] Signature excised, with loss of text.

Folios 37-38. Typescript of the 30 May 1869 letter.