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040-002001909

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GORDON PAPERS (BELL COLLECTION). Vol. XIX (ff. 216). Poems on the death of Gen. Gordon, some with covering letters; 1885. Partly printed.

Printed Matter: Verses, etc., on the death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Partly Fr.

Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, etc., on the death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.

includes:

f. 1 Carolina Nairne, wife of William, 5th Baron Nairne: Extract from her verses, beg. `Will they a' to their ain dear glen?': 1885.
f. 1b Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Extract from his poetry, beg. `For gold let Gallia's legions fight': 1885.
ff. 2-2b Mary Stuart, of Stirling and Edinburgh: Verses on the death of Gen. C. G. Gordon copied by: 1885.
ff. 10-14 M. A: Poem, `The hero of Khartoum': 1885.
ff. 15-17 Mrs S. Phyllis Atkinson, of Islington: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 18-19 G. R. Blackbee, of Hackney: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 20-22 Richard Woodroffe Boyce, incumbent of St Paul's Church, St Helier's: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 23-26 Mrs M. A. Brock, of East Greenwich: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 27-28 Mrs Elizabeth R. Brodie, of Grosvenor Rd: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
f. 29 C. J. C: Poem, `Chinese Gordon': 1885.
f. 30 A. E. C: Poem, `In memoriam' [Gen. C. G. Gordon]: 1885.
f. 31 John Carter: Poem, A pathos on the late General Gordon: 1885: Printed.
ff. 32-34 C. B. Clark, of Altoona, Pa: Poem, `Gordon': 1885.
ff. 35-36 Samuel Childs Clarke, Vicar of Thorverton: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly Lat.
f. 36 Poetry LATIN: Rev. S. C. Clarke: acrostic on death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 38-40 J. W. Cook, former soldier, of Plymouth: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 41-42 Mrs - Yelverton Dawson, alias 'Historica'; of Brighton: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 43-46 Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, 2nd Baronet; poet: Poem, To the memory of General Gordon: 1885: Two copies. Printed, with MS additions.
ff. 47-48b Andrew Drummond, of Duntocher: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
f. 49 Edith L. Dyer, of [Castlemartin?]: Poem, In memoriam - Gordon: 1885: Printed.
ff. 50-53b Edward Saint John Fairman, author: Poem, England's heroes: 1885: Printed.
f. 54 Edward Saint John Fairman, author: Poem, To the memory of General C. G. Gordon (of Khartoum): 1885: Printed.
f. 55 Edward Saint John Fairman, author: Poem, The Destitute Children's Dinner Society - an appeal: 1885: Printed.
f. 55 Poetry ENGLISH: E. St. J. Fairman: The Destitute Children's Dinner Society - an appeal: 1885: Printed.
f. 56 Edward Saint John Fairman, author: Poem, `To Captain Lord Charles Beresford, R.N.': 1885.
f. 57 Mary Ann Hearn, alias 'Marianne Farningham'; author and hymn-writer: Poem, Is Gordon safe?: 1885: Printed.
ff. 58-60b Miss T. E. Fawsett, of Knowl Hill: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 61-63b John? [Finn?], of Birmingham: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 64-65 Peter Gabbitass, alias 'The Clifton Poet': Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 66-67 S. Henderson Greenway, of Tunbridge Wells: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
f. 68 M. Guibert, of Birmingham: Poem, `A working man to the memory of General Gordon': 1885.
ff. 69-69b J. H. Hodges, Vicar of Tong, county Kent: Verses, `What will they say in England? under a Liberal government 1885': 1885.
ff. 70-70b Poetry ENGLISH: Rev. J. Moultrie: `What will they say in England? under a Conservative government 1854': 1885: Copy, 1885.
ff. 70-70b Reverend John Moultrie, poet: Verses, `What will they say in England? under a Conservative government 1854': 1885: Copy, 1885.
ff. 71-72 Amy A. Hopper, of Bayswater: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 73-75 Mrs A. Hope Hume, of Torquay: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 76-77 H. Inglis, of Chelsea: Poem, `Why hast thou forsaken me?': 1885.
f. 78 Mary Whitmon Jones: Poem, `The death of Gordon': 1885.
ff. 79-81 W. Jones, of Peckham: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 82-86b Charles Kirby, alias 'The Wharfedale Poet': Letters, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
f. 87b Margaret Flora Mary Gordon, widow of General S E Gordon: Letter to C. Kirby: 1885: Lithogr.
ff. 88-90 Miss Eveline Cornwall Legh, of Great Malvern: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 91-95 George Wallace Levack, of Wick: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
