Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick, Knight, Lieutenant-General, historian, 1785-1860
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Five letters of General Sir William Napier to E B Neill, and one to C Beau.
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Identifier: Acc.8619
Dates:
circa 1854-circa 1857.
Letter of Lieutenant-General Sir William F P Napier to Sir Hew W Dalrymple.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10697
Scope and Contents
Napier thanks Dalrymple for the loan of his letter books.
Dates:
? 1825.
Letter of Sir William Napier to Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10459
Scope and Contents
Concerns Napier`s "History of the Peninsular War".
Dates:
1825.
Letters of William Napier to Whitwell Elwin, including letters written on behalf of Napier by his daughters, Caroline and Emily., 1857-1860.
File
Identifier: MS.42204
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Francis Patrick Napier., 1827-1859.
File
Identifier: MS.40869
Scope and Contents
Letters of William Napier to John Murray II and John Murray III. Letters of William Napier to John Murray II. The letters concern the negotiations over the copyright for, and the preparation and publication of, the first volume of Napier’s “History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814” (1828).The letters are arranged chronologically.1827-1828, 1831: folios 1-30.Letters of William Napier to...
Dates:
1827-1859.
Manuscript, "The History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814", volume one, by William Napier., ? 1826-1928.
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Identifier: MS.42501
Scope and Contents
The manuscript has been annotated, "Copied out by Col. W. Napiers Lady". Included are three maps, in manuscript, of battle plans.
Also included is a letter, 27 December 1901, of J.B. Hughes relating an anecdote about Napier; and a newspaper cutting, "Napier`s `Peninsular War`", from "The Times", 29 March 1928.
Dates:
? 1826-1928.
Two articles on Charles Napier, with an article on William Napier, all by Whitwell Elwin and each extracted from the "Quarterly Review". The pages have been revised by Elwin., ? 1857-? 1864.
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Identifier: MS.42209
Dates:
? 1857-? 1864.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Whitwell Elwin.
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Manuscript, notebooks, proofs and copies of published articles by Whitwell Elwin, and relating to his work as an editor.
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