STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904). Autograph letter signed ("Henry M. Stanley") to Maj. James B. Pond, Westminster, 17 November 1893. 11½ pages, 8vo, two pale stains, one beneath signature, otherwise fine . "I AM FREE OF APPLETON". Stanley writes his lecture agent, Maj. James B. Pond, to detail the complications which arose from his lecture tour, and the ensuing court battle with a former lecture agent Appleton. Accounts of audiences and receipts are provided as evidence against the agent who had taken large commissions, and claimed more. Stanley summarizes the situation to Pond: "Two weeks after the course was over Appleton showed his trump card, which was a claim for 10 commission on the 37 lectures undelivered in 1886-87... When a man has got such an idea in his head, there is nothing then to do but to leave it to the Law to decide." Stanley details the legal confrontation at length, which concluded in his paying Appleton £250: "In the end however I am free of Appleton, and have sacrificed £250 to keep £2,107. How Appleton will manage to live now I do not know. He says he is an author, but so far I have not seen any of his productions & I keep a pretty clear outlook for all forms of literature."
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904). Autograph letter signed ("Henry M. Stanley") to Maj. James B. Pond, Westminster, 17 November 1893. 11½ pages, 8vo, two pale stains, one beneath signature, otherwise fine . "I AM FREE OF APPLETON". Stanley writes his lecture agent, Maj. James B. Pond, to detail the complications which arose from his lecture tour, and the ensuing court battle with a former lecture agent Appleton. Accounts of audiences and receipts are provided as evidence against the agent who had taken large commissions, and claimed more. Stanley summarizes the situation to Pond: "Two weeks after the course was over Appleton showed his trump card, which was a claim for 10 commission on the 37 lectures undelivered in 1886-87... When a man has got such an idea in his head, there is nothing then to do but to leave it to the Law to decide." Stanley details the legal confrontation at length, which concluded in his paying Appleton £250: "In the end however I am free of Appleton, and have sacrificed £250 to keep £2,107. How Appleton will manage to live now I do not know. He says he is an author, but so far I have not seen any of his productions & I keep a pretty clear outlook for all forms of literature."
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