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1. 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 34474-34479

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Add MS 34474-34479
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JOURNALS of Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B., during the siege of Kartoum, from 10 Sept. (the day on which Col. Stewart and Frank Power left Kartoum) to 14 Dec. 1884. Holograph. Six volumes. Paper. Folio. Each volume except the last was wrapped in a linen handkerchief, having a paper label inscribed by Gordon. These wrappers are now preserved in a separate case. The first of the inscriptions is quoted below, in the description of Vol. l., and the rest are similar. With appendices to...
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Kartoum, the Soudan: Gen. Gordon's journal at: 1884. Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon, CB: Journal at Kartoum: 1884.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sep 1884-14 Dec 1884
Extent:
6 items

3. 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

4. Add MS 34483

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Add MS 34483
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1. THREE LETTERS from Queen Victoria to Miss Mary Augusta Gordon, expressing sympathy with her on the death of her brother General Gordon, and thanking her for a copy of his Journals; Osborne, 17 Feb., 16 Mar., Windsor Castle, 11 July, 1885. Holograph ff. 2, 7, 10. 2. Two notes, for ten and fi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1884-11 Jul 1885
Extent:
1 item