Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Memorandum, on a printed form, of a telegram received at the end of the expedition from "H.M. Santley (sic)" by Blandy's Telegram Agency, Madeira, addressed to the Daily telegraph, London
Object Details
- General note
- On a blue printed form giving details of how forwarded (by submarine cable, via Falmouth) and expenses, with office stamp. With memoranda of two telegrams by Blandy. M155b is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Manuscript, 8.25 x 13.25 in.)
- Date
- 1877 September 20
- Container
- Item M155b
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- "[I]t is necessary that you inform me by telegraph care Charles Blandy Madeira what you will do with expedition people who are sick and weak and over twenty down with ulcers and it is too much to expect them to recross Africa cannot you induce Lords Admiralty order small gunboat convey expedition to Zanzibar..." Stanley's telegram was received on 16 September and dated from Kabinda, 18 August 1877.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890723-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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