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   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2021-11-22)<\/div><\/div>"
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   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton. The letter relates to Napier's eldest son William [9th Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786-1834), naval officer and trade envoy]. He writes of his son's desire to go to sea. Napier wondered at his choice but consented and wrote to Sir John Warren to place him on his ship the following spring. Napier writes that 10 days ago Mr Dundas made Napier a voluntary offer of sending his son to India \u2018with the view of putting him in the way of repairing the worn out Fortune of our Family\u2019. He has written to William asking him if he has definitely determined on the navy. He will leave the decision to him. \u2018My wish is, to be the friend of my Children, not their dread\u2019, and he will not force them into a profession they are not inclined to.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Napier also writes that his coming to London in Spring was entirely due to the subject of the \u2018Union with the Ireland [Act]\u2019. He has also voted for a measure known as the \u2018adultery bill\u2019. Napier assumes Hamilton's sentiments on the subject will be in opposition to his.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at St Albans Street.<\/p>"
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