Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph memorandum for Mr Alfred Cox Solicitor Summer 1874 written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines specifications for three boats that are wanted: firstly, "1 Yarmouth Yawl about 40 feet long" (". . . If I can get such a boat it will be far better than a Steam Launch for the soft gales of Zanzibar . . ."); secondly, "a Captains Gig from 20 to 23 feet long" (". . . I want her to row up rivers. The Yawl will take me to the mouths of rivers but the Gig must be taken up to the haunts of slavers... a peculiar feature of this gig is that she must have three bulkheads . . . so that if a hippopotamous attacks her & smashes her bows the boat will not sink."); and, thirdly, "Wanted from John [altered to James) Messenger Boat Builder. Teddington near London 1 boat built in sections. . .", of which Messenger has a model (" This boat must be shipped after me to Zanzibar as I only need her for Exploration of lakes in Inner Africa. When I start for the interior the two other boats will be sold to highest bidder").

Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph Letter Signed to Major James B Pond 2 Richmond Terrace 6 October 1900 written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letter acceding to Pond's request for permission to publish portions of certain lectures by Stanley "with slight reservation." Speaks of being disappointed that Pond is not coming to London, and mentions his lecture to New York's "elite" in November 1890 and his introduction by Depew. He concludes: "Well, the long struggle between Boer and Briton is now rapidly coming to a close. Our success, though pretty thorough considering, is not of that kind that makes us boastful. Had a multitude of things been otherwise than as they were, or as they should have been, Kruger would long ere this have repented of his temerity in challenging England- but let us be grateful for the small mercy that in the end we see prospect for South Africa making amends for the past and becoming on the eve of the 20th Century, a land to regard with hope..."

Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph Letter Signed to John H Chamberlain from Portland Place 2 September 1899 written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley says he will consider a lecture offer but wants more money than has previously been mentioned. He will not sacrifice valuable time unless he is paid. P.S. asks for an early reply.

Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Partial Autograph Letter Signed to Major James B Pond written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley asks Pond to "draw up a statement by yourself of the agreement verbal or otherwise made between you & Appleton about my course of 50 lectures in 1886, and what you remember I was to pay Appleton as commission. The whole would be a declaration filling this page."

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Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bruce formerly Agnes Livingstone from 30 Sackville Street 28 January 1878 written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley thanks her for her congratulations on his return from his trans-African expedition, "the completion of your great father's discoveries, . . it was like a legacy if you please left me by Livingstone, & I was bound to see the work through", mentioning the sad news of her brother, Tom's, death, Agnes's marriage, and a recently published book, "The map is excellent but the book might have been enlivened a little I think." Concludes by sending his respects to her aunt and reiterating his thanks for her remarks.

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Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph Remarks Unsigned Addressed to Ladies Gentlemen of the Ancient Honourable Company of Turners written by and published by . This book was released on 1871* with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apparently Stanley's response to an award received by him. Describes his expedition to find Livingstone, acknowledges his debt to previous explorers Burton and Speke, states that the country he explored was now open to traders to reap "the rich harvest of ivory which avail them in the far interior," and gives some of his impressions of Livingstone.

Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Agreement Written in Stanley s Hand for James B Pond to Use and Have Notarized Declaration to be Something in this Form Brief and to the Point written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry Morton Stanley Autograph Letters Signed to C B Crisp from Various Locations Including Richmond Terrace Whitehall Pretoria and Bulawayo Written Between 29 September 1897 and 18 January 1898 written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All refer to the series of letters Stanley wrote during his South African trip and which were first published in the periodical "South Africa" and afterwards published as a book. One of the letters was written on board the S.S. Moor of the Union Steamship Company, on 29 December 1897, while en route back to England.

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