Sales catalogue: Puttick and Simpson

Date:
22nd February 1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/16/265
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Puttick and Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. [a (232) Gordon (General C. G.) A.L.S., 13pp. 8v0 (Majrawal, ae > 91 Dec” 1879, to [Sir] John Fowler, Bt. >, I have had a deal of trouble with the King \Johanni II., of / \ Abyssinia], who is worse than Theodore. He believes he AL\/ | — is the greatest King on the earth, and is altogether, a most Sj yj glare i : ; Eee objectionable personage. He will come to grief, thro his Se madness, for he is cutting off the noses of snuff takers and the lips of smokers... He will not fight us, but he will try and provoke a war, with the hopes we will invade him, but he is out of his reckoning altogether. 933 Gordon (General C.G.) A.L.S., 4pp. 800, Bombay, 3 June, 1880, relating to his resignation as private secretary to the — Marquis of Ripon | o Ly 234 A cas dpp. 8vo (signature cut away), Bombay,” / \ ae *.* With respect to China, it is true I am going there, on “an invitation (from Li-Lung-Chang I believe) . . . I Rnow the Chinese sufficiently well, and admire them, for their wish to work for themselves, they are not, nor am I, at all disposed to put China under foreigners, etc. 935 —— Another (marked Confidential), 5pp. 8vo, Penang, 22.6.80, to Mr. Geary *°* As aman who has lived for years in climates as hot, and far less civilized than India, let me write what struck me in — arriving there, your own experience will say whether I am. prejudiced or not. I consider the mode of life of Indian Officials is effeminately luxurious, and must tend to deteriorate their efficiency and their position in India. I consider the salaries are twice as much as they need be, etc. (Unsigned) MS. queries relating to the murder of the: |, Resident in Cabul, 2pp. 8vo *.* Marked Confidential, and at end “ Keep this private, till evidence is published, if it ever is, and the drift of queries will be seen.’ ; /5 937) Burton (Sir R. F.) A series of 17 A.Ls.S., between 1877-79, 7 /- 236 ae oecumernsn ae Geary on various subjects pe 938 A.Ls.S., etc., of Royal Personages, many with~engraved portraits (a parcel) 939 Hardy (T.) A.L.S., Ip. 800, Max Gate, Dorchester, March, 30, 1892—Others of Phil May, H. Rider Haggard, Fenimore Cooper, etc. (a parcel)
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