Sir Henry Stanley visits Cliff House?
March 1891
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The San Francisco Examiner - Mar 19 1891
Sir Henry Stanley was definitely in San Francisco when this story
was published (see below stories), but the
writer, Derrick Dodd (pseudonym for Frank Harrison Gassaway;
link)
was an American humorist in the vein of
Mark Twain, so the story is possibly a fictional account.
![](San%20Francisco%20Call%20-%2011%20March%201891.jpg)
San Francisco Call - 11 March 1891
![](The%20San%20Francisco%20Call%20-%20Mar%2017%201891.jpg)
The San Francisco Call - Mar 17 1891
More on Sir Henry M. Stanley:
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