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290 archives found for 'Leopold II, King'

  • 792.

    Letter from Baron Whetnall (Belgian Minister in London) to HMS, regarding a meeting with King Leopold in London, London, 01-12-1895

  • 16.

    JOURNAL in Lett's Perpetual Diary, labelled "Journal 1874.75.76", black cloth, ink (1-2 January 1873; 12 November 1874 - 11 September 1876), 400 pp., many, folio

    Mainly transcriptions from the two foregoing journals. See on 11 May 1875: "Began to copy into this diary my notes yesterday"; including pencilled maps ('Kaguru' and 'Usukuma', LakeVictoria) and drawings: "Bridge Island", "Perspective view of King Mtesa's Council Chamber" and ethnographical details of "Ukerewe"

  • 17.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (2 March - 12 August 1876), paper sides, back board lacking, pencil and ink, 275 pp., oblong 8vo

    Stanley's voyage to Ujiji and on Lake Tanganyika. Daily notes concerning geography and geology (many calculations), the slave trade, desertions and thefts, characters of the chiefs Rumanika, Mtesa, Mirambo and others, drafts for despatches, etc.; also some lists ("People who have had food for one month", "Goods at Ujiji") and covered distances; including pencilled maps and landscapes (Akagera River, Lake Windermere, Lake Tanganyika, Lukuga River, etc.)

  • 18.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "Aug 21d 1876" (21 August 1876 - 3 March 1877), paper sides, spine partly detached, pencil and ink, 265 pp., oblong 8vo

    Stanley's voyage from Ujiji along the Lualaba and the Congo River to 'Chumbiri', his meeting with Tippu Tip, their agreement, notes concerning trade in Africa, geographical calculations, drafts ("An African Village"), etc.; also "List of Soldiers of Anglo-American Expedition on setting out from Ujiji August 1/76", "Men to carry loads", vocabulary ("Kiyanzi Words"), a draft poem and numerous pencilled maps of the Lukuga, the Manyema, the Lualaba and the Congo Rivers, also many drawings of hair styles, huts and objects

  • 19.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "March 4th 1877" (4 March - 10 August 1877), paper sides, pencil, 250 pp., some leaves excised, oblong 8vo

    Last part of Stanley's voyage along the Congo River, from 'Chumbiri' to Boma; with lists of "People who carry ivory", accounts of 96 men's pay, "List of men, June 27th 1877"; glossaries of native words and drafts for despatches; also numerous pencilled maps of the Congo River, drawings of landscapes and designs for a (western) house

  • 20.

    POCKET NOTEBOOK (November - December 1877), green leather, pencil, 122 pp., a few excised, small oblong 8vo

    Notes and drafts, undated but apparently a random record of sensations, recollections and ideas written at the conclusion of the Anglo-American expedition; also pencilled sketches of the Congo River (Kalulu Falls), of canoes, etc.

  • 21.

    MUSTER AND PAY ROLL (November 1874 - [1877]), notebook, marbled wrapper, ink, 21 pp., two loose leaves, 4to

    Detailed muster roll of payments and penalties of 166 men, including lists of deaths, of deserters and of men honourably discharged en route. Loose leaves: a list of wages and a list "Contents of the case marked Bennett"

  • 22.

    SURVEYING CALCULATIONS and miscellaneous notes in Lett's Diary 1874 (5 December 1874 - 28 July 1877), green cloth, spine detached, ink and pencil, 170 pp., some excised, folio

    Including pencilled maps of the coastline of Lake Tanganyika

  • 23.

    SURVEYING CALCULATIONS (8 December 1874 - 19 November 1875), marbled boards, ink, corrections in pencil, 100 pp., 4to

  • 24.

    SURVEYING CALCULATIONS (12 December 1874 - 28 July 1877), marbled boards, ink, 179 pp., one loose leaf, 4to

  • 25.

    SURVEYING CALCULATIONS (7 March 1875 - 10 July 1877; 1879), black leather, ink, 92 pp., oblong 4to

  • 26.

    SURVEYING CALCULATIONS (31 October 1875 - 3 January 1877), marbled boards, ink, some calculations in pencil, 158 pp., 4to

    Contains calculations for latitude and longitude

  • 27.

    COPY BOOK (May - June 1874), 46 pp., incomplete, 8vo

    Copy-letters from HMS, written at the Langham Hotel, London, to Robert Rae, Sec. National Temperance League (1), Joseph J. Green (1), J. Housden (1), Jeffrey, Major College Oxford (1), Lieut. Cecil Murphy, Royal Artillery, Aden (1), Joseph Wiggins (1), Nick Nelson (1), "my dear Larrie" (1), Virginia Ambella (1), John Spencer Longden (1), Alice Pike (2), J. R. Partridge (1), Rev. John Conder (1), George Albert Henty (1), A. B. Swinburne (1), Jasper Smith, U.S. Consul Funchal (1), Arthur Laing (1), Agnes Livingstone (1), Richard R. Holmes, Librarian to Her Majesty (1), Messrs. Chapman & Hall (1), William Blackwood & Son, Publishers (1), Smith & Elder (1), Edward Marston (1), Miss Heilbron (1) and John Messenger (1)

  • 28.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 3" (October - December 1874), marbled wrapper, 49 pp., 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Edward Levy (2) and Alice Pike (1). Also despatches to the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, [23-10-1874] and 15-11-1874 ("All about Zanzibar")

  • 29.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 4" (November 1874 - March 1875), marbled wrapper, 87 pp., 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Edward Levy (1, also 1 letter continued from no.3), Alice Pike (2, also 1 letter continued from no.3). Also dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, 12-11-1874 and [13]-12-1874 ("A rapid March!")

  • 30.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 5" (May 1875), marbled wrapper, 23 pp., 4to

    Dispatch to the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, 15-05-1875; also a letter to Alice Pike (misdated 1874)

  • 31.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 6" (September - October 1875), marbled wrapper, 26 pp., incomplete, 4to

    Copy-letters by HMS to Roswell Smith (1), Edward Marston (1), Emilia Jane Webb (1), Agnes Livingstone (1) and James J. O'Kelly (1)

  • 32.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 7" (May - June 1876), marbled wrapper, 87 pp., 4to

    Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, 01-06-1876 ("The Source of the Slave Trade"), 29-05-1876 ("The Great Geographical Problem") and 07-08-1876 ("The Solution of the Problem of the Tanganika"). Also copy-letters from HMS to Edward Levy (1) and Alice Pike (1)

  • 33.

    COPYING BOOK "no. 8" (August 1876), marbled wrapper, 53 pp., 4to

    Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald, 07-08-1876 (continued from no. 7), 08-08-1876 ("Discovery of the Alexandra Nyanza and Alexandra Nile") and 13-08-1876. Also copy-letters from HMS to Edward Levy (1) and Alice Pike (1)

  • 34.

    JOURNAL "Vol. 1. Congo. 1878-82" (January 1879 - September 1882), red morocco, ink, 502 pp., large 4to ( )

  • 35.

    JOURNAL "Vol. 2. Congo 1882-84" (September 1882 - December 1884), red morocco, ink, 494 pp., large 4to

  • 36.

    JOURNAL "Vol. 3. Congo. 1885-1" (January 1885 - March 1898), red morocco, ink, 179 pp., large 4to

    Including notes regarding the Berlin Conference, the EPRE, Cecil Rhodes, the Stokes/Lothaire affair, Captain Salusbury

  • 37.

    JOURNAL "Congo Statistics" (1888-98), red morocco, ink, only 20 pp. text, with index, large 4to

    Notes concerning "Congo Railway. Table of Advance in construction", "Reciepts (sic) of Congo Railway", "White Population of Congo State", "Shipping on Congo", "The Crossing of Africa" (1854-1896), notes on German East Africa, etc.

  • 38.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (25 November 1879 - 12 May 1880), brown leather, pencil, 91 pp., one leaf detached, some excised, small oblong 8vo

    Lists of stores, journal entries, lists of birds, and a few pencilled maps and calculations

  • 39.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (14 December 1882 - March 1883), brown leather, pencil, 59 pp., one leaf detached, some excised, small oblong 8vo

    All kinds of notes on stores, loads, altitudes, etc., including a few journal entries, a draft on "The Want of Art in African Scenes", a character assessment of Count de Brazza and a few sketches

  • 40.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (24 March - 17 July 1883), black cloth, ink and pencil, 140 pp., oblong 8vo

    Lists of stores, capacities of steamers and boats on the Upper Congo, itineraries, etc., 39 pp. of stencilled maps

  • 41.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (23 August - 21 November 1883), blue leather, pencil, 120 pp., small oblong 8vo

    Daily entries and notes, surveying calculations, including 70 pp. of pencilled maps, sketch of a boat

  • 42.

