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040-002091698

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Vol. IX (ff. 293). Sept.- Dec. 1854.

Baltic Sea: Papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier rel. to defences, etc., of, and naval expedition to: 1853-1856.

Crimean War: Papers rel. to Baltic expedition during: 1854-1856.

includes:

ff. 1, 8, 21, 60, 62, 78, 80, 82, 90 Admiral Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Desch nes, of the French navy: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Fr.: Mostly signed.
ff. 2, 6, 12 Comte Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers,; French Marshal: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Fr.
f. 4 Adolphe Niel, French general: Letter to Gen. A. Baraguey d'Hilliers: 1854.: Fr.
ff. 4, 138 Fortification: Reports, etc., on fortifications in the Baltic: 1835-1854.
ff. 4, 139 Sveaborg, Finland: Memoranda and observations on defences of, and proposed attack on: 1854-1856.
ff. 10, 73, 125, 127 Lieutenant-General Platon Rokassovsky: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 13-291 passim Captain William Alexander Baillie- Hamilton, Secretary to the Admiralty: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1845-1855.: Mostly signed.
f. 16 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1833-1859.
ff. 17-292 passim Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge GCB: Correspondence with Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1840-1854.
ff. 22, 155 D- Bethune: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
ff. 25, 27, 28 Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, GCB: Letters and reports to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1848-1854.: Mostly copies or signed.
ff. 32, 181 Rear-Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge, KCB: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
ff. 38, 51, 52, 66, 187 Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin, KCB: 1855. Letter and reports to Adm. Sir C. Napier, with copies of orders by: 1854 Mostly signed.
ff. 39 (copy), 94 (signed) Commander Henry Charles Otter, RN: Reports to Rear-Adms. J. H. Plumridge and H. B. Martin: 1854.
ff. 41, 118, 148, 205, 225 Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet; of Netherby; statesman: Correspondence with Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1827-1854.
f. 58 Admiral Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Desch nes, of the French navy: Naval opinion: 1854.: Signed.
f. 58 Charles Pénaud, French Vice-Admiral: Naval opinion: 1854.: Signed.
ff. 58, 92 Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, GCB: Naval opinions: 1854.: Signed.
ff. 58, 92 Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, Captain of the Baltic Fleet; GCB 1859: Naval opinions: 1854.: Signed.
ff. 64, 114, 117, 253, 275 Sir Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, GCB; colonial governor: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
ff. 68, 108 (signed), 131 A - von Wendt, Russian General: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Fr.
ff. 70, 75 Lieutenant-General Sir Harry David Jones, GCB; Governor, RMC, Sandhurst: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
f. 92 Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin, KCB: Naval opinion: 1854.: Signed.
ff. 100, 112 Rear-Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge, KCB: Reports to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Signed.
f. 106 Edward Law, 2nd Baron and (1844) 1st Earl of Ellenborough: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1846-1855.
f.110 Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet; diplomatist: Letter to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
f. 124 Captain Auguste Coupvent-Desbols, of the French Navy: Letter to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.: Fr.
ff. 130 b, 147, 176 Admiral Sir Peter Richards, KCB; Lord of the Admiralty: Admiralty instructions signed by: 1854.
f. 138 Revel al. Reval, Esthonia: Suggestions rel. to proposed attack on, etc.: 1854.
f. 214 Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet 1876 KCB; Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty: Correspondence with Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1847-1854.
f. 235 Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, Captain of the Baltic Fleet; GCB 1859: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
ff. 269, 277 Captain Rundle Burges Watson, RN: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1854.
f. 283 b Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, KCB: Admiralty instructions, etc., signed by: 1854.
f. 283 b William Francis Cowper, Baron Mount-Temple; afterwards Cowper-Temple: Admiralty instructions signed by: 1849, 1854.

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036-002091689
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Add MS 40018-40055 : NAPIER PAPERS: private and official correspondence and papers of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. (b. 1786, d. 1860).…
Add MS 40018-40027 : NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. I-X. General Correspondence of Adm. Sir C. Napier, etc. ; 1796-1904. The names of the writers are given…

Add MS 40026 : Vol. IX (ff. 293). Sept.- Dec. 1854. Baltic Sea: Papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier rel. to defences, etc., of, and naval expedition…

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French

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1854

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1854

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Sep 1854-Dec 1854

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Names:

Berkeley, Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge, Admiral GCB, 1st Baron FitzHardinge
Bethune, D-
Buchanan, Andrew, 1st Baronet, diplomat, 1807-1882
Chads, Henry Ducie, Admiral GCB
Coupvent-Desbols, Auguste, Captain; of the French Navy
Cowper, William Francis, afterwards Cowper-Temple Baron Mount-Temple
Deschenes, Alexandre Ferdinand, naval officer, 1790-1860
Dundas, Richard Saunders, Knight, naval officer, 1802-1861
Graham, James Robert George, 2nd Baronet, of Netherby, politician, 1792-1861
Hamilton, William Alexander Baillie-, Captain; Secretary to the Admiralty
Jones, Harry David, Lieutenant-General GCB, Governor RMC Sandhurst
Law, Edward, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, politician and Governor-General of India, 1790-1871,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/15142030
Loftus, Augustus William Frederick Spencer, GCB, colonial governor
Martin, Henry Byam, Rear-Admiral; KCB
Milne, Alexander, 1st Baronet 1876, Admiral; KCB; Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
Niel, Adolphe, French general
Otter, Henry Charles, Commander; RN
Plumridge, James Hanway, Rear-Admiral KCB
Pénaud, Charles, French Vice-Admiral
Richards, Peter, Admiral KCB, Lord of the Admiralty
Rokassovsky, Platon, Lieutenant-General
Seymour, Michael, Rear-Admiral; Captain of the Baltic Fleet; GCB 1859
Temple, Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister, 1784-1865
Watson, Rundle Burges, Captain RN
Wendt, A -, Russian General
d'Hilliers, Louis-Achille Baraguey, 1st Comte, politician and a Marshal of France, 1795-1878

Places:

Baltic Sea, Europe
Revel al. Reval, Esthonia
Sveaborg, Finland