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London: Charles Westerton, 1867 Fourth edition. Hardcover book . Original brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind stamped decorations to front, back and spine ends, bound by Westley's of London xii, 437pp. Edited and with a preface (dated 1857) by W.F.P Napier after Sir Charles Napier's death. Charles Napier had been sent to India to command the British forces, and this text is a detailed attack on the way that India was ruled by the East India Company and Lord Dalhousie, with much on the discontent of the sepoys or native troops (which led to the mutiny in 1857). With no illustrations apart from a few tiny diagrams in text near end. Note that various books on the Mutiny and Indian history are available from David Ford Books, listed individually. Good condition overall . The contents are generally very good, with clean pages with browned closed edges and some small rucks/creases to fore-edges. The covers are mostly clean, with a few small marks, but spine cloth is split from spine all…
Read More Autograph Letter Signed, a few days before departing for India as Commander-in-Chief, to “My dear Bradamant”, referring to the number of letters he has to answer, discussing Edmund in India, and Sir Edward Campbell “who is at Mooltan and the Fort is not taken - I fear it will be the toughest job of any I have yet had ...” by NAPIER, General Sir Charles James
by NAPIER, General Sir Charles James
Autograph Letter Signed, a few days before departing for India as Commander-in-Chief, to “My dear Bradamant”, referring to the number of letters he has to answer, discussing Edmund in India, and Sir Edward Campbell “who is at Mooltan and the Fort is not taken - I fear it will be the toughest job of any I have yet had ...”
by NAPIER, General Sir Charles James
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London, 2 March 1849. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition. General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sind (1843-47), Commander in Chief in India (1849-50). His appointment as Commander-in-Chief in India was announced in the House of Commons on 6 March 1849. “... all sorts of people are plaguing me about their children in India thinking I am going there which I am not, but their Quantity of letters will send me to kingdom come.”
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Defects, Civil and Military, of the Indian Government.
by Napier, Sir Charles James (ed. Napier, Lieutenant-General Sir W.F.P.):
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A lengthy Autograph Letter Signed ‘C.J.Napier’, to John Arthur Roebuck M.P., reporting Napier is still in “so much pain & fever”, commenting on Sir William Molesworth’s speech about the Guards, insisting on the jealousy felt by officers of the line about Guards’ privileges, discussing patronage and favouritism, the courage of the Guards, etc
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Bath, 29 March 1836. 3 pp. 9 x 7 inches, in good condition, with the address panel, BATH Penny Post. General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sind (1843-47), Commander in Chief in India (1849-50).
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A lengthy Autograph Letter Signed ‘C.J.Napier’ as Governor of Sind, to Lieutenant Colonel Manson, Commanding Artillery, Bombay, responding robustly to complaints of excessive drill and discipline imposed on Artillery officers at Karachi, defending Major Leeson’s insistence on obedience, discussing particular cases, giving his own high opinion of the Indian Artillery, who are required “to work together and obey without firing chits against orders!”
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Karrachee, 30 September 1846. 10 pp. 9 x 7 inches, legible and in good condition, with the address panel (also signed by Napier), red oval KARRACHEE postmark, G.P.O. receiver. General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sind (1843-47), Commander in Chief in India (1849-50). “There is a great deal of ingenuity used in this world to make mischief and to prevent it I have always found that, 9 times in 10, the shortest cut is the best, so I write to you at once. There is here a ‘dead set’ going on against Major Leeson, perfectly ruinous to Discipline ...”
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