    LETTER BOOK containing sponge paper copies of letters by HMS, largely in Stanley's handwriting (July 1879 - January 1881), quarter green morocco, c. 410 pp., some torn out, 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (34), Edward Marston (4), Augustus Sparhawk (4), Edward King (1), Elder, Dempster & Co. (1), Andries de Bloeme (3), Hanken? (1), Gen. Sanford (1), W. H. Hathorne (2), J. W. Watson (1), Smith, Payne & Smiths (4), Robert S. Newton (1), Dr. Hermann Knoblauch (1), John Kirkbright (2), Blandy Bros. (1), Jane Deanes (1), Anton Greshoff (1), Louis Valcke (1) and S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (1)

  • 43.

    LETTER BOOK "Letters July 1879 to May 1880", secretarial transcripts of letters by HMS, corrected and revised in Stanley's handwriting, with list of possible titles and note by HMS in case of "these letters [should] ever be published" (July 1879 - May 1880), 187 pp., continued in 44, 45, 46 and 47, also an index of this volume in 47, folio

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (20), Edward King (1), Elder, Dempster & Co. (1), Andries de Bloeme (3), Edward Marston (4), Hanken? (1), Gen. Sanford (1), Augustus Sparhawk (2), W. H. Hathorne (1), J. W. Watson (1), Robert S. Newton (1), Dr. Hermann Knoblauch (1) and Smith, Payne & Smiths (1)

  • 44.

    LETTER BOOK "Letters May 1880 to September 1881", secretarial transcripts of letters by HMS, corrected and revised in Stanley's handwriting (May 1880 - September 1881), c. 232 pp., also an index of this volume in 47, folio

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (22), John Kirkbright (2), Blandy Bros. (1), Smith, Payne & Smiths (3), Jane Deanes (1), Anton Greshoff (1), Augustus Sparhawk (4), Louis Valcke (1), Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (2), Lieut. Braconnier (2), Lieut. Harou (2) and Otto Lindner (1); also "Price List & Cost per piece [at Banana and at Manyanga]"

  • 45.

    LETTER BOOK ( ), labelled "Letters September 1881 to February 1883", secretarial transcripts of letters by HMS, corrected and revised in Stanley's handwriting (September 1881 - February 1883), 232 pp., also index of this volume in 47, folio

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (25), Augustus Sparhawk (4), Lieut. Harou (9), Lieut. Braconnier (3), A. B. Swinburne (2), Eugène Janssen (2), Otto Lindner (3), Oscar Roger (2), Lieut. Orban (1), Callewaert (1) and Leopold II (1)

  • 46.

    LETTER BOOK, unlabelled, secretarial transcripts of letters by HMS to Leopold II (4) and Colonel Strauch (22), including a "Memorandum of what the Arabs seek to purchase from us for Ivory", corrected and revised in Stanley's handwriting (March 1883 - February 1884), 184 pp., also index of this volume in 47, folio

  • 47.

    LETTER BOOK "Letters March 1884 to June 1884 - Index", secretarial transcripts of letters by HMS to Leopold II (4) and Colonel Strauch (22), corrected and revised in Stanley's handwriting (March 1884 - June 1884), c. 141 pp., with 42 page index referring to this and preceding letter books, folio

  • 48.

    LETTER BOOK containing typed transcripts of letters between HMS and officials of the Comité or members of the expedition, plus some other documents, revised in ink by HMS, with autograph title page: "My Congo Letters which gives a true History of the Congo Enterprise up to 1884" (November 1877 - September 1881), c. 340 pp., roughly fastened, 4to

    Copy-letters from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to Edwin Arnold (1); Baron Solvyns (1) and Baron Greindl (12) to HMS; HMS to Col. Strauch (36), Edward King (1), Gen. Sanford (1), W. H. Hathorne (1), Robert S. Newton (1), Dr. Hermann Knoblauch (1), Andries de Bloeme (1), John Kirkbright (2), Augustus Sparhawk (3), Louis Valcke (1), Lieut. Braconnier (2), Lieut. Harou (2) and Otto Lindner (1); also an "Explanation" (7 pp. introduction draft in Stanley's autograph) and documents regarding Stanley's contract with the C.É.H.C.

  • 49.

    LETTER BOOK containing typed transcripts of letters by HMS addressed to officials of the Comité or members of the expedition, revised in ink by HMS (September 1881 - April 1882), 122 pp., roughly fastened, 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (16), Augustus Sparhawk (4), Lieut. Harou (4), A. B. Swinburne (2), Lieut. Braconnier (1), Eugène Janssen (2), Oscar Roger (2), Otto Lindner (2), Lieut. Orban (1), Callewaert (1) and Leopold II (1)

  • 50.

    LETTER BOOK containing typed transcripts of letters by HMS to Leopold II (2) and Colonel Strauch (5), revised in ink by HMS (March - April 1883), 44 pp., roughly fastened, 4o

  • 51.

    LETTER BOOK containing typed transcripts of letters by HMS to Leopold II (1) and Colonel Strauch (12), revised in ink by HMS (April 1883 - January 1884), 96 pp., roughly fastened, 4o

  • 52.

    LETTER BOOK containing typed transcripts of letters by HMS to Leopold II (2) and Colonel Strauch (8), revised in ink by HMS (January - June 1884), 64 pp., roughly fastened, 4to

  • 53.

    LETTER BOOK, containing typed transcripts of letters from HMS to Governor Samuel Rowe (1) and Colonel Strauch (1), also fragments of other letters, revised in ink by HMS (July - August 1879), 33 pp., on loose sheets, 4to

  • 54.

    LETTER BOOK, containing secretarial transcripts of two letters from HMS to Colonel Strauch (6 February 1880), 19 pp., on loose sheets, 4to

  • 55.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (21 August 11 November 1887), red leather, pencil, 115 pp., a few leaves half torn out, a few loose, oblong 8vo

    Daily record of the starvation march of the Advance Column along the Aruwimi River

  • 56.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "from Nov 12. 1887 to April 7th 1888" (12 November 1887 7 April 1888), red leather, pencil, 115 pp., a few leaves half torn out, others detached, some excised, oblong 8vo

    Journal of the Advance Column, continued; including 15 rough pencilled maps of the Ituri River and a few sketches

  • 57.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (8 April 8 July 1888), red leather, pencil, 115 pp., a few leaves half torn out, others detached, some excised, many lightly scored through, oblong 8vo

    Journal of the Advance Column, continued, including an account of Stanley's rendezvous with Emin Pasha and long entries recording their subsequent conversations; containing also muster rolls and lists, itineraries and 10 rough pencilled maps and sketches

  • 58.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "Officers Field Notes and Sketch Book" (8 April - September 1888), black leather, ink, back cover detached, 180 pp., oblong 8vo

    Journal of the Advance Column, revised and expanded from the former notebook, and continued from June till September 1888. Containing accounts of Stanley's return march to the Rear Column and his efforts to piece together their history, including a draft headed "Barttelot and Jamieson [Jameson]" and other character analyses, also a few rough maps and sketches

  • 59.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (9 July 1888 - 7 January 1889), black leather, disbound, some leaves excised, back cover lacking, pencil, some in ink, 170 pp., oblong 8vo

    Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing the daily notes of Stanley's return march. Many lists of loads and itineraries, muster rolls, numerous rough pencilled maps and additional sketches in the text

  • 60.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "Officers Field Notes and Sketch Book" (8 January 22 June 1889), black leather, pencil and ink, 175 pp., oblong 8vo

    Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing the first half of the march east to Zanzibar, including numerous transcripts of letters between HMS, Emin Pasha and Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson; also a draft essay "View from Kavalli", many muster rolls of Stanley's and Emin's followers, lists of loads, a few rough pencilled maps of the Ruwenzori, Lake Victoria, etc., and additional sketches in the text

  • 61.

    FIELD NOTEBOOK (16 September - 4 October 1889), black cloth, pencil, 80 pp., some leaves loose, many excised, oblong 8vo

    Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing notes and drafts of the latter part of Stanley's march to Zanzibar, including a few drafts, Stanley's transcript of Jameson's journal (16 June - 31 December 1887), lists of porters and stores, itineraries and two later drafts of his message to 'Kaiser Wilhelm'

  • 62.

