19 personal letters from Park to his wife Alison Anderson 1801 - 05 including his last surviving letter to her from Segou, in modern Mali. It lays bare his inner struggle between a genuine love for his wife and children and a driving ambition to consolidate his fame and fortune by completing the unfinished business of his first Niger expedition. The collection has some additional letters and papers relating to Park and his financial estate. Illustrated at p.25 of AR