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55 archives found for 'Stairs, William G.'

  • 5662.

    "Canada Club dinner. Presentation to Lieutenant [William G.] Stairs", The Canadian Gazette, 11-12-1890

  • 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"

  • 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

  • 6006.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to Dorothy Tennant, thanking her for "the little book", 12-[05]-1891, London

  • 6007.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to Dorothy Tennant, telling her that he is calling one of his boats "Dorothy", 06-[ ]-[ ], London

  • 6025.

    Letter from Agnes Livingstone Bruce to Dorothy Tennant, about William G. Stairs's role in the Belgian takeover of Katanga, John Moffat's opinion of Stanley's Autobiography, 22-03-1910, Edinburgh

    Enclosed newspaper cutting: "How England lost Katanga", Nyasaland Times

  • 6920.

    Letter from HMS to Edward Marston, complaining about the use of the "ugly and derisive word 'nigger'" and the quoting of Tippu Tip's opinions on his veracity in Dr. Joseph A. Moloney's book With Captain Stairs to Katanga, 10-07-1893, London

  • 6984.

    Photograph album The American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, 1890, with photographs of HMS, William G. Stairs, Thomas H. Parke

  • 4798.

    Contracts of Engagement of William Bonny, Edmund M. Barttelot, Robert H. Nelson, William G. Stairs, Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson, John Walker, Thomas H. Parke, Herbert Ward and James S. Jameson for the EPRE, January - May 1887 (9 pieces)

  • 4799.

    "General orders" [with copy] of HMS to his EPRE officers, including copies of letters from HMS to William G. Stairs and Major Edmund M. Barttelot, 1887-1888

  • 4811.

    "Inquiry into the conduct of William Hoffman", signed by William Hoffmann and witnesses William G. Stairs, Thomas H. Parke, Robert H. Nelson and Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson, 7 pp., folio

  • 4821.

    Autograph memorandum by HMS, "Letters of Lieut. W. G. Stairs of the late Emin Expedition to Major Barttelot and Mr. J. S. Jameson and my comments thereon. 1892. Written after hearing (…) that Lieut. Stairs had instructed his Executors not to publish his Diaries until after my Death

    Put in a sheet by Dorothy Tennant with text: "For Denzil. Papers of importance if ever any attack on Father is made by the Stairs Family (…)"

  • 1121.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, offering his services as a volunteer for the EPRE, Chatham, 20-12-1886

  • 1122.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, reiterating his wish to make part of the EPRE, Southsea, Hants, 26-12-1886

  • 1123.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, regarding his participation at the EPRE, Chatham, 05-01-1887

  • 1124.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, describing his journey to the Manyema Settlement, Ibwiri, 13-02-1888

  • 1125.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, describing his march from Fort Bodo to Ugarrowa's Station to bring back the sick men left there, Fort Bodo, Ibwiri, Central Africa, 06-06-1888

  • 1126.

    Letter from HMS to William G. Stairs, appointing Stairs Commandant of Fort Bodo and detailing his orders, Fort Bodo, 13-06-1888

  • 1127.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, report on conditions at Fort Bodo during the six months of his command, Fort Bodo, Ibwiri, Central Africa, 21-12-1888

  • 1128.

    William G. Stairs, Camp Masambonis and "Expedition Camp", respectively 15-02-1889 and 08-06-1889
    Note: two letters

  • 1129.

    Letter [copy] from William G. Stairs to HMS, accounting of his attempt to reach the peeks of the Ruwenzori, "Expedition Camp", 08-06-1889

  • 1130.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, account of his reaching the Semliki River - concluding that it forms the connection between Albert Nyanza and the Nile, "Expedition Camp", 14-06-1889

  • 1131.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, reminding Stanley of his promise to write to Lord Wolseley, Shepheards, 01-02-1890

  • 1132.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, thanking him for his compliments in a letter to Lord Wolseley, affirming the "good feeling" that exists between Stanley and his officers, London, 13-02-1890

  • 1133.

