A holograph letter from Henry M[orton] Stanley to [John] Griffith ('Y Gohebydd'), 1872, and a holograph letter from the latter to [Thomas] Gee, Denbigh, 1872 (Stanley's reluctance to allow the Welsh press to refer to his Welsh descent); and a holograph letter from Thomas Gee to Robert Griffith, bookseller, Caernarvon, 1840 (the loan of a hymnbook to the Reverend John Jones, Tal-sarn).
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Part of Miscellaneous letters and papers
An autograph letter, 22 August 1872, from journalist and explorer Henry M[orton] Stanley, London, to Charles Ollivant, Sale, Cheshire, refuting the (correct) claim made in the Rhyl Journal that Stanley was not an American but rather a Welshman named John Rowlands (f. 19).
Also included is a newspaper cutting, from the Manchester Examiner and Times, 27 August 1872, printing the contents both of Stanley's letter and a covering letter by Ollivant, dated 24 August 1872 (f. 20). Copies of the letter were sent by Ollivant to several newspapers, including the Examiner and Times and the Manchester Guardian, and it was printed in these and several others over the following days.
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904