I have compiled a set of notes for Napoleon on St Helena. This list comprises historical figures, subjects and events that I found useful in developing my understanding of The Atlantic World of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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There are currently 2 names in this directory beginning with the letter S.
Skinner
John Stuart. 1788-1851. Skinner trained as a lawyer and went into practice in Annapolis. In 1812 he married Elizabeth Davies and in 1813 moved his offices to Baltimore where he was ordered by President Madison to be responsible for the repatriation of prisoners. As prisoner exchange officer he negotiated the release of Dr. William Beanes who had been wrongly arrested by British forces on the Chesapeake. He witnessed the British attack on Fort McHenry from General Robert Ross’s flagship HMS Tonnant and, on the following morning witnessed the American flag still flying over the fort with his friend . Francis Scott Key who wrote the verses of American national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. After the war, whilst continuing to lead his legal practice and working as Postmaster of Baltimore, Skinner published a series of farming magazines, the first of their kind in America.
Sterling
On the occasion of the British Army’s invasion of La Plata in 1806: Baird received £23,000, current value £1,918,430.
Popham and Beresford received £12,000 each, current value £1,000,920
Private soldiers received £18 each, current value £1,494
£100 in 1806=£8,341
(ONS: officialdata.org/1806-GBP-in-2017)
