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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 34474-34479 Language English Place Kartoum, the Soudan

1. Add MS 34474

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Add MS 34474
Title:
Scope & Content:
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 34479

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Add MS 34479
Title:
Scope & Content:
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