DUNDEE, PERTH AND CUPAR ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 1847
TESTIMONIAL TO ROBERT NAPIER ESQUIRE
Last week we had the gratification of inspecting, in the shop of Mr Muirhead, Buchanan Street, a silver salver which has been presented to Robert Napier, Esquire, by the Dublin and Cork Steam Packet Company.
The salver, which is massive and beautifully chased, weighs 224 ounces, costing considerably upwards of 200L [ie pounds], bears the following inscription:
“Presented by the Dublin, Glasgow, and Cork Steam Packet Company, to Robert Napier, Esquire of Shandon, to commemorate the building of their splendid iron steam-ship Viceroy, and as a memorial of the masterly skill and untiring energy by which he was enabled to complete that noble vessel pf 700 tons burthen and 450 horse power, in the brief period of seven months, 1846. Joseph Bryce, chairman; Thomas Richardson, William Fry, Alexander Parker, Joseph Couper, Directors of the Company.”
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