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
(George Grant, 1836-1912, served in all the chief engagements in the Crimea with the Scots Guards and as to ADC Sir James Simpson, Equerry and Comptroller to Prince and Princess Christian, Colonel)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Messrs A & J Cooper,
conveying Princess Christian's acceptance as patron of 'the Exhibition', with on the conjugate leaf a draft reply in pencil, naming the event as 'A Music Room, the decorations after the Greek', and noting other possible patrons including the King of Greece, the letter 2 sides 8vo., Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park, 8th March
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
52069
£75
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GORDON
(Charles George, 1833-1885, General Gordon of Khartoum, 'Chinese Gordon')
Superb Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed to "My dear Gerald",
starting with a description of his journey to Galatz by rail and carriage, "as I could not speak the languages German is by far the most useful out here & I must try and learn it ... I thought to find it very mountainous near Czernowitz where the Carpatheans extend their spurs but it is not so ... this is the route the savage tribes of old used to follow in their descent on Daria and Roumania, and it is fine pasture land ..." he discusses the possible abdication of Prince Charles, "the very French feeling of the Boyards renders him quite a puppet .. he has 50000£ a year, & so he thinks twice before he will leave ... The Empress of Austria's companion and great friend is Miss Throgmorton. Bucharest is much improved ... Divorce being so very easy that a woman may meet two of her former husbands in the same room. Galatz is a large semi civilised place ... Stokes is very civil & kind, he has worked this Commission admirably ... The Commission consists of Turkish, Austrian, English, French, Russian, Italian, Prussian Commissioners, who meet twice a year & make very prosy proposals. The Executive Committee is Stokes, who rules them all & carries everything ..." he continues that he had been "down to the Delta .. it is a dismal swamp ... the fish come down & get a prick & then perhaps turn round and impale themselves ... the villages are principally Russian ... they used to be much persecuted, they do not smoke but make up for it by drinking ... All these environs are historical ..." he details some events of note in the area and continues that "The Turkish soldiers are fine soldierly fellows with quite a swagger ..." he has drawn an excellent detailed map of the area on the final sheet, with all the places that are mentioned clearly named, 8 sides 8vo., Galatz, 22nd November
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
38295
£7500
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