Letter from Anthony Bannister Swinburne to HMS, telling about an attempt made by de Brazza to establish French dominion on the Kinshassa station, and of an incident with the Secretary of the French Government Chavanne, mentioning his contracts made with native chiefs, on the state of affairs at the Kinshassa Station (“the Kinchassa people … wish the old Bula Matadi was back again”), the dislike between Captain Saulez and Captain Hanssens, the flogging of a man to death by Binnie, also news from down river, Kinshassa, 25 November 1884

Letter from Anthony Bannister Swinburne to HMS, telling about an attempt made by de Brazza to establish French dominion on the Kinshassa station, and of an incident with the Secretary of the French Government Chavanne, mentioning his contracts made with native chiefs, on the state of affairs at the Kinshassa Station (“the Kinchassa people … wish the old Bula Matadi was back again”), the dislike between Captain Saulez and Captain Hanssens, the flogging of a man to death by Binnie, also news from down river, Kinshassa, 25 November 1884, SA.1005. Archives Henry Morton Stanley.

Letter from Anthony Bannister Swinburne to HMS, telling about an attempt made by de Brazza to establish French dominion on the Kinshassa station, and of an incident with the Secretary of the French Government Chavanne, mentioning his contracts made with native chiefs, on the state of affairs at the Kinshassa Station (“the Kinchassa people … wish the old Bula Matadi was back again”), the dislike between Captain Saulez and Captain Hanssens, the flogging of a man to death by Binnie, also news from down river, Kinshassa, 25 November 1884, SA.1005. Archives Henry Morton Stanley. Accédé June 13, 2026.