    SURVEYING NOTEBOOK "Solar Observations & Notes taken on the Emin Pasha Relief Journey 1887 88" (26 April 1887 9 December 1888), black cloth, ink, 96 pp., 4to

    Surveying calculations (68 pp.), altitudes (6 pp.), distances, "Duration of journeys", "Rains in 1887-88" (22 pp.), including some printed leaves describing e.g. a hypsometer and the aneroid barometer

  • 63.

    SURVEYING NOTEBOOK (8 December 1888 25 October 1889), black cloth, worn, pencil and ink, 165 pp., 4to

    Calculations, including 9 pp. of comparative African vocabulary, "Ruwenzori 1st sketch view from Kavalli", and sketches for tents; also a quire of Through the Dark Continent (Comparative Table of African Languages)

  • 64.

    "PERSONAL JOURNAL of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition", two volumes A and B (December 1886 9 April 1890), half calf, ink, 1270 pp., 4to

    Stanley's narrative of the expedition from his return in England (24 December 1886) till the end of his sojourn in Cairo (9 April 1890), including also a "Summary of the Sequel" dated 1892-1893 (11 pp.), "Concluding remarks" (28 pp.) and "The Death Roll of the principal persons mentioned in this Journal" (1p.); with maps and landscape sketches. Based on Stanley's field notebooks, but containing a much fuller account of events. Date of composition is unclear. Extensive alphabetical index in each volume

  • 65.

    POCKET NOTEBOOK in Collin's Pocket Diary 1894 (1894), 16mo, black leather, ink and pencil, 30 pp., one leaf detached, some excised

    Drafts assessing the officers Edmund M. Barttelot (4 pp.), Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson (2 pp.), William Bonny (3 pp.), William G. Stairs (4 pp.), together with a few miscellaneous notes and records of Stanley's weight (May 1896 - 13 February 1897)

  • 66.

    LETTER BOOK, containing sponge paper copies, correspondence on the eve of the EPRE, mostly letters or telegrams sent by HMS and Sir Francis de Winton (Acting Secretary of the EPRE) (1886-1887), numbered 1-174 (incomplete), 4to

    Copy-letters/telegrams from Sir Francis de Winton to John Pender (1), George S. Mackenzie (5), Messrs. Kynoch & Sons (1), Messrs. Forrest & Son (1), Comte Paul de Borchgrave (2), William Mackinnon (3), William Bonny (1), Sir John Kirk (1), William Burdett-Coutts (1), Messrs. Gray, Dawes & Co. (3), Robert Arthington (2), Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson (1), Robert H. Nelson (1), manager Pacific Steamship Navigation Co. (1), Sec. of the Army and Navy Cooperative Society (1), Bywater, Tanqueray & Co. (1), Thomson (1), John Walker (1), Rowland Ward & Co. (1), Dr. Leslie (1), some addressees unknown, also "Memorandum by Sir Francis de Winton"; HMS to William G. Stairs (3), Edmund M. Barttelot (2), Sir Baker Russell (1), Baroness-Burdett-Coutts (2), Pearce Morrison (1), chamberlain of the City of London (1), Phil Robinson (1), Eric Barrington (1), William Mackinnon (12), John R. Troup (1), George S. Mackenzie (1), Sir Julian Pauncefote (1), General Hutchinson (1), J. W. Watson (1), Robert Arthington (1), Gray, Dawes & Co. (1), Robert H. Nelson (1), Hume Purdie (1), Messrs. Watson Bros. (1), Forest & Sons (1), Comte Paul de Borchgrave (2), Council Administring Congo Free State (1), some addressees illegible; also George S. Mackenzie to William Mackinnon (1), John Pender to HMS (1), extract from a letter to HMS from George S. Mackenzie, "List of goods (…) for shipment to Congo", "Instructions for Major Barttelot", "Instructions for Mr. [John R.] Troup and Mr. Ingham", note by James Augustus Grant, "Last instructions"

  • 67.

    JOURNAL ("Log") of the Rear Column (11 June - 20 August 1888), ink and pencil, 37 pp., folio

    Written by Major Edmund M. Barttelot, continued by James S. Jameson and William Bonny; daily entries

  • 68.

    JOURNAL labelled "Copy of Log of Rear Column. Yambuya to Banalya 1888" (11 June - 20 August 1888), black leather, ink, 38 pp., many leaves excised, 8vo

    Written by Major Edmund M. Barttelot, continued by James S. Jameson and William Bonny, transcript in Stanley's hand. Daily entries, including copies of letters, e.g. Stanley's letter of instruction to Barttelot (24 June 1887), lists of stores, a muster roll

  • 69.

    WILLIAM BONNY, Autograph Journal of the Rear Column (3 January 1887 - 31 May 1888), brown calf, ink, 300 pp., oblong 8vo

    Detailed daily journal by William Bonny of the formation and early months of the Column and the misfortunes and mismanagement of the camp at Banalya; including a few sketches of scarifications; About the purchase of Bonny’s journals, see Stanley’s correspondence with Arthur L. Rayner (nr. 1313)

  • 70.

    WILLIAM BONNY, Autograph Journal of the Rear Column (14 June - 16 September 1888), brown calf, partly disbound, pencil, some in ink, 110 pp., some leaves excised, oblong 8vo

    William Bonny's journal of the Rear Column, continued, containing accounts of Barttelot's murder (19 July 1888) and Stanley's return to the camp at Banalya (17 August 1888). Lists of stores, musters of men dead, defected or sick, a few sketches

  • 71.

    WILLIAM BONNY, Autograph Journal of the Rear Column (7 September 1888 - 8 April 1889), brown calf, partly disbound, pencil, one page in ink, two pages badly smudged and partly illegible, 170 pp., a few leaves excised, oblong 8vo

    William Bonny's journal of the Rear Column, continued, containing an account of the last days on the Congo and the beginning of the march with Emin Pasha to the coast, lists of stores, a few sketches, plans of the starvation camp. Three pages written by Stanley and signed by him (Your friend Henry M. Stanley) containing instructions (Starvation Camp in Forest. Dec. 15th 1888. Observe these notes carefully)

  • 72.

    WILLIAM BONNY, Autograph Journal of the Rear Column, in Traveller's Medical Guide (9 April 1889 - 26 February 1890), red morocco, pencil, 224 pp., many leaves detached, some excised, 8vo

    William Bonny's autograph journal of the Rear Column, continued, containing daily notes on the march from Kavalli to Zanzibar, also many personal reports, e.g. on the behaviour of followers, list of loads, etc. Many sketches of implements, weapons, musical instruments, landscapes, etc.

  • 73.

    JOURNAL (1841-1879), red half calf, ink, 165 pp., some erasures, one leaf detached, folio

    Composite journal in a chronicle style of some periods of Stanley's life, roughly speaking: 28 January 1841 - July 1857, 8 February 1861 - 13 November 1874 and 9 August 1877 - 15 August 1879; brief preliminary notes in Swahili (2 pp.) on Stanley's early life from his birth. Entries apparently transcribed at a later date (1893?) from earlier journals now lost

  • 74.

    ACCOUNT BOOK (1868-1879), black leather, ink, 165 pp., 8vo

    Highly detailed records of Stanley's accounts from 29 January 1868 (Abyssinian expedition) till 8 June 1879 ("Expedition to Upper Congo"); accompanied by a copy (or the original) of the accounts and a muster roll of the Livingstone Expedition, transcribed in the account book

  • 75.

    ACCOUNT BOOK in Blackwood's Diary 1884 (27 August - 31 December 1884), maroon cloth, ink, 28 pp., most of them excised, some detached, 8vo

    Accounts and a few journal entries, including an offer by James Gordon Bennett to go to Khartoum which HMS declined (30 August)

  • 76.

    LETTER BOOK containing sponge paper copies of letters by HMS, dealing with both the founding of the Congo State and the EPRE (August 1884 - August 1888), c. 190 pp., 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Antoine Galezot (2), Smith, Payne & Smiths (3), Leopold II (1), Col. Sir Francis de Winton (4), Col. Strauch (2), Edward Virnard (1), "Re Railway Surveyors for Tropical Country" (1), Anton Greshoff (1), [illegible] (1), Count Paul de Borchgrave (4), James Francis Hutton (2), "Re Congo Steamers" (1), William Mackinnon (7), E. M. Mackenzie (1), Commander S.S. Serpa Pinto (1), J. de la Fontaine (1), A. Billington (1), John Rose Troup (2), C. E. Ingham (1), Charles Liebrechts (1), William G. Stairs (1) and the Chairman of the Emin Pasha Relief Committee (1); also despatches dated 09-03 and 31-05-1888

  • 77.

