KITCHENER, Herbert Horatio (1850-1916). Autograph letter signed ("H. H. Kitchener") to Sir Samuel Baker, Cairo, 1 May 1892. pages, 8vo. [ With :] 8 letters and documents from Kitchener family members, 1884-1933. Approximately 25 pages, 8vos . Kitchener is uneasy about the state of the Sudan in this 1892 letter to Samuel Baker. He thanks Baker for his notes "which no doubt give the key to the whole question of the reoccupation of the Soudan." He goes on to "wish [that] something could be done to clear up the slavery question...now that the religious mania of Mahdiism is dying out." Slavery "is the main cause that prevents the Soudanese from kicking out their present oppressors [since] they dread the general freedom of slaves which they would be bound to follow a reoccupation of the country." The remainder of the lot consists of letters and memorabilia from other Kitchener family members, including the 1933 program for the memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral, marking the centenary of Gordon's birth. (9)
KITCHENER, Herbert Horatio (1850-1916). Autograph letter signed ("H. H. Kitchener") to Sir Samuel Baker, Cairo, 1 May 1892. pages, 8vo. [ With :] 8 letters and documents from Kitchener family members, 1884-1933. Approximately 25 pages, 8vos . Kitchener is uneasy about the state of the Sudan in this 1892 letter to Samuel Baker. He thanks Baker for his notes "which no doubt give the key to the whole question of the reoccupation of the Soudan." He goes on to "wish [that] something could be done to clear up the slavery question...now that the religious mania of Mahdiism is dying out." Slavery "is the main cause that prevents the Soudanese from kicking out their present oppressors [since] they dread the general freedom of slaves which they would be bound to follow a reoccupation of the country." The remainder of the lot consists of letters and memorabilia from other Kitchener family members, including the 1933 program for the memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral, marking the centenary of Gordon's birth. (9)
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