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1. Add MS 34474

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Add MS 34474
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Vol. I. (ff. 116). 10-23 Sept. The label on the wrapper is inscribed as follows: "Chief of Staff, Soudan Expeditionary Force. For Lt.-Colonel Stewart, C.M.G. (if with army), if not, for General Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., etc. Contains no secrets, as far as I am concerned. Official parts, those not s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sep 1884-23 Sep 1884
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 34477

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Add MS 34477
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Vol. IV. (ff. 62). 12-20 Oct. The Appendix (ff. 34-62) contains letters to Gordon from Slatin Bey, and other papers, including (f. 52) a printed report of " The Insurrection of the False Prophet," compiled in the War Office and dated 23 Nov. 1883 (Journals, pp. 447-510). includes: ff. 34, 35 A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
12 Oct 1884-20 Oct 1884
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 34478

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Add MS 34478
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Vol. V. (ff. 115). 21 Oct.-4 Nov. The Appendix (ff. 83- 115) contains letters to Gordon from Saleh Bey, Governor at Galabat, from the Greek Consul at Adowa in Abyssinia, from Slatin Bey and others, including (f. 99) one from the Mahdi, 22 Oct. 1884, sealed; as well as the Malidi's manifesto (f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
21 Oct 1884-4 Nov 1884
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 34479

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Add MS 34479
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Vol. VI. (ff. 133). 5 Nov.-14 Dec. The concluding words are: " NOW MARK THIS. If Expeditionary Force (and I ask for no more than 200 men) does not come in ten days, the town may fall, and I have done my best for the honour of our country. Good-bye. C. G. Gordon." With a postscript: " You send me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
5 Nov 1884-14 Dec 1884
Extent:
1 item