    ADDRESS BOOK, pocket notebook (c. 1885-1890), 16mo, green leather, ink and pencil, 23 pp.

    Containing among others addresses of William Hoffman, William Mackinnon, Agnes Livingstone Bruce, Dorothy Tennant, Greenleaf Webb Appleton, also a few memoranda

  • 78.

    JOURNAL in a pocket diary Agenda pour 1886 (1886), 16mo, black cloth, disbound, ink, a few notes in pencil, 40 pp.

    Journal of a tourist journey to France and Italy, 20 March - 5 May 1886; first page (about John Owen) written in Swahili

  • 79.

    JOURNAL in Lett's Diary N° 3. 1886 (18 June - 27 September 1886), green cloth, ink, 20 pp., first half of the diary excised, two leaves detached, 4to

    Containing a record of Stanley's social engagements, including a note of his first proposal to Dorothy Tennant (14 August)

  • 80.

    LETTER BOOK, containing sponge paper copies of letters by HMS (May 1886 - January 1887), 110 pp., on loose sheets, 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Gen. Henry S. Sanford (2), Dr. Carl Peters (1), Anton Greshoff (2), Sec. of the Royal Geographical Society (1), O. L. Stephen (1), James Bryce (2), Major Vetch (1), Edward King (1), James Francis Hutton (4), William Mackinnon (2), Anthony Bannister Swinburne (2), Dorothy Tennant (1), Whigh? (1), G. H. Leane (1), D. E. Davenport (1), John Baker (1), “Miss E.E.C. and Miss S.C. and Mr. & Mrs. M. with Miss J. included” (1), Baroness von Donop (1), E. C. Stead (1), “Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress” (1), Henrietta Stannard (1), John Dixon (1), Henry S. Wellcome (1), Mrs. Harford (1), Mary Amelia Stone (1), Hannah Liebert (1) Count Paul de Borchgrave (2), Herbert Ward (1), Gertrude Sanford (1), Charles Duval (1), Major James B. Pond (2), Greenleaf Webb Appleton (2), George Lund (1), Edward Marston (1), Thomas W. Knox (2), Mrs. Swinburne (1), Emma Fellowes Taylor (1), [illegible] (1), Dr. Alexander Mackay (1), Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1), Leopold II (2), Sir Reginald Hanson (2), Smith, Payne & Smiths (1), Lord Wolseley (1) and Messrs. Taylor, Hoare, Taylor & Box (1)

  • 81.

    JOURNAL (12 July 1890 - 19 December 1901), black half morocco, ink, 480 pp., several pages heavily cancelled by Dorothy Tennant, 4to

    Closely written and extensive account of Stanley's life from his marriage on (12 July 1890) till the death of Major General Sir Francis de Winton (19 December 1901). Contains also lists of receipts from lecture tours, newspaper clippings, etc., the whole apparently transcribed by Stanley at a later date from earlier notebooks now lost

  • 82.

    NOTES AND DRAFTS (c. 1891), black leather, ink and pencil, 160 pp., oblong 8vo

    Miscellaneous autobiographical drafts, particularly for the first chapter of the Autobiography, also drafts concerning the EPRE, Edmund M. Barttelot and other officers, religion, African legends, newspapers, European life, etc.; with some sketches of tents and bridges; also a few entries by Dorothy Tennant

  • 83.

    NOTES AND DRAFTS (c. 1892), brown leather, ink, 65 pp., oblong 8vo

    Notes and drafts for Stanley's Autobiography, including draft prefaces, drafts concerning Emin Pasha, Edmund M. Barttelot, religion, etc., a draft of a speech about his first three expeditions and Stanley's view of "the white men while at work in Africa" (39 pp.) and 3 pp. journal entries of a trip to Scotland (August 1892)

  • 84.

    POCKET NOTEBOOK (1892), black leather, ink and pencil, 34 pp., some excised, oblong 8vo

    Notes and drafts for Stanley's Autobiography, mainly about his youth and his adventures in the American civil war; with a few sketches

  • 85.

    LETTER BOOK containing sponge paper copies of letters by HMS (September 1891 - March 1893), 42 pp., on loose sheets, 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Alexander Low Bruce (2), W. A. Daw & Co. (2), Woodhouse, Trower, Freeling & Parkin (1), James B. Pond (1), Walter Trower (2), Thomas H. Parke (1), [?] (1), Friedrich-Arnold Schumacher (1), Rev. [?] (1), Leopold II (1), Cecil Rhodes (1), Beauchamp (1) and Comte Paul de Borchgrave (1)

  • 86.

    JOURNAL of H.M. Stanley's first days in the House of Commons, sheets torn from a notebook and stapled into 5 gatherings, ink (12 - 23 August 1895), 56 pp., 8vo

    Daily notes containing an account of Stanley's first reactions to Parliament and its members, headed "14th Parliamentary Diary", some annotated in pencil by Dorothy Tennant (an edited version of this journal appeared in Stanley's Autobiography)

  • 87.

    POCKET NOTEBOOK labeled "Notes Emin Expedition", ink, 19 pp., some torn out, 8vo

    Containing various autobiographical notes relating to Stanley's stay in Spain (1869), Edward King, Civil War veterans, education, Christos Evangelides, his boyhood, William G. Stairs and Edmund M. Barttelot, James Gordon Bennett, Emin and Dr. Robert Felkin

  • 88.

    JOURNAL of Stanley's 1895 American journey (4 September - 20 November 1895), red leather, pencil, 40 pp., many excised, one leaf detached, two leaves of addresses loosely inserted, small oblong 8vo

    Containing topographical notes on New Orleans, about Stanley's family, his visits to cemeteries, observations on the indifference of people to him and the "general mediocrity" prevalent in America, etc.

  • 5978.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to Dorothy Tennant, on her recent stay in Belgium, wishing her a good journey to America, 10-10-1890, Ostend

  • 5979.

    Letter from Leopold II to Dorothy Tennant, wishing Stanley a good recovery, 03-03-1891, Ostend

  • 5980.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to Dorothy Tennant, enclosing a letter from Comte de Borchgrave to Stanley, on the death of Sir William Mackinnon, 28-06-1893, Brussels

  • 5981.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to Dorothy Tennant, thanking her for the photograph of the monument on Stanley's grave, 19-03-1905, Brussels

  • 6033.

    Leopold II, 16-05-1890, London

  • 6264.

    Leopold II, 10-05-1904 [with typewritten copy], Brussels

  • 6369.

    Leopold II, 19-11-1909 [with env.], Laeken (Brussels)

    Enclosed letter (with envelop) from Edmond Carton de Wiart to Dorothy Tennant, Cabinet du Roi. Palais de Bruxelles, 19-11-1909

  • 6889.

    Letter from HMS to Sir Edwin Arnold, asking him to advise King Leopold about the Congo in order to "lessen the irritation of our public" ("somehow or another the Congo State is in very bad odour with English people"), 01-06-1897, London

  • 6893.

    Letter [with envelop] from HMS to Felix Moscheles, explaining how he is "sore beset, always waiting waiting for orders" and how when King Leopold emerges from retirement and returns to Brussels "I shall hear and obey", 03-06-1885, London

  • 6961.

    Letter from HMS to Harold Frederic, replying to press allegations of King Leopold being a "swindler" or himself having part in a "fraud", 24-07-1885, London

  • 6966.

    Menu of a dinner offered to HMS by King Leopold II, 26-04-1890, aboard the Prince Albert

  • 6996.

    LETTER BOOK, with sponge-paper copies of letters by HMS, largely in Stanley's handwriting, June 1881 - May 1882, c. 400 pp.

    Copy-letters from HMS to Col. Strauch (24), Augustus Sparhawk (6), Smith, Payne & Smiths (3), Sampson Low & Co. (1), Lieut. Braconnier (6), Lieut. Harou (16), Otto Lindner (8), A. B. Swinburne (2), Eugène Janssen (2), Oscar Roger (2), Lieut. Orban (2), Callewaert (1), Louis Valcke (2), Hanssens (1), Leopold II (1) and Nilis (1); also "Price List & Cost per piece [at Banana and at Manyanga]"

  • 4766.