f. 94 Poetry ENGLISH: G. W. Levack: `A few lines on the Salvation Army': [1885?]: Printed.
f. 95 Art. Portraits: George Wallace Levack, of Wick: Portrait of G. W. Levack: [1885?]: Engr.
ff. 96-98 Major W. B. Lumley, of Hythe: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 99-105b Macfie, of Colinton: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 104-104b Colinton, Edinburgh: Inscription from Covenanters memorial at Redford Brae, with lines added in memory of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Printed.
ff. 106-107 Hugh McKinnon, of Glasgow: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 108-109b Alice McLeod, of Greenwich: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 110-111 E. F. Wortley Moxham, of Heston: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 112-114 Arthur Leslie Newton, of Hanwell Asylum: Poems, `Epitaph on General Gordon', and `The Gordon relics': 1885.
ff. 115-116 George O'Byrne, of Nottingham: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 117-120 Robert O'Neal, of Derby: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 121-123b James Orton, of Old Ford: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 124-126 F. L. Phalen, of Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 127b-130 H. Prior, of Snaresbrook: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 131-132 A. L. Pyer, of Elm Park Rd., Chelsea: Verses on death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 133-136b Mary Redfern, of Belper: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 137b-139b J. S. Rees, of Shirland Road, Maida Vale: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 140-142b 'Regina': Letter, etc., so signed, to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly lithogr.
ff. 143-147 Charles Robertson, of Redcliffe Road: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
f. 147 Poetry ENGLISH: C. Robertson, `An elegy on the death of President Garfield': [1881?]: Printed.
f. 148 Lieutenant-Colonel William Southwell Curzon, RHA: Letter to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 149-150 Arthur Robins, Rector of Holy Trinity, Windsor: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 151-152b George William Rusden, historian of Australia and New Zealand: Poems on death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Printed.
ff. 153-155 Maggie Cecil Rayner, at Horsforth, county Yorkshire: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 156-162 Edward J. Sale, of Stratford, county Essex: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
f. 163 Clement Scott: Poem, Gordon's grave: 1885: Printed.
ff. 164-166 R. Smith: Verses on death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 167-170b John Smyth, of Bradford: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 171b-172 Alfred Stalker, of Battersea: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 173-174b Mary Stuart, of Stirling and Edinburgh: Letters, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 173-174b Printed Matter: In memoriam cards: 1885.
ff. 175-177 Jean Sullivan, of Jersey: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly Fr: Partly printed.
f. 177 Poetry FRENCH: J. Sullivan: Le General Gordon: 1885: Printed.
ff. 178-181 Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Verses on death of Gen. C. G. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 182-183 Printed Matter: `The angel's farewell' from `The dream of Gerontius' by Cardinal Newman, set to music by `E. W.': 1885.
ff. 182-183 John Henry Newman, Cardinal: `The angel's farewell', from `The dream of Gerontius', set to music by `E.W.': 1885: Printed.
ff. 182-183 E. W: Musical setting of `The Angel's Farewell' from `The dream of Gerontius' by Cardinal Newman: 1885: Printed.
ff. 184-188 J. G. Walls, of Highgate: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.
ff. 189-195b Henrietta Ward, of Dublin: Letters, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 196-197 Ida White, of Chelsea: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 198-200 John H. Willmett, of Swansea: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 201b-202 J. Wilson, of Glasgow: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 203-204 J. Gordon Wilson, of Rugby: Lines upon the death of General Gordon, at the fall of Khartoum: 1885: Printed.
ff. 205-206 Thomas H. Wilson-Greene, of Chorley: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 207-213 Charles Wood, of Exeter: Letters, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Partly printed.
ff. 214-216 C. Young, of Granville Sq: Letter, etc., to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885.

