GODWIN
(Sir Henry Thomas, 1784-1853, K.C.B., Major-General, served in the Peninsula, C-in-C 2nd Burmese War 1852-1853)
Signature on fragment of a letter
thanking the Society of Antiquaries for electing him a member, and recalling his friendship with the late Thomas Fisher, F.S.A., "from whom I imbibed even in my boyhood a sincere veneration for antiquity", 2 sides part 8vo., Newbury, 23rd February
Item Date:
1841
Stock No:
52067
£75
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GOLDIE
(Sir George Leigh, c.1791-1863, from 1862 General)
Document signed signed as Major, being the Monthly Return of Quarters
of the 66th Regiment of Foot, addressed to the A.Q.M.G. at Portsmouth, manuscript tables ruled in red, showing 1 sergeant, 13 rank and file present and fit for duty, 5 invalids, and 4 detached, 1 side oblong folio, title on verso, Winchester, 19th September
remains of mounting on left hand edge
Item Date:
1817
Stock No:
20076
£25
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GOODALL
(Thomas, 1767-c. 1832, the 'Admiral of Haiti')
Signature on a receipt to Messrs Clementson & Dewton
for "one Guinea & a half on Account", with his portrait engraved by Ridley Blood after Drummond, for the European Magazine, showing him head and shoulders in uniform, pub. by J. Asperne, Cornhill, 1st June 1808, the receipt no place, 27th May
Item Date:
1786
Stock No:
52068
£175
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GORDON WRITES TO HIS MOTHER A MONTH BEFORE ARRIVING IN TIANJIN, CHINA, TELLING HER ABOUT HIS TRIP THROUGH THE GULF OF SUEZ
GORDON
(Charles George, 1833-1885, General Gordon of Khartoum, 'Chinese Gordon')
Superb Autograph Letter Signed "C. G. Gordon" to "My dear Mother",
saying that "In spite of the heat I must write you a line to tell you how we got on after Cairo. When I despatched my letter to you on the 4th Augt I went up in a carriage to the Citadel and had a splendid view of the Pyramids both of Giza and Cairo. You remember that Mehmet Aliput the Mamelukes to death in this Castle and the place where one of them jumped his horse over and escaped and where they were buried is shown. The Mosque in the Citadel and palace are most beautiful. I shall leave with ... a piece of the marble ... send it to you. We went on at 10 am to Suez, a miserable place 90 miles from Cairo and over the veritable desert it was a perfect waste of sand. Suez looked very warm, the steamers lay enclosed about 2 miles from the village, and we were conveyed to them by a small tug. The place where they said the Israelites passed is about 1 mile from Suez, the only reason for it being that the water is shallower there than elsewhere. The Arab boys dive wonderfully well altho the water is far from clear, they pick up 6 with ease. The land on each side of the Gulf of Suez is high and arid and looks very hot; about Sunday we passed the range of which Mt Sinai & Horeb are peaks but no one could say positively which was which, after the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea (which by the way is of Meditterranean blueness) widens and we lose sight of land. The whole navigation is very intricate and a native pilot is kept with the vessel as far as Aden. We are all pretty well ... it is not good to say anything about its being warm. The Cabin is provided with 'punkahs' or mats which are pulled to & fro by small boys to produce a draft. I found an officer called Hills of the Bombay Engineers who is my companion. We are crowded in my opinion but I hear it is nothing to what the crush is during the cool months. There is ample room for another line of packets on this route and it would be a great boon for the passengers, for at present we are at the mercy of the P & O for everything. As yet we have heard no news from China. The Sun today was on our Zenith and did not seem the worse for his eclipse. The Priests are in fine feather, they still keep to their hot black dress. There is a horrid child called Maggie, Sardinian, who squalls frightfully every evening on going to bed. There is a lieutenant of Bengal Infantry, fat and old with a heap of children and a funny wife ... We passed several sharks today and some shoals of flying fish pursued on all sides as well. We went thro the straits of Bab el Mandeb today ...", he then talks about a fellow passenger "she remarked that she had been fool enough to take her husband's advice and come out to India. He replied that most people made a mistake once in their lives, in spite of the heat she wept ... and a reconciliation took place ... we arrived in the Bay of Aden last night ... and I rode off to Bayly ... he came to meet me but I missed him and soon after I came to his house ... he is looking to my eyes very well ... in good spirits and has a capital house, he had ridden into Aden Bay to meet me and certainly did not seem the worse for the ride. He says he does not feel the heat at all and it is only during the wet season that he has any feeling of the bullet. I do not think that he can suffer much as he looks so well. My best love to my father, August, Helen & Mensa and please write to Ella and let her know that Bayly is looking very well and has been extremely kind ..." and hoping that she is well, 4 sides 8vo., crosswritten on 3 sides, "About 300 miles from Aden". 8th August
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
39502
£4750
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GORDON
(Charles George, 1833-1885, General Gordon of Khartoum, 'Chinese Gordon')
Small collection of material relating to General Gordon
comprising an Autograph Formal Letter from his brother Sir Henry William GORDON(1818-1887, Commissary-General) sending "an autograph and an impression of General Gordon's Chinese seal", (both present) the signature is the end of an autograph letter with the words "Believe me yours very affect" and another Autograph Letter to Mrs Kettlewell, signed "H. W. Gordon" regretting that he is "unable to comply with your request for an autograph of General Gordon but I have none at my disposal. There is no seal except the Chinese one ...", each 1 side 8vo., no place and 68 Elm Park Road, Chelsea, 2nd and 9th March 1885, together with a fine original cabinet photoby the London Stereoscopic Society showing him half length in Egyptian uniform with medals and a fez, 6½" x 4¼", no place,
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
39768
£475
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