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earl Granville’s endorsement. 
From Earl Granville to H. M. Stanley. 
August 2, 1872. 
Dear Sir: — I was not aware, until you mentioned it, 
that there was any doubt as to the authenticity of Dr. Liv- 
ingstone’s despatches which you delivered to Lord Lyons 
on the 31st of July; but in consequence of what you have 
said, I have inquired into the matter, and I find that Mr. 
Hammond, the Under Secretary of the Foreign Office, and 
Mr. Wyld, the head of the Consular and Slave Department 
have not the slightest doubt as to the genuineness of tli* 
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. 
1 am, sir, your obedient, 
Granville. 
Henry M. Stanley, Esq. 
The letter from Dr. Livingstone’s son is as follows : 
“ Mr. Henry M. Stanley 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 oertify that those letters 
which he has brought home are my father’s letters, and no 
others. 
S. Livingstone. 
In these letters from Dr. Livingstone will be found a 
most complete account of his explorations from the date 
when his communication ceased with the coast, to the 
