Letter [duplicata] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, on the death of the engineer Petit, the site of Vivi, asking him not to delay in his first station, informing of de Brazza’s attempts to get on the Upper Congo before Stanley, about the necessity to open commercial relations with the natives, the enlistment of Adolphe Gillis, Brussels, 30 December 1879

Letter [duplicata] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, on the death of the engineer Petit, the site of Vivi, asking him not to delay in his first station, informing of de Brazza’s attempts to get on the Upper Congo before Stanley, about the necessity to open commercial relations with the natives, the enlistment of Adolphe Gillis, Brussels, 30 December 1879, SA.855. Archives Henry Morton Stanley.

Letter [duplicata] from Colonel Strauch to HMS, on the death of the engineer Petit, the site of Vivi, asking him not to delay in his first station, informing of de Brazza’s attempts to get on the Upper Congo before Stanley, about the necessity to open commercial relations with the natives, the enlistment of Adolphe Gillis, Brussels, 30 December 1879, SA.855. Archives Henry Morton Stanley. Accédé April 03, 2026.