(EXPLORERS) STANLEY HENRY MORTON Autograph Letter Signed Hen

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(EXPLORERS.) STANLEY, HENRY MORTON. Autograph Letter Signed, "HenryM.Stanley," to author and magazine editor Edward W. Bok, declining to elaborate upon the famous meeting between Stanley and David Livingstone and suggesting that he read his book on the subject. With additional Signature and date on a small card, mounted at corners to the lower left. 1 page, 4to, "Association Internationale Africaine" stationery, with integral blank, ruled paper; short separations at folds. Brussels, 7 November 1882; "Stanley Pool," 22 March 1883

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"I beg to refer you for the information desired in your note to my book 'How I found Livingstone.' As it contains a full & clear account of the discovery & meeting I think it is rather late in the day to attempt to improve upon what was then transcribed from my notebooks."