    Agreement [copy] between Leopold II and HMS, "Convention provisoire à remplacer par un contrat définitif", Brussels, 03-10-1878

  • 4788.

    Memorandum of a "Proposed International Company of the Congo under the Commission of H. M. Leopold II"

  • 4791.

    Project of contract between Leopold II and HMS, prolonging the latter's engagement towards the King (French and English version), Brussels, [09-02]-1886

  • 5034.

    Certificate attributed to HMS by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society "for the interesting and impressive description of the desolating slave hunts of Central Africa", signed by the members of the Committee, Manchester, 07-11-1884

  • 5035.

    Certificate of the Order of Leopold attributed to HMS; copy signed by Baron Lambermont, 1886

    Enclosed letter from the Prince de Caraman to HMS, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Brussels, 16-02-1886

  • 5071.

    Invitation card American Testimonial Banquet, 30-05-1890

  • 5154.

    Presentation album Congo, 55 pp., only 22 used, 24 x 31

    photographs of HMS from 1870 till 1890, also photographs of Francis John Pocock, Uledi and Manwa Sera, Stanley’s porters, King Leopold II, various officers of the Congo Free State, Anton Greshoff, photos of Congo scenery probably taken in the 1890’s by th

  • 5165.

    King Leopold II, 1880, 14,1 x 10

    full-face, cabinet photograph, mounted on card, ink inscription on the reverse

  • 604.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about Stanley's broken ankle, his prospects for the railway from Mombasa to Nyanza [Lake Victoria], begging of Dorothy Tennant to exercise her "magic influence" over William Gladstone on this subject, complaining about the "parochial minded and never Imp, Dunbar, 09-08-1891

  • 654.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, with instructions, assuring him that "Belgium desires no territory in Africa", Brussels, 31-12-1881

  • 655.

    Letter [with translation] from Leopold II to HMS, instructions, about the necessity to establish on the Coast, Lieutenant Harou's mission, the attitude towards the French, Brussels, 04-01-1883

  • 656.

    Letter [with translation dated 27-05] from Leopold II to HMS, on the need to strengthen the Kwilu and Niadi stations, instructions to create establishments on the Upper Congo, on the recruitment of native porters, Brussels, 28-05-1883

  • 657.

    Letter [with translation] from Leopold II to HMS, regarding European agents for the Comité, the application of Sir Frederick John Goldsmid, Brussels, 23-07-1883

  • 658.

    Letter [with translation] from Leopold II to HMS, instructions, on Lieutenant Van de Velde's return to Europe, forbidding Stanley to have his letters published, Château de Ciergnon, 30-09-1883

  • 659.

    Letter [with translation] from Leopold II to HMS, announcing the enlistment of 150 to 200 Zanzibaris, reiterating the order to acquire uninterrupted concessions along the Congo river, Brussels, 12-11-1883

  • 660.

    Letter [with translation] from Leopold II to HMS, regarding the engagement of General Gordon, instructions, Brussels, 07-01-1884

  • 661.

    Letter [with translation dated 28-03] from Leopold II to HMS, regretting Stanley not remaining longer in Africa, on the sending of Sir Francis de Winton to the Congo, Brussels, 27-03-1884

  • 662.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Leopold II, asking permission to remain in Europe till the 1st of June, affirming his availability to the King, Berlin, 29-11-1884

  • 663.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Leopold II, giving an account of his meeting at the Foreign Office with Lord Granville, T. V. Lister, Anderson and Sir Julian Pauncefote, regarding the question between the Congo Association and France, London, 29-12-1884

  • 664.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, thanking him for having sent a copy of his Congo book [The Congo and the Founding of its Free State] and for all his efforts towards the foundation of the Congo State, [Brussels], 19-07-1885

  • 665.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, asking him to come to Brussels, Brussels, 28-12-1886

  • 666.

    Letter [with a copy] from Leopold II to HMS, reaffirming his interest in him, mentioning the importance of the English East African Company, Ostend, 29-07-1888

  • 667.

    Letter [copy] from Leopold II to HMS, expressing satisfaction with Stanley having found Emin, urging him to "improve the frontier of the Congo State", Brussels, 30-12-1888

  • 668.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, regarding the Anti-Slavery Conference, Brussels, 30-10-1889

  • 669.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, congratulating him on his "marvellous and heroic" Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, Brussels, 23-11-1889

  • 670.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, asking whether some of Stanley's EPRE officers would enlist Congo service, Brussels, 06-12-1889

  • 671.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, expressing his eagerness to meet him and asking him to be his Plenipotentiary at the Anti-Slavery Conference, Brussels, 09-12-1889

  • 672.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, Christmas and New Year's greeting, Brussels, 22-12-1889

  • 673.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, regretting Stanley not being able to attend the Anti-Slavery Conference, his hesitation to send Stanley his plans before having consulted him, engagement of soldiers in Egypt, Brussels, 31-01-1890

  • 674.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, inviting him to the Palace of Brussels, Brussels, 22-03-1890

  • 675.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, regarding Stanley's stay in Belgium, Brussels, 08-04-1890

  • 676.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, thanking him for his gift of the French translation of In Darkest Africa, remark on a map of Central Africa in the Graphic, Ostend, 30-06-1890

  • 677.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, on Leonard K. Wilson's employment at the Belgian court, inviting him for a visit in Belgium, Ostend, 26-08-1890

  • 678.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, asking his opinion about the taking of Khartoum, on the taxes and import duties in the Congo State, requesting him to publish a letter in The Times, Brussels, 22-10-1890

  • 679.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, thanking him for his letter in The Times, asking him to explain to the Americans the necessity of import duties, Brussels, 17-11-1890

  • 680.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, regarding opposition in the United States to the General Act of the Anti-Slavery Conference, Brussels, 10-03-1891

  • 681.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, welcoming home Stanley from his American trip, showing his intention to contact him, Brussels, 21-04-1891

  • 682.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, informing him of the "satisfactory understanding" between the U.S. and the Congo State, his view on Joseph Thomson's mission in Katanga, Brussels, 30-04-1891

  • 683.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, promising to grant his patronage to William Hughes's Institution for the education of African natives, mentioning a delay to the ratification of the Brussels act, expressing his wish to pursue the project "about which I spoke to you", Ostend, 15-07-1891

  • 684.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, on Stanley's broken leg injury, inviting him to Belgium, Ostend, 17-08-1891

  • 685.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, asking him to meet him at Ostend before his trip to Australia, Ostend, 29-08-1891

  • 686.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, wishing him a good journey to Australia, Ostend, 08-10-1891

  • 687.

    Telegram [with draft of Stanley's reply] from Leopold II to HMS, New Year's greeting, Brussels, 31-12-1892

  • 688.

    Letter from HMS to Leopold II, introducing him to Francis Lawley of the Daily Telegraph, London, 05-02-1893

  • 689.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, on his meeting with Francis Lawley, the British opposition to the 1890 treaty of the Congo State with the IBEAC, asking Stanley on what terms he is with Cecil Rhodes, on the passing of arms into the interior of Africa, Brussels, 09-03-1893

  • 690.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, regarding British opposition to the 1890 treaty of the Congo State with the IBEAC, asking him to impress upon Cecil Rhodes the great value of this treaty, about the possibility of a rail line from the Upper Congo to the Upper Nile, Brussels, 14-03-1893

  • 691.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, New Year's greeting, Brussels, 30-12-1893

  • 692.

    Letter [draft] from HMS to Leopold II, felicitations, London, 1894

  • 693.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, about the hostility of the press towards the Congo State, asking him to search for one or two persons in the U.S. who could recruit young Americans for the Congo State, Aix-les-Bains, 01-09-1895

  • 694.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, New Year's greeting, Brussels, 31-12-1895

  • 695.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, New Year's greeting, Brussels, 31-[12?]- 1895

  • 696.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, about a letter from two young Americans, on Stanley's letter in Le Figaro, Brussels, 18-02-1896

  • 697.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, regarding Stanley's article against Philip H. B. F. Salusbury, Brussels, 02-09-1896

  • 698.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, thanking Stanley for his letter to The Times, about the Congo adversaries, announcing the finishing of the Congo railway, Brussels, 20-09-1896

  • 699.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, New Year's greeting, Brussels, 31-12-1896

  • 700.

