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032-002103948

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032-002103948

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Add MS 47609

Title:

GORDON PAPERS. Letters (with some enclosures) from Major-General Charles George Gordon and members of his family to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, chiefly addressed to Charles Harris Allen, Secretary (1879), together with a few replies from Allen; 1874-1884. Used by Dr B. M. Allen for his Gordon and the Sudan, 1931. Correspondence of Gordon with the Society, including extracts from the present papers, is printed in The Anti-Slavery Reporter, ser. 3, vol. xix, April 1874, et seq. Copies of C. H. Allen's letters are in the letter-books of the Society, 1874- 1884, Rhodes House, Oxford, S.20 E.3/3, E. 3/4. See also the Minute Books of the Society, 1873-1886, Rhodes House, S.20 E.2/10. Other Gordon Papers in the Department are chiefly Add. MSS. 34474-34483, 40665, 41340, ff. 6-60b, 51291-51312, 52386-52408, 52412, 52428, 54495. Paper; ff. 195. Folio. 1874-1884. Bequeathed by Bernard Meredith Allen, Esq., LL.D., son of C. H. Allen.

Scope & Content:

Slaves, Slave Trade: Correspondence of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society mostly with Maj.-Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1874-1884.

includes:

f.1 Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Letter to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society: 1874.
f. 7 Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Letter to E. Sturge: 1880.
ff. 17-195b passim Charles Harris Allen, Secretary, British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Soc: Correspondence with Maj.-Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1879-1884.
ff. 17-195b passim Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Correspondence with C. H. Allen: 1879-1884.
ff. 34, 82, 93 Charles Inman Barnard: Letters to Maj.-Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 55 Augustus Blandy Wylde, Vice Consul at Suakin: Letter to Maj.Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 61 Sir John Kirk, KCB; naturalist and administrator: Letter to Maj.-Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 89 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letter to, from the Anti-Slavery Society: 1880.: Printed.
f. 100 Karl Christian Giegler, Pasha; in the Egyptian service at Khartoum: Letter to Miss M. A. Gordon: 1880.
ff. 134, 153, 156, 162 Sir Henry William Gordon, K C B: Letters to C. H.Allen: 1881.
f. 143 Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Letter to E. Malet: 1881.
f. 150 Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Letter to D. C. Boulger: 1881.: Copy.
f. 154 Major-General Charles George Gordon, defender of Khartoum: Letter to F. G. Rohlfs: 1881.: Copy.
f. 164 Louis Vossion, French Vice-Consul in Khartoum: Letter to Maj.-Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1881.
f. 169 Willelmina Harriet Anderson, widow of Colonel W Anderson; sister of Sir H W and Major -General C G Gordon: Letter to C. H. Allen: 1881.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002103948

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1874

End Date:

1884

Date Range:

1874-1884

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Names:

Allen, Charles Harris, Sec British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Soc
Anderson, Willelmina Harriet, widow of Colonel W Anderson, sister of Sir H W and Major-General C G Gordon
Barnard, Charles Inman, correspondent of Maj-Gen C. G. Gordon, fl 1880
Giegler, Karl Christian, telegraph engineer and colonial governor, 1844-1921
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Gordon, Charles George, army officer, 1833-1885
Gordon, Henry William, K C B
Kirk, John, Knight, naturalist and political agent, 1832-1922
Vossion, Louis, French Vice-Consul in Khartoum
Wylde, Augustus Blandy, Vice Consul at Suakin

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