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Record Id:

036-002015764

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002015738

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Add MS 49105-49147

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 Life and Opinions of General Sir C. J. Napier, 1857; W. N. Bruce, Life of General Sir C. Napier, 1885; T. Rice Holmes, Sir Charles Napier, 1925, and Four Famous Soldiers, 1889, the latter including a biography of Sir William Napier as well; S. L. Gwynn, A Brotherhood of Heroes, being memorials of Charles, George and William Napier, etc., 1910; and Rosamund Lawrence, Charles Napier, Friend and Fighter, 1952.

Forty-three volumes.

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

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002015738
036-002015764

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Add MS 49086-49172 : Napier Papers. Correspondence and papers of members of the Napier family; [1742?]-1933. Notes and endorsements by Richard…

Add MS 49105-49147 : B. PAPERS OF LT.-GEN. SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER 49105-49147. Correspondence and papers of Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles James…

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Hierarchy:

032-002015738[0002]/036-002015764

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

45 items

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Languages:

English
French
Greek, Modern
Italian
Persian

Scripts:

Greek
Latin
Undetermined

Start Date:

1801

End Date:

1853

Date Range:

[1801-1853]

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Napier, Charles James, Lieutenant-General GCB

Places:

India, Asia