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1. Add MS 49086

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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
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
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...
Collection Area:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
[1742?]-1933
Extent:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1782-Apr 1783
Extent:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1794-1804
Extent:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1809
Extent:
1 item

8. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1781-1817
Extent:
1 item

9. 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

10. 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