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Vol. I (ff. 132). 1777-Oct. 1782. Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: ff. 8, 37-39b, 56 Captain Samuel Tovey, RA; Chief Firemaster, Royal Laboratory, Woolwich: Memo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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1777-Oct 1782
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1 item

2. Add MS 49086-49087

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Official correspondence and papers of George Napier as Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich; 1777-Apr. 1783, n.d. Apparently used, together with 49093-49102, for his monograph, 'The Composition of Gunpowder', communicated to the Royal Irish Academy in 1788 and published in the same year in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of Artillery, ii, 1788, pp. 97-118. Preceded (49086, ff. 1-17) by other letters and papers, mostly on ordnance, gunpowder, etc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1777-Apr 1783
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2 items

3. Add MS 49086-49104

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A. PAPERS OF THE HON. GEORGE NAPIER 49086-49104. Correspondence and papers of Lt.-Col. the Hon. George Napier (b. 1751, d. 1804), and his wife, Lady Sarah; bef. 1781-1817, n.d. Nineteen volumes.
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Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier, 6th son of Francis, 6th Baron Napier of Merchistoun: Correspondence and papers: circa 1765-1804, n.d.
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
before 1781-1817
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19 items

4. Add MS 49086-49172

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Napier Papers. Correspondence and papers of members of the Napier family; [1742?]-1933. Notes and endorsements by Richard Napier, fourth son of George Napier, 1851, passim. Presented, with Add. Ch. 75438, 75767, 75769-75790, by the executors of the will of the late Miss Violet Bunbury Napier, through Mr. J. Mainwaring Baines, F.S.A. Eighty-seven volumes. Arranged as follows:– A. Papers of Lt.-Col. the Hon. George Napier and his wife, Lady Sarah Napier: 49086-49104. B. Papers of Lt.-Ge...
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Army; England: Papers of Napier family mostly rel. to military affairs: circa 1765-1933, n.d: Partly Fr. and Ital.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
[1742?]-1933
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89 items

5. Add MS 49087

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Vol. II (ff. 108). Nov. 1782-Apr. 1783, n.d. Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: f. 1 Thomas Watkins, formerly Master Cooper, Office of Ordnance, Minorca: Letter to...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1782-Apr 1783
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1 item

6. Add MS 49088

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 171). Correspondence and papers of George Napier as:– 1. ff. 1-18. Deputy Quartermaster-General, mostly relating to French émigré troops and sailors at Netley, co. Southt.; 1794-1798. 2. ff. 19-171b. Comptroller, Army Accounts, Ireland, largely relating to an enq...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
1794-1804
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1 item

7. Add MS 49089

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 227). 1. ff. 1-97b. Correspondence of George and Sarah Napier with Francis Rawdon, Baron Rawdon, 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings; [1742?]-1809. Followed (f. 94) by a letter from Robert Ferguson to Flora Muir, Countess of Loudoun, wife of Francis, 2nd Ear...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1809
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1 item

8. Add MS 49093-49102

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. VIII-XVII. Notebooks of George Napier as Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich; 1782-1783. Ten volumes.
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Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1783
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10 items

9. Add MS 49105-49147

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B. PAPERS OF LT.-GEN. SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER 49105-49147. Correspondence and papers of Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B., (b. 1782, d. 1853), the conqueror and Governor of Sind and subsequently Commander-in-Chief, India. Supplemented by Add. MSS. 54510-54564. Both series of papers were widely used for various biographical and historical works, notably by Gen. Sir William Napier, The Conquest of Scinde, 1845; History of . . . Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, 1851; The...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Correspondence and papers: 1801-1853. India: Correspondence, etc., of Sir C. J. Napier, as commander in Sind and Commander-in-Chief, India: 1841-1851.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
[1801-1853]
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45 items

10. Add MS 49109

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Vol. XXIV (ff. 171). 1801-1843 Emily Louisa Augusta Bunbury, née Napier; wife of Sir H E Bunbury, 7th Baronet: Correspondence with her brother, Sir Charles: 1801-1853. includes: f. 9 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet: Letters to Sir C. J. Napier: 1812, 1853.f. 50 El...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1801-1843
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1 item