<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<mods:mods xmlns:mods='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3' xsi:schemaLocation='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-7.xsd' version='3.7' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'>
  <mods:titleInfo displayLabel='primary_display' usage='primary'>
    <mods:title>Letter from Aldin Grout to Elnathan Davis</mods:title>
  </mods:titleInfo>
  <mods:name authority='local' type='personal'>
    <mods:namePart>Grout, Aldin</mods:namePart>
    <mods:role>
      <mods:roleTerm authority='marcrelator' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators' type='text' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/cre'>Creator</mods:roleTerm>
    </mods:role>
  </mods:name>
  <mods:name authority='local' type='personal'>
    <mods:namePart>Davis, Elnathan</mods:namePart>
    <mods:role>
      <mods:roleTerm authority='marcrelator' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators' type='text' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/rcp'>Addressee</mods:roleTerm>
    </mods:role>
  </mods:name>
  <mods:typeOfResource>Text</mods:typeOfResource>
  <mods:genre authority='lctgm' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials' displayLabel='general' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm002590'>Correspondence</mods:genre>
  <mods:originInfo>
    <mods:place>
      <mods:placeTerm type='text'>Cape Town (South Africa)</mods:placeTerm>
    </mods:place>
    <mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes'>1835-03-12</mods:dateCreated>
  </mods:originInfo>
  <mods:physicalDescription>
    <mods:digitalOrigin>reformatted digital</mods:digitalOrigin>
    <mods:extent>4 p.</mods:extent>
  </mods:physicalDescription>
  <mods:abstract>Account of ocean crossing and arrival in South Africa. Has landed in Cape Town because Natal is in turmoil, with Dingane attacking the corrupt white men there; trouble further south with the Kaffirs [i.e. Xhosas] and Boers. Using the time to prepare for mission work, learn the language. Information from other missionaries: "Dingian... is a more important man than we had supposed. He is the most powerful chief of all the tribes in South A. and his tribe doubtless the largest." Warm reception by people ion Cape Town; life and conditions in South Africa.</mods:abstract>
  <mods:subject authority='lcsh' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects'>
    <mods:topic>Missionaries--South Africa</mods:topic>
  </mods:subject>
  <mods:subject authority='lcsh' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects'>
    <mods:topic>South Africa--History--1811--1878</mods:topic>
  </mods:subject>
  <mods:subject authority='lcsh' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects'>
    <mods:topic>South Africa--Description and travel</mods:topic>
  </mods:subject>
  <mods:subject authority='tgn' authorityURI='http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn' valueURI='http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000193'>
    <mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
      <mods:country>South Africa</mods:country>
      <mods:continent>Africa</mods:continent>
    </mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
    <mods:cartographics>
      <mods:coordinates>-30,26</mods:coordinates>
    </mods:cartographics>
  </mods:subject>
  <mods:subject>
    <mods:name authority='lcsh' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects' type='personal'>
      <mods:namePart>Dingane</mods:namePart>
      <mods:namePart type='date'>approximately 1793-1840</mods:namePart>
    </mods:name>
  </mods:subject>
  <mods:relatedItem type='host'>
    <mods:titleInfo>
      <mods:title>Aldin Grout Papers</mods:title>
    </mods:titleInfo>
  </mods:relatedItem>
  <mods:identifier type='uri'>http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums797-b01-f10-i001</mods:identifier>
  <mods:identifier type='local-other'>mums797-b01-f10-i001</mods:identifier>
  <mods:location>
    <mods:physicalLocation>Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries</mods:physicalLocation>
  </mods:location>
  <mods:location>
    <mods:url access='object in context' usage='primary'>http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums797-b01-f10-i001</mods:url>
    <mods:url access='preview'>http://credo.library.umass.edu/images/resize/300x300/mums797-b01-f10-i001-001.png</mods:url>
  </mods:location>
  <mods:accessCondition displayLabel='license' type='use and reproduction'>Contact host institution for more information.</mods:accessCondition>
  <mods:accessCondition displayLabel='rights' type='use and reproduction'>Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.</mods:accessCondition>
  <mods:recordInfo>
    <mods:recordContentSource>University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives</mods:recordContentSource>
    <mods:recordOrigin>OAI-PMH request</mods:recordOrigin>
  </mods:recordInfo>
</mods:mods>