HENRY M. STANLEY This is the last page of an autograph thank-you letter written and signed by the journalist and explorer Autograph letter fragment signed: "Henry M Stanley". Pencil notations in unknown hand. 1 page, 4¼x6¾, 1 sheet folded. Addressed to Miss Julia Roswell Smith. In full: "note, and most pleased to know that I have not been forgotten by your amiable self. Truly yours". Sir Henry M. Stanley (1841-1904, born as John Rowlands) was 17 when he came to the United States in 1858 and was adopted by a New Orleans merchant named Henry M. Stanley, who gave him his own name. In 1865, the 24-year-old Stanley became a newspaper correspondent and traveled to Asia Minor, Ethiopia, Crete, and Spain. James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald", commissioned him to lead an expedition into central Africa to find missionary David Livingstone. In November 1871, Stanley "found" him, greeting him with the famous remark: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" From 1874 on, Stanley led various exploring expeditions into Africa. He discovered Lake Edward, circumnavigated Lake Victoria, traced the southern sources of the Nile River, surveyed Lake Tanganyika, and opened up the Congo region. The Congo Free State was formed in 1885. The Congo city of Stanleyville, now Kisangani, was named in his honor. Becoming a repatriated British citizen, he served in Parliament from 1895-1900. He was knighted in 1899. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Random ink stains. Light tear at bottom of spine and light nick at top of spine. Folded once and unfolded. Otherwise, fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. DOCUMENT 280276

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