(EXPLORERS) LIVINGSTONE DAVID Autograph Letter Signed to an

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(EXPLORERS.) LIVINGSTONE, DAVID. Autograph Letter Signed, to an editor ("My Dear Sir"), sending a proof [not present], and relating that the lecture was well reported. 1 page, 8vo, pale blue paper; mounted to board trimmed to size. "Malabar Hill" [Mumbai], circa October 1865

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"I return the proof--and think the lecture very well reported. Have added some sentences to make my meaning clearer & filled in all the names and hope it will be in time--I got it only this morning. Thanks for the pains taken with it."
In 1865, Livingstone undertook his final expedition into Africa, financed in part by a grant from the Royal Geographical Society. His object was to explore the area inland from Zanzibar in East Africa, traveling there by way of Mumbai, where, in October of 1865, Livingston delivered a lecture to help raise additional funds for the expedition.