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Folios 41A-41B. Letter from Mrs Christian Napier of Edinburgh, wife of Captain the...

Catalogue reference: HO 42/24/18

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This record is about the Folios 41A-41B. Letter from Mrs Christian Napier of Edinburgh, wife of Captain the... dating from 1793 Jan 5 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 42/24/18
Date
1793 Jan 5
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Folios 41A-41B. Letter from Mrs Christian Napier of Edinburgh, wife of Captain the honourable Charles Napier, pleading with the home secretary to persuade the earl of Chatham [First Lord of the Admiralty] to grant Napier his flag and not to decry the importance of the impress service, as the disgrace of being denied promotion would kill him or send him mad.

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