Letter from Angela Burdett-Coutts

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line 1: Palace Hotel
line 2: Edinburgh January 31/1874
line 3: My Dear Sir
line 4: Might I venture to
line 5: trouble you with
line 6: the enclosed letter
line 7: to Mr Stanley and
line 8: ask you to forward
line 9: it him. Pray any
line 10: opportunity to furnish
line 11: me with his
line 12: present address.
line 13: I feel

Page 2

line 1: desirous to offer
line 2: him the compassion
line 3: of my sympathy
line 4: for the death, (which
line 5: I suppose must
line 6: be suspected, of
line 7: Livingstone. – Mrs Brown
line 8: and I who saw so
line 9: much of Mr Stanley
line 10: both sincerely
line 11: sympathise with
line 12: him besides which

Page 3

line 1: it is almost a duty
line 2: to offer condolence
line 3: to the brave Missionary
line 4: whose energy presence
line 5: and determination
line 6: first in himself
line 7: then through transient
line 8: cheerfulness and
line 9: comfort over the
line 10: great Missionary
line 11: Traveller's life in
line 12: his truly giving

Page 4

line 1: ? tear in paper ?
line 2: him for the continued
line 3: affectionate interest
line 4: and respect with
line 5: which his Contemporaries
line 6: and the world had
line 7: continued to think
line 8: first nature for him,
line 9: had it not been for
line 10: Mr Stanley this consolation
line 11: would never have been
line 12: his – Did Mr Stanley
line 13: find who are bringing
line 14: his remains back?
line 15: Excuse this intrusion
line 16: I am yours sincerely
line 17: Burdett-Coutts