The following correspondence, and especially the last letter,
which was accompanied by a beautiful and valuable gold snuff-box
set with brilliants, will be treasured by me as among the
pleasantest results of my undertaking.
H. M. S.
Foreign Office, August 1.
Sir,
I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of a
packet containing letters and despatches from Dr. Livingstone,
which you were good enough to deliver to her Majesty's ambassador
at Paris for transmission to this department; and I am to convey
to you his Lordship's thanks for taking charge of these interesting
documents.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
ENFIELD.
Henry M. Stanley, Esq.,
`New York Herald Bureau,'
46, Fleet Street, London,
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London, August 2.
Henry M. Stanley, Esq., has handed to me to-day the diary of Dr.
Livingstone, my father, sealed and signed by my father, with
instructions written on the outside, signed by my father, for the
care of which, and for all his actions concerning and to my
father, our very best thanks are due. We have not the slightest
reason to doubt that this is my father's journal, and I certify
that the letters he has brought home are my father's letters,
and no others.
Tom S. Livingstone
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August 2, 1872.
Sir,
I was not aware until you mentioned it that there was any doubt as
to the authenticity of Dr. Livingstone's despatches, which you
delivered to Lord Lyons on the 31st of July. But, in consequence
of what you said I have inquired into the matter, and I find that
Mr. Hammond, the Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and Mr.
Wylde, the head of the Consular and Slave Trade Department, have
not the slightest doubt as to the genuineness of the papers which
have been received from Lord Lyons, and which are being printed.
I cannot omit this opportunity, of expressing to you my admiration
of the qualities which have enabled you to achieve the object of
your mission, and to attain a result which has been hailed with so
much enthusiasm both in the United States and in this country.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient,
GRANVILLE.
Henry Stanley, Esq.
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Foreign Office, August 27.
SIR,
I have great satisfaction in conveying to you, by command of the
Queen, her Majesty's high appreciation of the prudence and zeal
which you have displayed in opening a communication with Dr.
Livingstone, and relieving her Majesty from the anxiety which,
in common with her subjects, she had felt in regard to the fate
of that distinguished traveller.
The Queen desires me to express her thanks for the service you have
thus rendered, together with her Majesty's congratulations on your
having so successfully carried on the mission which you fearlessly
undertook. Her Majesty also desires me to request your acceptance
of the memorial which accompanies this letter.
