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- Record Id:
- 040-001959179
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001959168
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000771.0x00001a
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GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. IX (ff. 182).
1. ff. 1-83b. Intelligence reports from Col. Cameron of the War Office relating to the defence of Khartoum; 1884-1885.
2. ff. 84-124b. Letters from, and relating to, Capsune, the former Sudanese slave boy sent to England by General Gordon; [1881?]-1885.
3. ff. 125-182. Letters to Augusta Gordon, mostly of condolence on the death of General Gordon, from members of the Royal Household; 1884-1886. The autograph letters of condolence to her from Queen Victoria are Add. MS. 34483, ff. 2, 7, 10.
includes:
- ff. 1-3, 12-13b Captain Julian J. Levenson, RE: Reports on messengers sent to and from Khartoum: 1884: Copies and signed.
- ff. 1-83b Colonel A. S. Cameron, of the War Office: Letters, etc., to Augusta Gordon: 1884-1885.
- f. 41 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer: Telegram from Maj. H. Kitchener to the War Office forwarded by: 1884: Copy.
- f. 41 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Telegram to the War Office: 1884: Copy.
- ff. 43, 82 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer: Telegrams to the War Office: 1884-1885: Copies.
- ff. 56-58 Major-General Sir Charles William Wilson, RE; KCB: Letters to Lord Wolseley: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 56-59b Field-Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley: Letters, etc., to Lord Hartington: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 56-59b, 64-65, 81 Colonel John Donald Hamill Stewart, of the 11th Hussars: Papers relating to the fate of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, Mr. Herbin and others, who were on board the steamer wrecked above Merawi, with addenda: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 56-59b, 64-65, 81 Herbin, French consul at Khartoum: Papers relating to the fate of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, Mr. Herbin and others, who were on board the steamer wrecked above Merawi, with addenda: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 56-59b, 64-65, 81 Frank Power, war-correspondent, and consul at Khartoum: Papers relating to the fate of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, Mr. Herbin and others, who were on board the steamer wrecked above Merawi, with addenda,: 1884: Printed.
- f. 58 Mohamed Walad Ali, date merchant, of the Sudan: Statement rel. to death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1884: Printed.
- f. 58 Ali Mohamed, of Merawi, in the Sudan: Statement rel. to death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1884: Printed.
- f. 58 Mohamed Ali, Sheikh, of Nourri, in the Sudan: Statement rel. to death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1884: Printed.
- f. 58b Mohamed el Koneish, Kashif: Statement rel. to the death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 58-59 Lieutenant-General Frederick George Slade, CB: Reports from Sudanese natives rel. to death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1884.
- f. 59b Colonel John Talbot-Coke, King's Own Scottish Borderers: Memorandum rel. to Col. J. D. H. Stewart and other Europeans killed with him: 1884: Printed.
- ff. 64-65 Major-General Sir Leopold Victor Swaine, KCB: Letter, etc., to Sir E. Baring: 1884: Printed.
- f. 65 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: `Plan of cataracts and Monassir country (compiled from hearsay)': 1884: Lithograph.
- ff. 66, 69-71, 74, 76 Colonel A. S. Cameron, of the War Office: Memoranda rel. to troop strengths in the Sudan: 1884-1885: Copies.
- f. 81 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Memorandum rel. to the death of Col. J. D. H. Stewart: 1885.
- f. 81 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer: Letter, etc., to Lord Granville: 1885: Printed.
- ff. 84-124b Capsune, former Sudanese slave: Letters, etc., rel. to,: 1881-1885.
- ff. 86-95b, 99-102b, 105-117b Marie Rosalie Felkin, sister of Robert Felkin, missionary in Uganda: Letters to Augusta Gordon: 1881-1884.
- ff. 96, 103-104 Capsune, former Sudanese slave: Letters to Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1882-1883.
- ff. 118-124b Capsune, former Sudanese slave: Letters to Augusta Gordon: 1884-1885.
- ff. 127, 130-134, 148, 163, 173, 178 Victoria of England: Letters on her behalf to Augusta Gordon: 1884-1885.
- ff. 127, 135-144, 146-147, 155, 161-182 Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell, KCB; Master of the Royal Household: Letters, etc., partly on behalf of Qu. Victoria, to Augusta Gordon: 1884.
- ff. 128, 130 Susanna Stephania Innes-Ker, widow of James, 6th Duke of Roxburghe: Letters, etc., partly on behalf of Queen Victoria, to Augusta Gordon: 1884.
- ff. 132-134 Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur John Bigge, Baron Stamfordham private Secretary to Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and George V: Telegram to Augusta Gordon: 1884.
- f. 145 Georgina Elizabeth Cowell, wife of Lieutenant -Colonel Sir J C Cowell: Letter to Augusta Gordon: [1884].
- f. 148 Hon Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu. Victoria: Letter to Augusta Gordon: 1885.
- f. 150 Georgina Elizabeth Cowell, wife of Lieutenant -Colonel Sir J C Cowell: Letter to [her sister-in-law?], Fanny,: 1885.
- ff. 152, 158 Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell, KCB; Master of the Royal Household: Letters to [his sister?], Fanny: 1885.
- f. 160 Mary Augusta Gordon, sister of Sir H W and Major -General C G Gordon: Letter to Sir J. C. Cowell(?): 1885: Draft.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001959168
036-001959178
040-001959179 - Is part of:
- Add MS 51291-51312 : THE MOFFITT COLLECTION 51291-51312. GORDON PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon (b. 1833, d.…
Add MS 51299-51301 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vols. IX-XI. Letters, mostly to Mary Augusta Gordon, from other correspondents;…
Add MS 51299 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. IX (ff. 182). 1. ff. 1-83b. Intelligence reports from Col. Cameron of the War Office… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001959168[0002]/036-001959178[0001]/040-001959179
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1886
- Date Range:
- 1880-1886
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Ali Mohamed, of Merawi in the Sudan
Baring, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer, diplomat and colonial administrator, 1841-1917
Bigge, Arthur John, 1st Baron Stamfordham, courtier, 1849-1931
Cameron, A S, Colonel of the War Office
Capsune, former Sudanese slave
Cowell, Georgina Elizabeth, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Sir J C Cowell
Cowell, John Clayton, Knight, army officer and Master of the Royal Household, 1832-1894
Felkin, Marie Rosalie, sister of Robert Felkin, missionary in Uganda, fl 1881-1884
Gordon, Mary Augusta, sister of Major-General Charles George Gordon, 1822-1893
Herbin, —, French consul at Khartoum
Innes-Ker, Susanna Stephania, widow of James 6th Duke of Roxburghe
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Levenson, Julian J, Captain RE
Mohamed Ali, Sheikh of Nourri in the Sudan
Mohamed Walad Ali, date merchant of the Sudan
Mohamed el Koneish, Kashif
Power, Frank, war-correspondent and consul at Khartoum
Slade, Frederick George, Lieutenant-General CB
Stewart, John Donald Hamill, Colonel of the 11th Hussars
Stopford, Horatia Charlotte Frances, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu Victoria
Swaine, Leopold Victor, Knight, army officer, 1840-1931
Talbot-Coke, John, Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Wilson, Charles William, Knight, army officer, 1836-1905
Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley