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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34479
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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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34481 A-B
Title:: VOTES OF THANKS by the House of Lords and House of Commons to General [Garnet Joseph Wolseley,] Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., and to all the officers and men engaged in the Soudan expeditions of 1884-5, with an expression of regret for the death of Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B., and of others who fell in those campaigns; 12 Aug. 1885. Printed. Vellum. Large Quarto.
Scope & Content:: England; Parliament: Vote of thanks to the officers engaged in the Soudan expedition: 1885.: Printed. Field-Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley: Vote of' thanks to: 1885. Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart, K C B: Vote of regret for the death of: 1885. Lieutenant-General Sir Fre...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Aug 1885
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37466
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XIX. (ff. 179). MISCELLANEOUS state-papers and reports relating to Egyptian affairs, circ. 1838-1849, etc., chiefly in French, including:- 1. Capitulations governing the relations of Turkey with France and other powers; n. d. [post 1818]. f. 1. 2. Regulations of the French ministry of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1828-1849
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 39160
Title:
Scope & Content:: LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCXXX (ff. 153). Confidential print relating to Turkey, partly identical with the contents of 39144-39156; 8 Aug. 1878-26 May, 1880. Folio. includes: f. 6 Augustus Blandy Wylde, Vice-Consul at Jeddah: Report on the Slave Trade in the Sudan and on the Red Sea coast: 1878.: P...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Aug 1878-26 May 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40665
Title:: TWENTY letters from Maj.-Gen. C[harles] G[eorge] Gordon to Richard Spiers Standen, of Standen and Co., tailors; Gondokoro, 16 Apr. 1874-Cape Colony, 25 Aug. 1882. The correspondence, all save the last letter, belongs to the period of Gordon's governorship in the Equatorial Provinces and the Sudan, and consists partly of business instructions and partly of accounts of his activities. Some of the letters are illustrated with thumb-nail sketches. Not mentioned in J. M. Bulloch's bibliography (A...
Scope & Content:: Richard Spiers Standen, of Standen and Co., tailors: Letters to, from C. G. Gordon: 1874-1882. Major-General Charles George Gordon: Letters to R. S. Standen: 1874-1882. includes: f. i Gilbert Standen: Letter to J. M. Bulloch: 1922.ff. 1-39 Sudan: Correspondence of Gen. C. G. Gordon with R...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1874-1882
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41340 A-S
Title:: 41340. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Matthew Arnold, poet and critic: Letter to N. MacColl: 1879.f. 1 Norman MacColl, Editor, 'The Athenaeum': Letter to, from M. Arnold: 1879.f. 2 Charles Gough: Letter to his brother, Harry: 1804.f. 4 John Constable, painter: Letter to Rev . J. Fisher: 1826.f. 4 John Fishe...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1200-1913]
Extent:: 18 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42711
Title:: MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, VIZ.:- A. Fragments taken from bindings in the Department of Printed Books:- (1) Parts of two consecutive leaves from a MS. of the Decretum of Gratian, written in Italy. XIV cent. Vellum. ff. 1-2;-(2) Two fragmentary paper leaves from an accompt (?), written in Italy. XV cent. ff. 3-4. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. B. (1) Four letters from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (Dean of Westminster 1864) to Theodore Walrond, C.B.; 1862-1863. ff. 5-14...
Scope & Content:: Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: ff. 1, 2 Law CANON: Fragments of the Decretum of Gratian: 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 1-2 Franciscus Gratianus, canonist: Fragments of his Decretum: 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 3-4 Accompts: Banking accompts: 1449-1479, n.d.: Ital.: Imp...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1200-1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 43923
Title:
Scope & Content:: E. OFFICIAL PAPERS. DILKE PAPERS. Vol. L (ff. 213). Parliamentary and other official papers of Sir C. Dilke, including memoranda prepared for the use of the Cabinet; 1873-1910. Printed, with MS. notes. includes: ff. 1-4b, 179-186b Elections Parliamentary: Papers rel. to electoral reform: 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1873-1910
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 44110
Title:
Scope & Content:: GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 323). Correspondence with:- 1. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, poet and publicist, 1880-1885. f. 1. 2. F[rancis] R[obert] Bonham, Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance, 1835-1860. f. 146. includes: ff. 1-128 passim Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, GCB; Secretary to W E G...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1835-1885
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 44147
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. LXII (ff. 277). 1884-Mar. 1885. includes: f. 11 Sudan: Official papers rel. to Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Printed.f. 11 Major-General Charles George Gordon: Official papers rel. to his mission to Khartoum: 1884.: Printed.f. 22 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, PC; MP: Minutes by: 1865-1886.f....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-Mar 1885
Extent:: 1 item

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