HAM/1/20/74
Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Shaftsbury 28th. Janry. 1783
My Dear Sister,
Good manners makes it
neceʃsary for me to thank You for the
Early intelligence you sent me of
Peace -- What may perhaps save this
Country makes me lose £1500. Being
the Youngest Captain in the 35th: Regt-
I shall be reduced from full to half
Pay, and as a Pensioner of the Crown I
cannot receive any Half Pay, being obliged
(should I demand it) to swear that I de=
=rive no other emolument whatsoever
from Government. You already know
that having borrowed the Money for the
purchase of my Company, I am obliged
to pay £75 prAnn. Interest for it, which
reduces my Income together with the
loʃs of my Pay reduces my Income from
£476 prAn. to £201 -- The Cottage scheme
must take place in Earnest. General
Conway has taken no further notice of
me. Adieu. Your sincere friend and
Affectionate Brother
N——
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Normalised Text
Shaftsbury 28th. January 1783
My Dear Sister,
Good manners makes it
necessary for me to thank You for the
Early intelligence you sent me of
Peace -- What may perhaps save this
Country makes me lose £1500. Being
the Youngest Captain in the 35th: Regiment
I shall be reduced from full to half
Pay, and as a Pensioner of the Crown I
cannot receive any Half Pay, being obliged
(should I demand it) to swear that I derive
no other emolument whatsoever
from Government. You already know
that having borrowed the Money for the
purchase of my Company, I am obliged
to pay £75 per Annum Interest for it, which
together with the
loss of my Pay reduces my Income from
£476 per Annum to £201 -- The Cottage scheme
must take place in Earnest. General
Conway has taken no further notice of
me. Adieu. Your sincere friend and
Affectionate Brother
Napier
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/74
Correspondence Details
Sender: Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord
Place sent: Shaftesbury
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 28 January 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton. he thanks her
for her early intelligence of peace and writes that whilst this may serve
the Country it will mean the loss of £1500 for him. As the youngest
captain in the 35th Regiment his pay will be reduced from full to half and
as a Pensioner of the Crown he ‘cannot receive any Half Pay, being obliged
[...] to swear that [...] [he] derive[s] no other enrolments from
Government’. Napier has already borrowed the money for his position in his
command and he is still to pay this back. The interest from this and the
loss of his pay reduces his income from £476 to £201.
Dated at Shaftesbury.
Length: 1 sheet, 150 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' (Hannah Barker, Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, Tino Oudesluijs, Cassandra Ulph, Christine Wallis & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2019-2023).
All quotation marks are retained in the text and are represented by appropriate Unicode characters. Words split across two lines may have a hyphen on the first, the second or both fragments (reco-|ver, imperfect|-ly, satisfacti-|-on); or a double hyphen (pur=|port, dan|=ger, qua=|=litys); or none (respect|ing). Any point in abbreviations with superscripted letter(s) is placed last, regardless of relative left-right orientation in the original. Thus, Mrs. or Mrs may occur, but M.rs or Mr.s do not.
Acknowledgements: Transcription and XML version created as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1.
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 23 September 2021)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 3 December 2021