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41 archives found for 'French-Sheldon, May'

  • 5266.

    HMS with May-French Sheldon and Colonel Clarence Collier on Queen Victoria's Jubilee Day, 1897, diameter 17,9

    round frame, ink inscription on the reverse, copy

  • 5993.

    Letter from Anton Greshoff to Dorothy Tennant, his view on the "stupid rearguard business", asking her to convince Stanley not to go anymore to the Congo, about May French-Sheldon going to Africa, 20-08-1891, Nieuwe Afrikaansche Handels-Vennootschap, "Man Exil"

    With copies of letters from Anton Greshoff to Henry S. Wellcome, regarding a speech by Wellcome for the Aborigines' Protection Society in favour of Stanley, Brazzaville, 12-02-1891; and Anton Greshoff to May French-Sheldon (extract), concerning the EPRE controversy, s.l., s.d.

  • 5994.

    Letter from Anton Greshoff to Dorothy Tennant, denouncing the behaviour of the Congo State officers, Stanley's possible membership of Parliament, on the Sheldons, 09-03-1893, "Man Exil"

  • 6947.

    Letter [copy in the handwriting of May French Sheldon] from HMS to [?], giving his opinion on the English translation by May French Sheldon of Flaubert's Salammbô, "we hold in our hands the work of a genius of the first order in romance writing", 29-03-1886, Nice

  • 593.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, commenting on Dorothy Tennant's book [London Street Arabs], his correspondence with May French Sheldon, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 08-10-1890

  • 600.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the Barttelot-Jameson controversy, May French Sheldon going to East Africa, the undertaking of a railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria, asking Stanley about his availability for the Board of the British East Africa Co. ("what is wanted is a King, a, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 10-03-1891

  • 1142.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, about relatives of James S. Jameson having gone to Africa, May French Sheldon's expedition, with short postscript by Thomas H. Parke, London, 28-02-1891

  • 247.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, about May French-Sheldon, her forthcoming meeting with Henry S. Wellcome, opinion on In Darkest Africa, London, 19-06-1890

  • 319.

    Letter [with envelop] from HMS to Dorothy Tennant, about a telegram from King Leopold, describing his day's schedule at Pau, a dream of Dorothy, Gertrude, Mrs. Sheldon and his old Zanzibaris, Pau, 01-01-1893

  • 2012.

    Letter from William Hoffman to May French-Sheldon, on his not returning to England, Mombasa, 28-01-1890

  • 2091.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, commenting about Stanley's ill health, on the eve of his departure for Spain, Paris, 13-11-[1882]

  • 2092.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, expressing her happiness after Stanley's return from Africa; on American poet and journalist Edward King; telling him about the existence of a secret mistress; news from Kate Field, Emma Thursley and Anna Dickinson, London, 27-03-1884

  • 2093.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, begging of him to come to her in Paris, Paris, 01-08-1884

  • 2094.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, enclosing a scrap of a letter from Emma Thursley's sister Ina (“you are thought of and cherished by the Queen of Song”), explaining her idea about what love is, Paris, 24-08-1884

  • 2095.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “I did not intend you should opinionate for me and scoff at the idea that love should be spontaneous (…)”, Paris, 27-08-1884

  • 2096.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon [co-signed by George Shepard Page] to HMS, “I have missed you excessively”, introducing Mr. and Mrs. Page to him, Stanley, New Jersey, 19-10-[1884]

  • 2097.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, expressing her chagrin at not being with him, on her conversation with the Editor of the Philadelphia North American Clayton McMichael, and the latter's “great interest in the magnitude of your great mission”, comparison between Stanley's discoveries and, Washington DC, 25-10-1884

  • 2098.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, regretting her being deprived of Stanley's society “on the old basis of comradeship such as enjoyed before I set sail to U.S.A.”, regarding her translation of Flaubert's Salammbô (dedicated to Stanley), London, 18-06-1885

  • 2099.

    Telegram from May L. French Sheldon and Henry S. Wellcome (?) to HMS, welcoming him home from the EPRE, London, 04-12-1889

  • 2100.

    Telegram from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “Heaven bless and prosper you”, London, 12-07-1890

  • 2101.

    Telegram from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “you must both spend a day (…) with us”, London, 28-07-1890

  • 2102.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, informing him of her coming departure for Africa, New York City, 13-01-1891

  • 2103.

    Two letters from May L. French Sheldon to HMS and Dorothy Tennant, On the death of her husband [Eli Lemon Sheldon], expressing her crossness to Stanley for not having paid a tribute at her husband’s funeral, London, 29-09-1892 (2 pieces)

  • 2104.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, on her assuming the Editorship of a monthly review called Africa, her forthcoming lectures on William G. Stairs in Kingston, Canada, Africa Publishing And Printing Co., Chicago, 28-12-1894

  • 2105.

    Letter [draft] from HMS to May L. French Sheldon, “I do not think that I could have added anything to what I have already said in public and private concerning my high estimation of [William G.] Stairs”, expressing his fear that she will overwork herself, about her periodical Africa, London, 26-01-1895

  • 2106.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “long vigils by my mother's bedside (…) have prevented me from making an effort to see you in New York City”, Back Bay, Boston (Massachusetts), 03-11-[1895]

  • 2107.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “how about the tickets for the 'House' tonight?”, London, 02-02-1896

  • 2108.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, informing him of her coming arrival in London, R.M.S. Campania, 10-12-1896

  • 2109.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, appointment to take tea with him, London, 13-07-1898

  • 2110.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “a thousand great, good wishes for all the years of your life”, London, 28-01-1899

  • 2111.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, asking him permits to visit the House of Commons, London, 13-02-1899

  • 2112.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, thanking him for the admissions to the House of Commons, London, 20-03-1899

  • 2113.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, expressing her desire for Stanley to meet Booker T. Washington, London, 03-07-1899

  • 2114.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, regarding his appointment with Booker T. Washington, London, 04-07-1899

  • 2115.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, on his appointment with Booker T. Washington at the House of Commons, “he is such a marvellous simple, practical man and would like your opinion of the pure African and the comparison of the American negro”, [London], [July 1899]

  • 2116.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, requesting a sentiment from him regarding the late Queen [Victoria], about a claim made against her by a man threatening to injunct her next book, London, 11-04-1901

  • 2117.

    Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “I did come faithful to my promise (…)”, s.l., s.d.

  • 2118.

    Telegram from May L. French Sheldon to HMS, “joy be with you”, Geneva, s.d.

  • 2119.

    Letter [incomplete] from May L. French-Sheldon to “my dear boy”, about the estrangement between Stanley and Edward King, s.l., s.d.

  • 2120.

    Letter from Winwood Reade to HMS, telling him about French explorer Réné Caillié, who was "denounced as an impostor by the English geographers", London, 01-10-1872

  • 2264.

    May L. French Sheldon, London, 05-05-1890 [Telegram]
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