GORDON
(Charles George, 1833-1885, General Gordon of Khartoum, 'Chinese Gordon')
Fine Autograph Letter signed to 'My dear Sir Charles' STANLEY
(4th Viscount Monck, 1819-1894, Politician, Last Governor General of Canada) saying that he "ought to have written to you before as you are daily in my thoughts and have always been so kind. I am going to town tomorrow and to Brussels on Wednesday to wait decision of govt as to my going to Congo. I do not yet know if my resignation is accepted or not. I drifted into the Congo business & promised the King of Belgians. I hope you and Lady Stanley & your family are well ..." , 2 sides 8vo., 5 Rockstone Place, Southampton, 14th January
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
40582
£1275
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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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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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GORE-LANGTON
(William, 1760-1847, of Newton Park, Somerset, Colonel)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Mr Nicholetts,
truly regretting he cannot dine with the Reformers of Bridport owing to Mrs Gore-Langton's health, 1 side 8vo., Malvern, 8th August
Item Date:
1832
Stock No:
50151
£25
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