    Letter from HMS to Leopold II, replying to the King's invitations, s.l., 25-04-1897

  • 701.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Leopold II, about the importance of having some articles placed in the Daily Telegraph by a Belgian state official regarding the affairs on the Congo, London, 01-06-1897

  • 702.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Leopold II, suggesting to pay some small attention to Sir James Blyth on his arrival at Brussels, London, 04-06-1897

  • 703.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, regarding articles in the Pall Mall Gazette and the Daily Telegraph, begging him to engage Sir Edwin Arnold to come to the Exposition in Tervuren, Brussels, 23-07-1897

  • 704.

    Letter from Leopold II to HMS, begging Stanley to obtain permission for him in South Africa to recruit personnel for the maintaining of order in the Congo, Brussels, 08-09-1897

  • 705.

    Correspondence between HMS and Leopold II, New Year's greetings, s.l., 1897-1903 (8 pieces)

  • 706.

    Letter from Jules Devaux (secretary Leopold II) to [?], thanking him on behalf of King Leopold for having sent proof sheets of Stanley's letters, Brussels, Cabinet du Roi, Palais de Bruxelles, 12-10-1877

  • 707.

    Letter from Jules Devaux (secretary Leopold II) to HMS, confirming the reception of a silver ring for the Belgian Queen, Cabinet du Roi, Palais de Bruxelles, 23-06-1878

  • 708.

    Letter from [ ] Ketels to HMS, regarding the annual payment allowed by King Leopold to Stanley, Palais de Bruxelles, Direction de la Liste Civile, 05-11-1878

  • 709.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to [?], thanking the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph on behalf of King Leopold for the map they sent him, Cabinet du Roi, Palais de Bruxelles, 18-11-1877

  • 742.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, declaring that the Congo State has nothing to gain by the EPRE passing through it's territory, explaining why King Leopold suggested this road, promises of naval support, Cabinet du Roi, Palais de Bruxelles, 07-01-1887

  • 744.

    Letter [with envelop] from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, confirming Stanley's last conversations with King Leopold before his departure, Brussels, 01-02-1887

  • 749.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, thanking him on behalf of King Leopold for his letter to The Times, mentioning the agreement of 1890 between the Imperial East Africa Company and the Congo State, Brussels, 19-03-1893

  • 754.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, asking him on behalf of King Leopold the names of some competent engineers and captains of transatlantic steamers, to consult about a new harbour at Heyst [Heist], Brussels, 18-11-1893

  • 761.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, thanking him on behalf of King Leopold for the trouble which he takes to find officers for the Congo, Brussels, 29-06-1894

  • 764.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, informing him of the Order of Leopold to be conferred on Grimble Vallentin, Brussels, 06-12-1894

  • 766.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, asking him to deliver the decoration of the Order of Leopold to Grimble Vallentin, Brussels, 30-01-1895

  • 767.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, inviting him on behalf of King Leopold to Ostend, on the possible sale of land in the Congo State, Brussels, 30-06-1895

  • 768.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Comte Paul de Borchgrave, regarding a visit to King Leopold after the elections, London, 01-07-1895

  • 769.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, congratulating him on behalf of King Leopold on his election victory, Brussels, 17-07-1895

  • 770.

    Letter from Comte Paul de Borchgrave to HMS, inviting him to Ostend on behalf of King Leopold, Brussels, 21-07-1895

  • 778.

    Letter from Comte de Lalaing to HMS, concerning some corrections by King Leopold in Stanley's speech for the London Chamber of Commerce, Brussels, 10-09-1884

  • 784.

    Letter from Comte de Lalaing to HMS, "the King [Leopold II] will have great pleasure in receiving you tomorrow at the Brussels palace", [Brussels], 02-11-[1884]

  • 786.

    Letter from Comte de Lalaing to HMS, thanking him on behalf of King Leopold for his advice, Cabinet du Roi, Palais de Bruxelles (Brussels), 31-08-1885

  • 787.

    Letter from Comte de Lalaing to HMS, inviting him to Belgium on behalf of King Leopold, Ostend, 10-09-1885

  • 791.

    Letter from Baron Solvyns (Belgian Minister in London) to HMS, asking him on behalf of King Leopold whether he will go to Brussels by Ostend, s.l., 06-06-1878

  • 793.

    Letter from Baron Whetnall (Belgian Minister in London) to HMS, thanking him on behalf of King Leopold, sending a new decree regarding the treatment of the natives, on the King's hopes for the civilisation of the Congo territories, Belgian Legation, London, 24-09-1896

  • 794.

    Letter from Baron Whetnall (Belgian Minister in London) to HMS, regarding a meeting with King Leopold in London, Belgian Legation (London), 02-06-1897

  • 795.

    Letter from Baron Whetnall (Belgian Minister in London) to HMS, regarding King Leopold's meeting with Sir Edwin Arnold and a later meeting with Sir James Blyth, London, 04-06-1897

  • 815.

    Letter from James Hutton to [?], concerning a request by King Leopold for information "relative to the construction of a railway (…) between the lower Congo and the upper river", cotton merchant, Manchester, 02-12-1885

  • 828.

    Letter from Baron Greindl to HMS, allowing him on behalf of King Leopold to deliver a certain number of lectures, on the sum to be spent "to take your people to their homes" in case the King should give up the Congo scheme, inciting him to see whether he can find some gentlemen and workm, President A.I.A. 1876-8, Brussels, 05-10-1878

  • 844.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, regarding a "misunderstanding" between Wautier and Dutrieux, on King Leopold's purchase of elephants in India, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, A.I.A. Secrétariat Général, Brussels, 30-04-1879

  • 848.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, mentioning King Leopold's satisfaction of him having recruited the people he wanted, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, Brussels, 31-07-1879

  • 850.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, regarding the search of a favourable site for the establishment of the first station, regretting van Schendel's incompetence, his opinion on the other engineers, the order of mules at Madeira, requesting to refuse the purchase of buildings from the Dutch, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 05-11-1879

  • 858.

    Letter [in twofold] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, informing him of King Leopold's satisfaction about his work, on Portuguese claims on the country and the necessity to display utmost prudence in order to remain the owners of it, instructions to Gillis, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 01-04-1880

  • 859.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, mentioning King Leopold's wish to reach Stanley Pool as soon as possible, order of a small steam launch, contradicting Stanley's anxiety of his plans being known abroad, order of a telescope, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 30-04-1880

  • 864.

    Letter [in twofold] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, announcing the purchase of mules at Teneriffe, mentioning King Leopold's desire to establish a station at Manyanga and proceed with a light caravan towards Stanley Pool, about the purchase of elephants from India, the murder of Frederick Carter and Tom C, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 11-08-1880

  • 874.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, C.É.H.C., with news from de Brazza and the other French travellers of the Committee, begging to receive them in the kindest way, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, Brussels, 03-01-1881
    Note: Enclosed letter from the Society of Geography of Paris to Leopold II, Paris, 06-12-1881

  • 877.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, about the reinforcement of Stanley's personnel with Lieutenant Orban, Lieutenant Eugène Janssen and Marit, mentioning King Leopold's recommendation to conclude "in the most pressing manner" treaties of friendship with the native chiefs, and the need to m, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 16-02-1881

  • 911.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, inducing him on behalf King Leopold to apply to the Missionaries Society and Royal Geographical Society, in order to find young men for his next expedition, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 13-10-1882

  • 917.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, "the King [Leopold II] desires me to inform you that He will receive you tomorrow morning", President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 30-10-1882

  • 918.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, "the King [Leopold II] desires me to let you know that He will receive you tomorrow", President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, A.I.A., Brussels, 05-11-1882

  • 920.

    Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, congratulating Stanley on behalf of King Leopold on his recovery, mentioning Driver's decision not to go to Africa, the accessory expenses of the Kwilu expedition, begging of him to demand a report of the use of the goods, provisions ad tools which have, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 07-12-1882

  • 958.

    Letter [translated copy] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, "the state of affairs on the Stanley Pool requires all our attention", begging him on behalf of King Leopold to come to Ostend as soon as possible, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, [Ostend], 31-07-1884

  • 961.

    Letter [with translation] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, about his writing to Hôtel Meurice to ask that they should forward Stanley at London the letter King Leopold wrote to him, President of C.É.H.C. and A.I.A. 1878-85, Ostend, 28-08-1884

  • 1015.

