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1. Add MS 40018-40055

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NAPIER PAPERS: private and official correspondence and papers of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. (b. 1786, d. 1860). Napier entered the navy in 1799, was promoted Lieutenant 1805, Commander 1807, Captain 1809, Rear-Admiral 1846, Vice-Admiral 1853 and Admiral 1858. In 1833, under the assumed name of Carlos de Ponza, he accepted the command of the Portuguese Regency fleet against Dom Miguel, with the rank of Vice-Admiral and Major-General of the Portuguese Navy, and for his services was by ...
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence and papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier, etc.: 1796 1904. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, KCB: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1796-1904]
Extent:
38 items

2. Add MS 40042-40045

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XXV-XXVIII. "Miscellaneous letters," comprising chiefly original official letters to Adm. Sir. C. Napier from other naval officers. The letters are arranged as originally bound-in rough chronological order. An index of writers is prefixed to each volume. Four volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1847-1849]
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 40053

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XXXVI (ff. 65). Private, letterbook of Adm. Sir C. Napier, 1813-1829, n.d. Hologr. Included are copies of some of his letters on the Navy (other copies of some of which are in Add. MS. 40037), edited by W. Napier, The Navy : its past and present state, 1851. Several leaves ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1829
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 40034-40035

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NAPIFR PAPERS. Vols. XVII, XVIII. Letterbooks of Adm. Sir C. Napier, containing copies of letters sent and received by him when commanding H.M.S. "'Galatea," in the West Indies, off the Azores, etc. Two volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1829-1832]
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 40028-40032

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XI-XV. " Admiralty letters," comprising chiefly orders and instructions to Napier from the Admiralty, the respective Secs. of State, naval officers, etc. The papers remain in the order in which they were originally bound-in rough but not strict chronological order. An index is prefixed to each volume. Other volumes of this series, Mar. 1854-Feb. 1856, are in the Public Record Office (Napier Papers, Vols. I-IV). Five volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1839-1854]
Extent:
5 items

6. Add MS 40037-40041

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XX-XXIV. Private letter-books of Adm. Sir C. Napier, containing copies of letters received and despatched by him (including letters to newspapers), 1827-1864. Five vols. Other vols. of this series, containing letters from July 1853 to Dec. 1856, are in the P.R.O. (Napier Papers, Vols. XII-XIV), and another vol., " St. Vincent," No. 1, which should follow Add. MS. 40039 (Vol. XXII), is apparently missing. A holograph letterbook (Add. MS. 40053), 1813-1829, n.d., which con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1827-1864
Extent:
5 items

7. Add MS 40018-40027

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. I-X. General Correspondence of Adm. Sir C. Napier, etc. ; 1796-1904. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Ten volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish
Date Range:
1796-1904
Extent:
10 items

8. Add MS 40048

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XXXI (ff. 178). "St. Vincent: Squadrons Orders," containing copies of orders by Adm. Sir C. Napier, on board H.M.S. "St. Vincent," to individual officers of the squadron under his command on particular service, 20 May 1847-9 Apr. 1849 ; with later additions (ff. 158 b-178) of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1854
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 40055

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XXXVIII (ff. 177). Draft, as sent to press, of portions of Napier's "The War in Portugal," 2 vols., 1836; viz. Vol. I, Ch. vi, vii (pp. 71, 89-116), f. 1 ; ix-xi (pp. 144-203), f. 28 ; xiii (pp. 240-243), f. 94 :-Vol. II, Ch. i-iii (pp. 1-44), f. 96; ix-x (pp. 171-203), f. 13...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 40052

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XXXV (ff. 205). Reports by Adm. Sir C. Napier to the Admiralty of inspections and evolutions of his squadron, 1 Aug. 1847-24 Apr. 1848. Copies. An index is given at the beginning (f. 2). Folio. Navy; England: Entry-books, etc., of H.M.S. St. Vincent": 1847-1849. Navy; Engla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1847-24 Apr 1848
Extent:
1 item