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March 19

On This Day

On this day in 1813 David Livingstone the Scottish explorer was born in Scotland. His meeting with H. M. Stanley on 10 November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

[LIVINGSTONE (David, 1813-1873, Scottish Missionary & Explorer)]
Original unsigned carte-de-visite photo by Thorne, showing him head and shoulders in an oval, in profile, 4” x 2½”, no date,
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LIVINGSTONE (David, 1813-1873, Scottish Missionary & Explorer)
The final four sides of a superb Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. Edwin SIDNEY (1798-1872), “But after all it is not the false or even true philosophers whose sympathies well up to all this world of woe. It is the men in whose hearts the love of Christ is the controlling motive that feel for all the lost ... of our race whether at home and abroad ...”, he continues about his plans to “experiment with the tame buffaloes of India - they are so like the wild ones of Africa which are not killed by the poison of the Tsetse that I have sent over 14 which I propose to use as beasts of burden - and if they withstand the evil effects of the bite of this insect we shall confer a greater boon on Africa than you will on England by ... At present no beast of burden exists there. I have also nine Africans who were recaptured and educated at a Government school near Bombay ...”, 4 sides 8vo., 1866
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STANLEY (Sir Henry Morton, 1841-1904, Explorer who found Livingstone)
Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Felicie Hegemans, regretting “it has not been my good fortune to be able to pay a visit to the kindly, sympathetic & warm hearted people of Cadogan Gardens” including “yourself & the sister graces who did me the honor to escort me round Hampton”, as for “Mons. Hegemans”, he fears he will “never have the courage to pay a visit to a stranger, simply because I am on a visit to Anvers ... Even in London it is a difficult matter to get me out of my chambers”, 4 sides 8vo., Balinakill, 9th July 1885
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