    Telegram from William G. Stairs to HMS, asking him whether he should accept "Captaincy cavalry", London, 17-03-1890

  • 1134.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, regarding a dinner by the Royal Engineers at Chatham, receipt of a letter from the Pasha, Aldershot, 09-05-1890

  • 1135.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, request for an autograph by a fan, Aldershot, 01-07-1890

  • 1136.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, inviting him to the last bachelor dinner from the officers of the EPRE, Aldershot, 01-07-1890

  • 1137.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, invitation to dinner on behalf of the officers of the EPRE at the Bristol Hotel, Aldershot, 03-07-1890

  • 1138.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, thanking him for a copy of In Darkest Africa, Aldershot, 05-07-1890

  • 1139.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, mentioning the interest taken in the EPRE in Canada, Aldershot, 04-10-1890

  • 1140.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, referring to a plate that was offered to him, on the situation in East Africa, Aldershot, 10-10-1890

  • 1141.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, on "personal matters", Aldershot, 16-01-1891

  • 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

  • 1143.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, informing him of his taking up the command of a Belgian expedition to Katanga, London, 23-04-1891

  • 1144.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, account of some diplomatic difficulties in preparing his Katanga expedition, Brussels, 08-05-1891

  • 1145.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, thanking him for his binoculars and Alpen stock, announcing his departure for Africa, London, 13-[05-1891]

  • 1146.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, informing him of how his [Katanga] expedition is getting on and the state of affairs at Zanzibar, enclosed "List of our old man", Zanzibar, 21-06-1891

  • 1147.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, informing him of his arrival at Unyanyembe, on the great change in the nature and numbers of its inhabitants, describing his coming across from the coast to Tabora, about the death of cattle along the route, the German Baron von Siegl in charge at Tabora, Tabora, 09-09-1891

  • 1148.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to HMS, mentioning his having received from Khamis Nyika (a man of Tippu Tip) one of the mails for the EPRE, Tabora, 10-09-1891
    Note: Enclosed letter (with envelop) from William Georges Parminter to HMS, Stanley Falls, 21-02-1889

  • 1149.

    Letters from William G. Stairs to William Mackinnon, offering himself as a volunteer for the EPRE, s.l., December 1886 (2 pieces)

  • 1150.

    Letter from William G. Stairs to Leonard K. Wilson (Stanley's secretary), requesting a ticket for Stanley's wedding service, s.l., 12-06-1890

  • 1151.

    Letters from A. J. Waufer (Secretary General of the Compagnie du Katanga) to HMS, about the death of William G. Stairs, s.l., June 1892 (2 pieces)

  • 1172.

    Letter from Thomas H. Parke to HMS, on the death of William G. Stairs, Netley, Hants, 16-06-1892

  • 1174.

    Letter from Thomas H. Parke to HMS, mentioning his reception of a letter from William G. Stairs, about smallpox vaccinations in the EPRE, William Bonny's hard drinking, Netley, Hants, 17-07-[1892]

  • 1209.

    Letter from Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson to HMS, on the death of William G. Stairs, [Costebelle, Hyères], 19-06-1892

  • 1212.

    Letter from Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson to HMS, regarding William G. Stairs's death, mentioning his going to Zurich with the Heads, [Paris], 29-07-1892

  • 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

  • 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]

  • 2238.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, welcoming him back from Australia, news from Parke, Bonny and Stairs, Palais de Bruxelles, 22-04-1892

  • 2239.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, on the death of William G. Stairs, Palais de Bruxelles, 18-06-1892

  • 2242.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, on the death of William G. Stairs, Palais de Bruxelles, 26-07-1892

  • 2243.

    Letter from Leonard K. Wilson to HMS, informing him of Joseph A. Moloney's wish to tell all the details of the Katanga Expedition and William G. Stairs's death, Palais de Bruxelles, 29-07-1892
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