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“Miss Stewart, Mrs Laws, and girls.” Group portrait of girls and their teachers at the Overtoun Institution, Livingstonia. Margaret Troup Gray married Dr Robert Laws at Blantyre in 1879 and they had a daughter, Amelia Nyasa, who was born in 1886. Miss Lizzie A Stewart arrived in Nyasaland [Malawi] in 1894 and worked as a teacher at the Livngstonia mission. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
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