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Stanley's graffiti at Persepolis, IranIn 1867, Stanley was recruited by Colonel Samuel Forster Tappan ( a one-time journalist ) of the Indian Peace Commission, to serve as a correspondent to cover the work of the Commission for several newspapers.

Stanley was soon retained exclusively by James Gordon Bennett ( 1795 – 1872 ), founder of the New York Herald, who was impressed by Stanley's exploits and by his direct style of writing.

He describes this early period of his professional life in Volume I of his book My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia ( 1895 ).

He became one of the Heralds overseas correspondents and, in 1869, was instructed by Bennett's son to find the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone, who was known to be in Africa but had not been heard from for some time.

According to Stanley's account, he asked James Gordon Bennett, Jr. ( 1841 – 1918 ), who had succeeded to the paper's management after his father's retirement in 1867, how much he could spend.

The reply was " Draw £ 1, 000 now, and when you have gone through that, draw another £ 1, 000, and when that is spent, draw another £ 1, 000, and when you have finished that, draw another £ 1, 000, and so on — BUT FIND LIVINGSTONE!

", In actuality, Stanley had lobbied his employer for several years to mount this expedition which presumably would lead to fame and fortune.