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1. 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

2. 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
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1794-1804
Extent:
1 item

3. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1809
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 49090

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 207). General correspondence of George and Sarah Napier; bef. 1781-1817, n.d. Preceded (ff. 1-4b) by a copy of 'An Ode to Lord John Cavendish upon leaving Chatsworth. By D[avid] G[arrick]', 1763, first published in the European Magazine, xi, 1787, p. 45. The 'Ode' is i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1781-1817
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 49091

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 40). Notebook containing a classified 'List of Papers [dated 1795-1801] Official and Private' (f. 2), in the hand of George Napier, circa 1801, with additions, chronologically arranged, 7 Jan. 1802-24 Dec. 1803. Very many of the letters and papers listed are not in th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1806
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49092

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. iii+46). 'Journal [of George Napier] begun at Musselburgh March 15 [and ending on 29 Aug.] 1779', noted by Napier on the cover (f. i) as being 'A No 1'. The journal proper is preceded (f. 1b) by rules for computing latitude north of the Equator and (f. 2) by lists of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1779
Extent:
1 item

7. 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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1783
Extent:
10 items

8. Add MS 49103

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. i+32). Notebook of George Napier as Deputy Quartermaster-General, containing 'Review of a Battalion with the 18 Manoeuvres abridged from Genl Dundas 1795', i.e. from General Sir David Dundas, Principles of Military Movements, 2nd ed., 1795. General Sir David Dunda...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1795
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1 item

9. Add MS 49104

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XIX (ff. i+41). Notebook of George Napier as Comptroller of Army Accounts, Ireland, containing memoranda, mostly dated, of matters to be attended to, copies of letters, etc.; 1 Mar. 1799-2 Nov. 1802. Brown calf binding. Ireland: Correspondence, etc., of G. Napier as Comptr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1799-2 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 item