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Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Untitled speech on slavery

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Object Details

General note
This speech appears to have been delivered at the Mansion House (the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London) in 1886. Opening lines: My lord mayor, ladies and gentlemen, this meeting has been called, as I take it, to consider what we, not prompted by any political feeling . . . . With some handwritten markings in pencil in the margins. Lacking final pages, large type printed on one side only, without naming the printer or giving the date of publication. Part of a collection of one manuscript and eleven privately printed lectures and addresses by Stanley, some with annotations, together with other material all formerly in the possession of Lady Dorothy Stanley. Biographical note (applying to all items in M184): Although "never published" it would seem that Stanley had his lectures printed for three reasons, ease of delivery, to register copyright (some of the above are "Entered at Stationers' Hall"), and to enable him to present a copy to hosts. However, the number that were printed must have been very small and they are excessively rare. There are ten printed lectures listed in the British Library Catalogue but only four of those appear to correspond to the above group (M184d, M184f, M184h, & M184l). No copies of any of the items in this group (M184a-l) are listed in the library catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society. These lectures are referred to by Lady Stanley in the Autobiography (p. ix), "The material includes, next, a number of lectures, upon his various explorations these he prepared with great care, but were never published. They were written after he had published the books covering the same travels and in the lectures we have the story told in a more condensed and colloquial way. "M184e 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)
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
Extent
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8 x 12.5 in. (document), 9.5 x 14.5 x 4.25 in. (box))
Date
circa 1886
Container
Item M184e
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.
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Record ID
ebl-1503510890585-1503510890728-4
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2e1207536-049c-4c16-aac5-bcd188de6a7b

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