Middleton and Napier
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | George Finlay Papers |
| Reference No. | FIN/GF/E/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 20 X 25 cm |
| Dates | 1824-1861 |
| Donor/Creator |
Finlay, George |
| Scope and Content | Yellow-brown mottle board, bound, calf spine, 'Middleton and Napier' pasted on spine, paginated, handwritten with printed newspaper-cuttings pasted up but not bound in. George Finlay's note on front flyleaf. 'These letters were given me by Mr. George Brown of London, a friend of Lord Cochrane, in 1826. The memorandum of a plan of campaign in the Peloponnesus was written for me by Colonel Charles Napier, C.B. in the quarantine at Ancona the same year.' Two letters from R. D. Middleton, Master of the Maria: (1) Account of the Egyptian Expedition against the Morea to 26 September 1824, written from Bodrum, 26 September 1824, to Joseph Lachlan, pp. 1-60. (2) Egyptian Expedition till 25 November 1824, written from Marmarice 25 November 1824 to Joseph Lachlan, pp. 1-14. (3) 'On Monembasia as the base of military operations Colonel Napier.' Memorandum, pp. 1-6+map of Peloponnesus and position of troops, pp. 7-8. [Printed in George Finlay, History of the Greek Revolution, vol. 11, pp. 390-2, London, 1861.] (4) Cutting of printed review of Life . . . of General Sir Charles James Napier by W. Napier, from The Times 8 April and 10 April 1857. |