    Letter [original and copy] from Charles George Gordon to HMS, regarding his contract with Leopold II, Brussels, 06-01-1884

  • 1066.

    Letter from Anton Greshoff to HMS, about the Arab slaughter by Arthur Hodister, Lieutenant Michiels and other white men at Riba Riba, the contract between Leopold II and Rachid ben Mohamed, denouncing Van Kerckhoven's way of seizing ivory, N.A.H.V., "on board S.S. Antoinette" (Lirranga), 14-07-1892

  • 1086.

    Letter from Anton Greshoff to HMS, inviting him to come to the opening of the Congo railway, asking to try to convince King Leopold to dispatch Rachid ben Mohamed to Zanzibar, on Denzil Stanley's descent, Dhanis's Nile expedition, Olive Schreiner's Peter Halkett, Queen Victoria's Diamond, Brazzaville, 25-09-1897

  • 1099.

    Letter from Anton Greshoff to HMS, on Stanley's country house in Surrey, the Boer War, reconciliation between Stanley and Wellcome, letter from King Leopold to him, discontent with the Administration of French Congo, Brazzaville, 20-09-1901

  • 1373.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, begging of him to make "as few alterations as possible in the terms of the King's [Leopold II] draft", New Club, Edinburgh, 15-01-1886

  • 1385.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, deploring that "the King [Leopold II] has intervened at so late a point in the arrangements", Balinakill, Clachan (Argyllshire), 10-01-1887

  • 1388.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, wishing him "a pleasant time" with King Leopold II, Balinakill, Clachan (Argyllshire), 14-01-1887

  • 1395.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, "what changes have taken place since you left us!", mentioning the interest the British Royal family and the King Leopold took in Stanley's work, on Stanley's return to London and reception there, Balinakill, Clachan (Argyllshire), 25-12-1889

  • 1410.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, asking him whether King Leopold will come to his marriage, about Stanley's wedding present, London, 01-07-1890

  • 1417.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, regarding a draft report about the EPRE, possible employment for Robert H. Nelson in East Africa, the recruitment of Zanzibaris for William G. Stairs, "our officials are not dealing as kindly with the King's [Leopold II] operation as they should", London, 27-05-1891

  • 1456.

    Telegram from Leopold II to HMS, about the death of William Mackinnon, Brussels, 22-06-1893

  • 1941.

    Letter from William Hoffman to HMS, on the state of affairs in his district, murder of Lieutenant Bell, the rubber and ivory trade, "lotts (sic) of things goes on here what His Majesty the King [Leopold II] does not know", the uselessness to work hard for the State, Basoko, 12-03-1899

  • 89.

    Letter [in envelop with comment by Dorothy Tennant] from HMS to Thomas and Maria Morris, pleaing to his aunt and uncle to help find him work, Ffynnon Beuno, 02-06-1858

  • 90.

    Letter from John Kendall to HMS, informing him of the death of his mother [Elizabeth Jones], Bodelwyddan, Saint Asaph, 23-03-1886

  • 91.

    Letter from John Owen (Stanley's cousin) to HMS, asking him to use his influence for the vacant position of Assistant Superintendent on the railway at Swansea, London & North Western Railway, Shrewsbury, 15-09-1884

  • 92.

    Letter from John Owen (Stanley's cousin) to HMS, mentioning newspaper clippings that show "how your private affairs and even to some extent those of an obscure individual like myself have been the subject of the prying curiosity of the press", Shrewsbury, 08-05-1886

  • 93.

    Letter from John Owen (Stanley's cousin) to HMS, enclosing a receipt [not included] from R. J. [Robert Jones?] of having received £25, deploring that "he simply said that the money was fairly due to him", s.l., [May 1886]

  • 94.

    Letter from Gerard B. Morris (Stanley's cousin) to HMS, "the desire of my heart for many years has been to see and speak to you who I remember so well in early life", Liverpool, 03-05-1890

  • 95.

    Letter from John G. Howe (?) to HMS, enclosing a carte de visite photograph (9,3 x 6) of the late Mr. Williams, Birkenhead, 24-10-1890

  • 96.

    Letters from Robert Jones Jr. (Stanley's half-brother) to HMS, about his illness, asking for assistance, s.l., 1891-1893 (5 pieces)

  • 97.

    Letter from medical attendant Lloyd Davies to [?], concerning the state of health of Robert Jones Jr., Abergele, 29-03-1892

  • 98.

    Letter from Catherine Morris (cousin of Stanley) to HMS, begging for assistance, Liverpool, 18-12-1892

  • 100.

    Letter from Katie Jones (daughter of Catherine Jones) to HMS, congratulating him on his election victory, Glascoed, St. Asaph, 16-07-1895

  • 101.

    Letter from Katie Jones (daughter of Catherine Jones) to HMS, about her illness, Glascoed, St. Asaph, 25-04-1900

  • 102.

    Letters from Edward Morris Gough Roberts to HMS, asking for assistance, s.l., January 1898 (2 pieces)

  • 103.

    Letter from E. Tudor Owen to HMS, informing about the dead of John Owen, Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, 02-10-1896
    Note: With ink inscription by HMS "John Owen died October 1st 1896"

  • 104.

    Letter from A. J. Burr to HMS, concerning a grant for the family of the late John Owen, Great Western Railway, District Goods Manager's Office, Liverpool, 24-02-1897
    Note: Enclosed letter of Thomas Henry Ismay to HMS, Liverpool, 20-02-1897; and a memorandum of the London & North Western Railway Company

  • 99.

    Letter from Emma Annie Owen (widow of the late Moses Owen) to HMS, begging for assistance, Uttoxeter, 12-02-1894

  • 105.

    Letter from James W. Jones (son of Robert Jones Jr.) to HMS, informing him of the death of his father, Glascoed, St. Asaph, 19-10-1899

  • 106.

    Letter on behalf of Catherine Jones (widow of Robert Jones Jr.) to HMS, thanking him for his present of £3, about Catherine's actual condition, Glascoed, St. Asaph, 20-05-1901

  • 107.

    Letter from Thomas Hughes to HMS, informing him of the death of Sarah and Richard Price of Denbigh, Lewisham, 20-05-1895
    Note: Enclosed obituary of Richard Price, with ink inscription by HMS "Richard Price (Dick Price) died 20 May 1895"

  • 108.

    Letter from Florence E. Stanley to HMS, on her unfortunate mother, Woolwich, 20-02-[ ]

  • 109.

    Letters from Thomas Mumford to HMS, s.l., 1890-1895 (5 pieces)

  • 110.

    Letters from Rev. George Williams to HMS, s.l., 1890-1897 (16 pieces)

  • 111.

    Correspondence HMS with Arthur James Balfour, recommending Rev. George Williams for a vacant Canonry at St. Asaph, s.l., February 1897 (2 pieces)

  • 112.

    Letters from John Evans to HMS, s.l., 1890?, 1896 (2 pieces)

  • 113.

    Letter from Maurice Roberts to HMS, "there is none living now that really knew you then and there", London, 21-10-1893

  • 114.

    Letter from David Davies to HMS, "I have you in my memory ever since you came back from your cousin, when you were sick one morning (…)", S.S. Columbus, Liverpool, 14-05-[ ]

  • 115.

    Letter from Edward Jones (old pupil of Stanley) to HMS, begging for one of Stanley's books, Manchester, 30-06-1890

  • 116.

    Letter from "X. Y. Z." to HMS, claiming to be his father, Boncath, South Wales, 20-09-1873

  • 117.

    Letters from Joanna Eastaway to HMS ("William Henry"), pretending she is his mother, s.l., 1873-1878 (3 pieces)

  • 118.

    Correspondence Benjamin F. Eastaway with his alleged brother HMS, s.l., 1878-1882 (3 pieces)

  • 119.

    Letter [copy] from James Henry Eastaway to HMS ("William Henry"), claiming to be his brother, Liverpool, 26-10-1878

  • 120.

    Letter from Crosse, Sons & Riley to HMS ("W. H. Stanley"), on behalf of Stanley's alleged mother Joanna Eastaway, London, 21-03-1878

  • 121.

    Letter from Thomas George to HMS, "I have a deep impression on my mind (…) that we bear some relationship", Pontreselly, near Boncath, R.S.O. (South Wales), 02-05-1874

  • 122.

    Letter from Thomas George to HMS, regarding a Mr. Joshua Jones claiming to be Stanley's father, Pontreselly, near Boncath, R.S.O., 13-06-1874

  • 123.