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036-002001908
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Add MS 52386-52408 : GORDON PAPERS (The Bell Collection) Correspondence and papers of and relating to Major-General Charles George Gordon (b. 1833,…
Add MS 52404-52408 : GORDON PAPERS (BELL COLLECTION). Vols. XIX-XXIII. Miscellaneous papers of Sir Henry William Gordon; 1802-1887. Five volumes.

Add MS 52404 : GORDON PAPERS (BELL COLLECTION). Vol. XIX (ff. 216). Poems on the death of Gen. Gordon, some with covering letters; 1885.…

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1885

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1885

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Names:

A., M
Atkinson, S Phyllis, Mrs of Islington
Blackbee, G R, of Hackney
Boyce, Richard Woodroffe, incumbent of St Paul's Church St Helier's
Brock, M A, Mrs of East Greenwich
Brodie, Elizabeth R, Mrs of Grosvenor Rd
C., A E
C., C J
Carter, John
Clark, C B, of Altoona Pa
Clarke, Samuel Childs, Vicar of Thorverton
Cook, J W, former soldier of Plymouth
Curzon, William Southwell, Lieutenant-Colonel RHA
Dawson, -, alias `Historica', correspondent of Charles George Gordon, fl 1885
Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles, 2nd Baronet, poet and civil servant, 1810-1888
Drummond, Andrew, of Duntocher, correspondent of Sir Henry William Gordon, fl 1885
Dyer, Edith L, poet, fl 1885
Fairman, Edward Saint John, author, fl 1860-1897
Fawsett, T E, correspondent of Sir Henry William Gordon, fl 1885
Finn, John, of Birmingham, fl 1885
Gabbitass, Peter, alias `The Clifton Poet', poet, b 1822
Gordon, Margaret Flora Mary, wife of General Samuel Enderby Gordon, fl 1883-1885
Greene, Thomas H, of Chorley, correspondent of Sir Henry William Gordon, fl 1885
Greenway, S Henderson, of Tunbridge Wells, correspondent of Sir Henry William Gordon, fl 1885
Guibert, M, of Birmingham, poet, fl 1885
Hearn, Mary Ann, alias 'Marianne Farningham', author and hymn-writer, 1834-1909
Hodges, J H, Vicar of Tong Kent
Hopper, Amy A, of Bayswater
Hume, A Hope, Mrs of Torquay
Inglis, H, of Chelsea
Jones, Mary Whitmon
Jones, W, of Peckham
Kirby, Charles, alias `The Wharfedale Poet'
Legh, Eveline Cornwall, Miss of Great Malvern
Levack, George Wallace, of Wick
Lumley, W B, Major of Hythe
Macfie, —, of Colinton
McKinnon, Hugh, of Glasgow
McLeod, Alice, of Greenwich
Moultrie, John, Reverend poet
Moxham, E F Wortley, of Heston
Nairne, Carolina, wife of William 5th Baron Nairne
Newman, John Henry, Saint, Cardinal and theologian, 1801-1890,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122769812,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/17227308
Newton, Arthur Leslie, of Hanwell Asylum
O'Byrne, George, of Nottingham
O'Neal, Robert, of Derby
Orton, James, of Old Ford
Phalen, F L, of Meadville Theological School Meadville Pa
Prior, H, of Snaresbrook
Pyer, A L, of Elm Park Rd Chelsea
Rayner, Maggie Cecil, at Horsforth Yorkshire
Redfern, Mary, of Belper
Rees, J S, of Shirland Road Maida Vale
Regina
Robertson, Charles, of Redcliffe Road
Robins, Arthur, Rector of Holy Trinity Windsor
Rusden, George William, historian of Australia and New Zealand
Sale, Edward J, of Stratford Essex
Scott, Clement
Scott, Walter, Baronet, author, 1771-1832,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441874
Smith, R
Smyth, John, of Bradford
Stalker, Alfred, of Battersea
Stuart, Mary, of Stirling and Edinburgh
Sullivan, Jean, of Jersey
Tupper, Martin Farquhar, author
W., E
Walls, J G, of Highgate
Ward, Henrietta, of Dublin
White, Ida, of Chelsea
Willmett, John H, of Swansea
Wilson, J Gordon, of Rugby
Wilson, J, of Glasgow
Wood, Charles, of Exeter
Young, C, of Granville Sq

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