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GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. XV (ff. 220). General and family correspondence of General Gordon; 1857-1884.

1. ff. 1-178. General correspondence; 1859-1884.

2. ff. 179-220. Family correspondence: 1857-1884.

includes:

f. 1b Major Hansley: Letter to Lt. C. G. Gordon: [1857?]: Copy.
f. 3 Lieutenant-General Sir Harry David Jones, GCB; Governor, RMC, Sandhurst: Letter to Lt. C. G. Gordon: 1858.
f. 12 Maps and Plans: City of Peking: Plan of southern defences of Peking, by Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1860.
f. 15 Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman: Letter to Lt.-Col. C. G. Gordon: 1865: Engl. transl.
ff. 18-20 China: Notes by Col. C. G. Gordon rel. to booty from Summer Palace in Peking: 1865.
f. 28 Lieutenant-Colonel James Augustus Grant, African explorer: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1874.
f. 34 Helen Clarke Moffitt, née Gordon; wife of A Moffitt, army doctor: Letter to, from her brother, Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1884.
f. 35 Edwin John Davis, chaplain to British consul at Alexandria: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1874.
ff. 37-38b, 49-56b, 61-86b, 171 Sir Samuel White Baker, explorer: Letters to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1874-1883.
ff. 39-48b Romolo Gessi, Italian military commander in the service of General C G Gordon: Letters to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1874: Partly Fr.
f. 57 General Henry Eyre: Letter to H. W. Gordon: 1875.
f. 59 George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge: Letter to Gen. Sir T. G. Browne,: 1875.
f. 87 Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Graham, GCMG: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1877.
f. 91 John Scott, of the Egyptian Court of Appeal in Alexandria: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon,: 1879.
ff. 93-104b General C. P. Stone, American Chief of the Egyptian General Staff at Cairo: Letters to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1879.
f. 105 Karl Christian Giegler, Pasha; in the Egyptian service at Khartoum: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 107 Henry Walter Bates, FRS; naturalist: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 111 Bebranyi M. Malabari, of Bombay: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 113 Lionel Robert Ashburner, CSI; Member of the Bombay Council: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1880.
f. 115 Sir William Mackinnon, ship-owner, of Glasgow: Telegram to J. L. MacRay: 1880: Copy.
f. 115 James L. MacRay, of MacKinnon, MacKenzie & Co., Bombay: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon,: 1880.
f. 116 Reverend Horace Waller, of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Soc: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon,: 1881: Imperf.
f. 118 George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich; 2nd Earl of Ripon and 3rd Earl De Grey of Wrest; 1st Marquess of Ripon: Letter to Col. C. G. Gordon: 1881.
ff. 128, 164-170b Sir William Mackinnon, ship-owner, of Glasgow: Letters to Col. C. G. Gordon,: 1882-1883.
f. 137 [Strauch?], in the service of Léopold II, King of the Belgians: Letter to Gen. C. G. Gordon,: 1883.
f. 139 John Horne, Director of Woods and Forests, Mauritius: Letter, etc., to Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1883.
ff. 141-143b Oscar Frederick Peschel, German ethnographer: `Races of men and their geographical distribution': 1876-1883: Extract.
f. 173 Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet; KCB; diplomatist: Letter to Gen. C. G. Gordon,: 1884.
f. 174 Demetrius Charles Boulger, historian: Letter to Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1884.
f. 181 Field-Marshal Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, GCB: Letter to Lord Clarendon: 1857: Extract.
f. 182 Major-General Sir William Gordon, RE: Letter to Gen. H. W. Gordon: 1858.
f. 184 General Sir Henry Sandham, RE: Letter to Gen. H. W. Gordon: 1859.
ff. 185-194b Elizabeth Gordon, née Enderby; wife of Lieutenant -General H W Gordon: Letters to, from her son, Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1860-1873.
ff. 195, 214 General Samuel Enderby Gordon, brother of General C G Gordon: Letters to, from his brother, Charles: 1875, 1883.
f. 197 Helen Clarke Moffitt, née Gordon; wife of A Moffitt, army doctor: Letter to, from her brother, Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1877.
ff. 199-213b, 216 Elizabeth Maria Dunlop, née Gordon; wife of Lieutenant -General F Dunlop: Letters to, from her brother, Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1883.
ff. 218-220 Mary Augusta Gordon, sister of Sir H W and Major -General C G Gordon: Letters to her brother, Charles: 1884.

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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 51305 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. XV (ff. 220). General and family correspondence of General Gordon; 1857-1884. 1. ff.…

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French

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Start Date:

1857

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1884

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1857-1884

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Names:

Ashburner, Lionel Robert, civil servant in India, 1827-1907
Baker, Samuel White, Knight, explorer, 1821-1893
Bates, Henry Walter, naturalist, 1825-1892
Boulger, Demetrius Charles, historian, 1853-1928
Davis, Edwin John, chaplain and writer, fl 1851-1879
Dunlop, Elizabeth Maria, née Gordon, painter and wife of Franklin Dunlop, d 1883
Eyre, Henry, General
George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, army officer, 1819-1904
Gessi, Romolo, called Gessi Pasha, army commander, explorer and colonial governor, 1831-1881
Giegler, Karl Christian, telegraph engineer and colonial governor, 1844-1921
Gordon, Elizabeth, née Enderby; mother of General Charles George Gordon, 1794-1873
Gordon, Mary Augusta, sister of Major-General Charles George Gordon, 1822-1893
Gordon, Samuel Enderby, army officer and brother of General Charles George Gordon, 1824-1883
Gordon, William, Knight, army officer and military engineer, fl 1860-1862
Graham, Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1831-1899
Grant, James Augustus, army officer and explorer, 1827-1892
Hansley, —, Major
Horne, John, Director of Woods and Forests Mauritius
Jones, Harry David, Lieutenant-General GCB, Governor RMC Sandhurst
Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman
MacRay, James L, of MacKinnon MacKenzie & Co Bombay
Mackinnon, William, 1st Baronet, shipping entrepreneur, 1823-1893
Malabari, Bebranyi M, of Bombay
Malet, Edward Baldwin, KCB, 4th Baronet , diplomatist
Moffitt, Helen Clarke, née Gordon wife of A Moffitt army doctor
Peschel, Oscar Frederick, German ethnographer
Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician, 1827-1909
Sandham, Henry, General RE
Scott, John, of the Egyptian Court of Appeal in Alexandria
Simmons, John Lintorn Arabin, Knight, army officer, 1821-1903
Stone, C P, General American Chief of the Egyptian General Staff at Cairo
Strauch?, —, in the service of Léopold II King of the Belgians
Waller, Horace, Reverend of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Soc

Places:

China, Asia
Peking, Chihli, China