    Correspondence HMS with Thomas George, regarding a book by the latter about Stanley's early life, s.l., 1892-1894 (6 pieces)

  • 124.

    Correspondence HMS with Elliot Stock, regarding Thomas George's Stanley biography, s.l., November - December 1893 (3 pieces)

  • 125.

    Letter from David and Elizabeth Rees to HMS, claiming to be Stanley's brother and sister, Rockvale, Fremont (Colorado), 03-06-1893

  • 126.

    Letter from Mary Williams to HMS [with a note by Mary's husband Morris Williams], claiming to be Stanley's aunt, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), 07-01-1878

  • 127.

    Letter from Kittie G. Rowlands to HMS, "your grandfather and my grandfather was one and the same person", Turin, New York, 17-11-1890

  • 128.

    Letter from Alfred O. Clark to HMS, writing on behalf of an alleged sister of Stanley, Coal Creek, Colorado (USA), 01-01-1896

  • 129.

    Telegram from the Editor of the Western Mail to HMS, regarding the death of Stanley's alleged stepfather James Watkin, Cardiff, 15-02-1899

  • 130.

    Letter from F. Newsom to HMS, mentioning a John Rowland who was a relative of Stanley, Journal Office, Eccles, s.d.

  • 131.

    Letter [in envelop] from Morien (= Owen "Morien" Morgan) to [?], about a child of Stanley born in 1862, Pontypridd, South Wales, 08-07-1905
    Note: With ink inscription by Dorothy Tennant: "More fables about H.M.S. (im-)-pure invention"

  • 132.

    Letter from Colonel Lewis R. Stegman to HMS, "I imagine neither one of us thought what the horoscope of the future had in store for us (…)", Brooklyn, New York, 30-11-1886

  • 133.

    Letter from Thomas Nisbet to HMS, "it puzzled me many a year whether you were my old shipmate or not", Dublin, 10-05-1890

  • 134.

    Letter from John McNulty to HMS, enclosing a tintype taken at Baton Rouge in 1863 [not included], "just a year before becoming acquainted with you", Fennimore of St. Louis, 21-12-1890

  • 135.

    Letter from Henry Reutzel to HMS, asking Stanley if he is the same one "who for a while lived here and taught school in 1860-61", Arkansas and Cherokee Navigation and Ferry Co., Fort Smith (Arkansas), 23-12-1890

  • 136.

    Letter from James M. Slate to HMS, about the battle of Shiloh, Blue Ridge, Georgia, 28-03-1891

  • 137.

    Letter from William Fayel to HMS, "I shall never forget the kindness and the royal reception given by you (…) on your first visit here", St. Louis, 09-04-1891

  • 138.

    Letter from A. A. Schenck to HMS, "your oldest friend in this country (…)", New York, 13-04-1891
    Note: Inscription by HMS: "Writer was known to me as Craig Waring in 1858-59"

  • 139.

    Letter from S. D. Simmons to HMS, "I saw Mr. Altshule [Altschul] not long since", Tillar, Drew Co., Arkansas, 20-04-1897

  • 140.

    Letters from Annie Ward to HMS, s.l., July - August 1867 (2 pieces)

  • 141.

    Letters from the parents and brothers of Virginia Ambella to HMS, s.l., 1868-1869 (2 pieces)

  • 142.

    Letters from Virginia Ambella to HMS, s.l., 1877 (2 pieces)

  • 143.

    List of letters ("Schedule") from HMS to Katie Roberts, s.l., 07-12-1907

  • 144.

    Letter from HMS to Katie Roberts, describing the story of his life to her, London, 22-03-1869
    Note: With letter (in envelop) from Dorothy Tennant to Denzil M. Stanley, begging him to "keep these faded sheets preciously", explaining how she purchased the letter, Pirbright, Surrey, 25-12-1907

  • 145.

    Other letters from HMS to Katie Roberts, s.l., 1869-1870 (20 pieces)
    Note: These letters were previously classified and put in sheets by someone

  • 146.

    Letters from Alice Pike to HMS, s.l., October - December 1874 (8 pieces)

  • 147.

    Letter from Alice Barney (= Pike) to HMS, on the occasion of Stanley's return from the Anglo-American expedition, New York, 17-11-1877

  • 148.

    Summary of the correspondence of HMS with Dorothy Tennant, s.l., 1885-1886

  • 149.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, begging him to come, London, 25-06-1885

  • 150.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, about her invitation to visit him, "I have never had the honor to serve a woman hitherto", London, 26-06-1885

  • 151.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, asking him to make an oil sketch of his head, London, 01-07-1885

  • 152.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, replying to Dorothy's proposal to paint a portrait, sending her some photos of himself, London, 02-07-1885

  • 153.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, about the photographs he sent her, London, 02-07-1885

  • 154.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, about Stanley posing for a portrait, London, 03-07-1885

  • 155.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, "I shall be quite ready", London, 17-07-[1885]

  • 156.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, "come tomorrow", London, 22-07-1885

  • 157.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, "do say that you will dine with us", London, 28-07-1885

  • 158.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, "very good - to all your plans", [London], 28-07-1885

  • 159.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, asking him to visit her tomorrow afternoon, London, 30-07-1885

  • 160.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, replying to her invitation, s.l., 30-07-1885

  • 161.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, commenting on The Congo and the Founding of its Free State, London, 04-08-1885

  • 162.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, begging him to come, London, 06-08-1885

  • 163.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, account of his "exploring tour" in North Wales, London, 12-08-1885

  • 164.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, informing of her leaving London, London, 13-08-1885

  • 165.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, on her stay with Thomas Burt at Newcastle, her visit to a coalmine and impression of the coalminers, Hunstanton, Norfolk, 02-09-1885

  • 166.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, describing his stay in the Alps, his removal to 160 New Bond St., his incognito visit to the Exhibition of Antwerp, meeting with King Leopold at Brussels, on the deterioration of the situation in the Congo since his leaving, Zurich, 06-09-1885

  • 167.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, "how is it you have not understood me better", trying to explain that she can both feel and understand "other things than gaieties", on King Leopold ("I certainly consider you greatly his superior"), Edwin Arnold's going to India, the coming elections, S, Glamorganshire, 02-10-1885

  • 223.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, "I will obey as well as love", London, 17-05-1890
    Note: Enclosed copy of Dorothy's letter to Leopold II, London, 17-05-1890

  • 299.

    Letter from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, about his stay with the King [Leopold II] in Ostend, Ostend, 05-10-1891

  • 1972.

    Letter from William Hoffman to HMS, on his health condition, condemnation of two of the Mongalla agents by the Boma Tribunal, visit of King Leopold to London, Bernburg, Anhalt, 25-10-1900

  • 2072.

    Letter from Harry Hamilton Johnston to HMS, about his visit to Bolobo, his stay at Msuata Station and the people's sympathy with his interest in Natural History, expressing his anxiousness to take Stanley's portrait, Msuata, 11-03-1883

  • 2176.

    Letter from William Martin Conway to HMS, regarding his meeting with Leopold II, Bruges, 24-07-1902

  • 2177.

    Letter [with envelop] from Leopold II to HMS, on his meeting with William Martin Conway, Ostend, 27-07-1902

  • 2225.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, about his appointment in the service of Leopold II, questions about his salary, Palais Royal, Brussels, 03-10-1890

  • 2236.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, informing him of a meeting with King Leopold at Ostend, Palais de Bruxelles, 23-09-1891

  • 2237.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, about Dorothy Tennant not being able to meet King Leopold in Ostend, Palais de Bruxelles, 29-09-1891

  • 2327.

    Leopold II and Queen Maria Henrietta, Brussels, 12-07-1890 [Telegram]

  • 2434.

    Leopold II, Laeken (Brussels), 03-06-1899 [Telegram]

  • 2486.

    Letter from HMS to Samuel Rowe (Governor of Sierra Leone), about his forthcoming expedition "in behalf of a body of philanthropists of whom His Majesty the King of the Belgians [Leopold II] is at the head whose purpose is to open to the world of Commerce and Christian Missions the Congo River", S.S. Albion, Port of Sierra Leone, July 1879

  • 2496.

    Letter [copy] from HMS to Rev. William Hughes (African Training Institute), "you ask me what I am in duty bound not to do" (regarding his proposals to King Leopold II), London, 27-09-1891
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