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1. Add MS 49086-49087

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Add MS 49086-49087
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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Add MS 49118 A-B

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Add MS 49118 A-B
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XXXIII A, B. Two maps of Peshawar and the surrounding country.
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Sketch-map, showing route of Lieut. E. B. Conolly through southern parts of Eusofzye territory: circa 1840. Maps and Plans: Route taken by J. G. Gerard from Lalpore to Peshawar and Husun Abdal: 1833. James Gilbert Gerard, surgeon and explorer: Route from Lalpore to Peshawar and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1835-1845]
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 49120-49131

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Add MS 49120-49131
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XXXV-XLVI. Letter books; 1822-1850. Twelve volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1850
Extent:
12 items

7. Add MS 49133-49134

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Add MS 49133-49134
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XLVIII, XLIX. Two notebooks containing annotated copies by Napier of correspondence with Samuel Laing of Orkney relating to an attempt by Laing to obtain money from him; 1827-1830. The letters, which include letters of Laing to Napier's first wife, Elizabeth, and one from him to Capt. Lewis Robertson, R.A., are preceded (49133, ff. 1-11) by an introductory note by Napier entitled 'An account of the nefarious attempt made by Samuel Laing of Orkney to swindle me out of a l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1830
Extent:
2 items

8. Add MS 49137-49140

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Add MS 49137-49140
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. LII-LV. Journals of Sir Charles Naper; 1810-1847. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Diaries and Memoranda: Journals and note-books of Sir C. J. Napier: 1802-1852: Partly imperf.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1847
Extent:
5 items

9. Add MS 49141-49144

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Add MS 49141-49144
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. LVI-LIX. Notebooks, etc., of Sir Charles Napier; 1808-1852. Autograph. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Diaries and Memoranda: Journals and note-books of Sir C. J. Napier: 1802-1852: Partly imperf.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1852
Extent:
4 items

10. Add MS 49148-49150

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Add MS 49148-49150
Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. LXIII-LXV. Correspondence of Emily and William Napier with her father; 1833-1853, n.d. Preceded (49148, f. 1) by a letter from her step-mother, Elizabeth, bef. end July 1833, and including (49148, ff. 5-7, 10-13b, 19) letters addressed both to Emily and to her sister, Susan Sarah, wife of General William Montagu Scott McMurdo, K.C.B.; 1834-1842. See also Add. MS. 54533. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Correspondence with his daughter, Emily: [1833?]-1853, n.d. General William Craig Emilius Napier, nephew of Sir C J Napier: Correspondence and papers: [1833?]-1902, n.d. Emily Cephalonia Napier, wife of General W C E Napier: Correspondence and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833-1853
Extent:
3 items