KDC441021 Letter to Miss Gordon, thanking her for the gift of a Bible which had belonged to her brother, General Gordon, and asking how long Gordon had owned this \'treasure\', written at Windsor Castle, 16 March, 1885 (pen & ink on paper) by Queen Victoria (1819-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Augusta Gordon, Gordon\'s oldest sister and closest confidant; Charles George Gordon (1833-85) British soldier, army officer, Governor General of the Sudan; also known as \'Chinese Gordon\' because of his activity on China. 1860-64 and \'Gordon of Khartoum\' because of his death at Khartoum during the siege by the rebels led by the Mahdi; facsimile from \'Facsimiles of Royal, Historical & Literary Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts\', British Museum, 4th series, printed for the Trustees, 1898; Add.MS.34483,f.7.;); British, out of copyright.