Inventory of the Stanley Archives (PDF - 1,9

6. LETTER BOOK (1870), containing sponge paper copies of nine despatches to
the New York Herald, some signed, most headed “Persia”, 355 pp., numbered
107-443, 19 pp. defective, some text illegible, folio
2. THE SEARCH FOR LIVINGSTONE, 1871-2
7. JOURNAL in Lett’s Diary N° 8. 1871 (1871), green cloth, ink and pencil, 160
pp., some excised (11-12 November: the meeting with Livingstone), 8vo (19,5 x
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Opening page: “Henry M. Stanley. Travelling Correspondent of the New York Herald.
1871. This book was purchased in Bombay. Store of Thacker Vining & Co. It is
intended to contain as much information respecting myself as may be condensed to the
limits of the pages within”. Contains the preparation of the expedition on the isle of
Zanzibar, Stanley’s voyage to Ujiji, the Mirambo war, his stay with Livingstone, their
expedition on Lake Tanganyika to find the mouth of the Ruzizi etc.; pencilled portrait
of Livingstone on November 16; also list of accounts with the New York Herald, 1
October - 31 December 1870, and surveys of the covered distances
8. FIELD NOTEBOOK (16-29 November 1871), red leather, pencil, some text and
two maps inked in, 140 pp., oblong 8vo (15,5 x 9)
Contains notes on the expedition of Stanley and Livingstone on Lake Tanganyika (the
first two weeks), extensive notes on Livingstone’s character and habits, his former
expeditions into Africa, his preoccupations with the source of the Nile, notes on East
African tribes and trade, list of supplies, etc.; including pencilled maps of Lake
Tanganyika, landscapes, boat people and warriors
9. FIELD NOTEBOOK (Ujiji, 27 December 1871 - Unyanyembe, 18 February
1872), red leather, partly disbound, pencil, 135 pp., oblong 8vo (15 x 9)
Continued notes on the expedition on Lake Tanganyika, the way back eastwards, from
Ujiji to Unyanyembe, further notes and observations on Livingstone and his future
plans, lists of stores, porters, accounts, place names, etc.; including pencilled maps, a
sketch of Stanley and Livingstone by their tent, some figures in Livingstone’s hand
10. FIELD NOTEBOOK (Unyanyembe, 13 March 1872 - Kisemo, 30 April 1872),
black leather, pencil, 129 pp., oblong 8vo (15 x 9)
Continued notes on Stanley’s departure from Livingstone and his way back to the East
Coast, a draft of a letter sent to the doctor one day after the parting (14 March 1872), a
list of items to send to Livingstone, descriptions of tribes, birth and burial customs, of
characters and landscapes; including pencilled sketches and a pencilled map of the
Rudewa and its tributaries
11. JOURNAL (10 November 1871 - Unyanyembe, 14 March 1872), marbled paper
sides, ink, 212 pp., some pages at the end of the book excised, 4to (22 x 17,5)
Detailed daily account of Stanley’s sojourn with Livingstone, their expedition on Lake
Tanganyika and their voyage to Unyanyembe, including a text of Stanley’s parting
letter to Livingstone (20 March 1872)
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