Inventory of the Stanley Archives

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , congratulating him on the EPRE, denouncing the German influence in East Africa and expressing his hope that he may never see "Africa to be covered with Herrs", his comment on Stanley's observations on the Albert Nyanza, mentioning his son's landing at Ca , Nairn , 27-12-1889

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , commenting on Stanley's map and official report to Colonel Euan Smith in The Times, stating that "the English public would prefer reading imaginary rather than real travels but they (…) will be educated by your thruthful account", on the immediate neces , London , 13-02-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , recalling a former conflict between him and General Gordon, mentioning a rumour that Cecil Rhodes had asked Stanley to be Governor of Swaziland , London , 23-02-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , "I hope to meet you at [William] Mackinnon's dinner (…)" , London , 30-04-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , claiming that the idea of a steamer on Victoria Nyanza should not be adopted by the Stanley Exhibition Committee but by philanthropists and men of science , London , 22-05-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , regarding Stanley's membership of the Athenæum Club , Athenæum Club, London , 25-05-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS , offering him a crocodile skin and an ivory fitted smoking tray , London , 10-07-1890

Letter from James Augustus Grant to [?] , about Stanley's return from Africa, "we may congratulate ourselves that he is alive to relate to us the particulars of his remarkable journeyings" , Nairn , 22-09-1877

Letter from James Augustus Grant to [?] , "Stanley's letter is deeply interesting and the tale of slavery will do much good", possibility of a lecture tour by Stanley in Scotland , Nairn , 15-10-1877

Letter from Henry Walter Bates to James Augustus Grant , mentioning Joseph Thomson's wish to join the EPRE , Royal Geographical Society, London , 15-01-1887

Correspondence HMS with Margaret Grant (widow of James Augustus Grant) , s.l. , 1893-1894 , (3 pieces)