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Add MS 89471/5/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003955651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003955486
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132845485.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89471/5/2
- Title:
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Press cuttings relating to Charles George Gordon
- Scope & Content:
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Articles cut from newspapers concerning C G Gordon and his demise.
This file consists of:
- an article from the Standard, dated 18 Sep 1884, entitled Telegrams from General Gordon - Important Demands, publishing copies of telegrams sent by C G Gordon from Khartoum requesting reinforcements
- a transcription of an article from the Pall Mall Gazette, printed on 8 Jul 1892, entitled A General on Liberal Foreign Policy, referencing W. F. Butler’s Life of Gordon as evidence that General Gordon disobeyed orders by engaging in a military campaign in Sudan
- an article from the Pall Mall Gazette, printed on 2 Aug 1892, entitled Sir William Butler and General Gordon, giving W.F. Butler’s response to the above article
- a hand-written draft of a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, by a sibling of General Gordon, in response to the article A General on Liberal Foreign Policy
- a leaflet, published in 1900, describing the history and decorations of All Saints Church in Cairo, including a monument to C G Gordon
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003955486
036-003955650
040-003955651 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89471 : Gordon family papers
Add MS 89471/5 : Photographs and press cuttings relating to Charles George Gordon
Add MS 89471/5/2 : Press cuttings relating to Charles George Gordon - Hierarchy:
- 032-003955486[0005]/036-003955650[0002]/040-003955651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89471
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder (5 pages)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1884-1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Butler, William Francis, Knight, army officer and author, 1838-1910