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| According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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| Gordon, Lt. Co. W. and [[Alice Gordon|Mrs. Alice]], members of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]], residents of Calcutta and friends of [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]], [[A. O. Hume|AOH]], and the [[Founders]]. They were primarily interested in [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]]. Mrs. Gordon accompanied the Founders on their first trip to [[Simla, India|Simla]] in 1880. The Gordons were hosts to the [[Mediums|medium]], [[William Eglinton]], in Calcutta in the spring of 1882, after his original host, Mr. Meugens, had left Calcutta. The Gordons were witnesses to the [[Vega incident|''Vega'' phenomenon]] connected with Eglinton's trip back to England. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 16.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 219.</ref>
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| Lt. Col. W. Gordon and his wife, Mrs. [[Alice Gordon]], became members of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[August 6]], 1879.
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| [[Category:Associates of HPB|Gordon, W.]]
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| [[Category:Military|Gordon, W.]]
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