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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 74

Documents
Henry Morton Stanley
1892 (30 January) autograph quotation on folio letter with raised letterhead (of Richmond Terrace, Whitehall), written in Oamaru, New Zealand, the verse reads, "A Man’s best things are nearest him / Lie close about his feet. / It is the distant & the dim / That we are sick to greet ...". Signed "Henry M. Stanley. The lower corner of the blank second leaf torn off.


Includes an ALS (London, 8 April 1892) from one collector to another: "My dear Baron. My sister Lady Brownlow begs me to send you the enclosed signature of Stanley. Excuse short note. It is long past midnight and I have still many letters to write ...".. Unusual. Photo

Henry Morton Stanley GCB ( 1841 – 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in and development of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of the Belgians, and commanding the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899. After the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition which concluded towards the end of 1890, Stanley went on a world tour, when this note was written

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Estimate
£400 to £500