Nightingale, Gustav Handwritten letter with signature to Mr Wölber. Lagos, 7 March 1885. 1 p. on 1 sheet of laid paper (approx. 20.3 x 12.7 cm) with letterhead of the Imperial German Consulate. ADB (1886), p. 193ff. - NDB 18 (1997), p. 682ff. - Nachtigal (1834-1885) was an African explorer and, as a colonial official of the German Empire, was commissioned by Bismarck to establish new colonies in Africa. - "I am leaving on board the 'Adler', which is returning to Cameroon today, 2 monkeys, a parrot and various boxes of ethnographic objects and a leopard skin (?) and have asked H. Captain Hoffmann to procure these animals and objects from the Rheede up the river at the earliest opportunity and to pass them on to your hands. I now most humbly request that you take care of them and kindly ask Mr Ohlent to give the animals the same care that he gave to the red parrot ..." - Fold marks, partly creased, 2 tears and 2 small losses with minor loss of letters. Autograph letter signed to Mr Wölber. With letterhead of the Imperial German Consulate. - Nachtigal (1834-1885) was an African explorer and, as a colonial official of the German Empire, was commissioned by Bismarck to establish new colonies in Africa. - Letter concerning two monkeys, a parrot and various boxes of ethnographic objects and a leopard skin (?), which Nachtigal was leaving on board the "Adler", which was returning to Cameroon. - Fold marks, partly creased, 2 tears and 2 small losses with minor loss of letters.