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1. Add MS 49086-49172

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Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Papers of Napier family mostly rel. to military affairs: circa 1765-1933, n.d: Partly Fr. and Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
[1742?]-1933
Extent:
89 items

2. Add MS 49148-49167

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Title:
C. PAPERS OF EMILY CEPHALONIA NAPIER AND HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM CRAIG EMILIUS NAPIER 49148-49167. Correspondence and papers of Emily Cephalonia Napier (b. 1827, d. 1908), the younger of the two natural daughters of Sir Charles James Napier, and of her husband, General William Craig Emilius Napier (b. 1818, d. 1903). He was Military Secretary, Bombay (1846-7); A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, India [Sir Charles Napier] (1849-50); Assistant Quartermaster General in the Crimea (Feb.-Aug. 1855)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1832-1906]
Extent:
20 items

3. Add MS 49105-49147

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Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
[1801-1853]
Extent:
45 items

4. Add MS 49086-49104

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Add MS 49086-49104
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier, 6th son of Francis, 6th Baron Napier of Merchistoun: Correspondence and papers: circa 1765-1804, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
before 1781-1817
Extent:
19 items

5. Add MS 49109-49110

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Add MS 49109-49110
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XXIV, XXV. Correspondence, partly imperfect, with his sister, Emily Louisa Augusta, wife of Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Bart; 1801-1853. Included also are two letters of Sir Henry, 1812, 1853 (49109, f. 9; 49110, f. 161), a letter of Elizabeth, wife of Frances James Kelly, afterwards wife of Sir Charles Napier, 26 Feb. 1817 (49109, f. 50), and two letters of Susan Sarah, elder daughter of Sir Charles Napier and wife of Captain William Montagu Scott McMurdo, to Lady Bun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1801-1853
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 49086-49087

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Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1777-Apr 1783
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 49112-49117

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Add MS 49112-49117
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XXVII-XXXII. General corre-spondence of Sir Charles James Napier; 1801-1853, n.d. Many letters are from individuals who have special correspondences in the second series of Sir C. J. Napier Papers. 49112 and 49113 relate mostly to the Ionian Islands and Greece, and 49115 and 49116 mostly to Indian military affairs. Six volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1801-1853
Extent:
6 items

8. Add MS 49093-49102

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Add MS 49093-49102
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. VIII-XVII. Notebooks of George Napier as Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich; 1782-1783. Ten volumes.
Scope & Content:
Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1783
Extent:
10 items

9. Add MS 49162-49163

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Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. LXXVII, LXXVIII. General correspondence of Emily Napier; 1837-1906, n.d.
Scope & Content:
Emily Cephalonia Napier, wife of General W C E Napier: Correspondence and papers: [1833?] - 1906, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1837-1906
Extent:
2 items

10. Add MS 49164-49165

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Add MS 49164-49165
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. LXXIX, LXXX. General correspondence of William Napier; 1842-1902.
Scope & Content:
General William Craig Emilius Napier, nephew of Sir C J Napier: Correspondence and papers: [1833?]-1902, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1842-1902
Extent:
2 items