Henry M. Stanley letter,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23981E, ff. 19-20.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004681011
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1872.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 ff.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

An autograph letter, 22 August 1872, from journalist and explorer Henry M[orton] Stanley, London, to Charles Ollivant, Sale, Cheshire, refuting the (correct) claim made in the Rhyl Journal that Stanley was not an American but rather a Welshman named John Rowlands (f. 19).
Also included is a newspaper cutting, from the Manchester Examiner and Times, 27 August 1872, printing the contents both of Stanley's letter and a covering letter by Ollivant, dated 24 August 1872 (f. 20). Copies of the letter were sent by Ollivant to several newspapers, including the Examiner and Times and the Manchester Guardian, and it was printed in these and several others over the following days.

Acquisition Information

Bloomsbury Auctions; London; Purchased at auction, lot 72; 9 July 2009; 004681011.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23981E, ff. 19-20.

Additional Information

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