Gordon Norton Ray letters collection, 1661-1976

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Series III: French Historical Letters and Documents, 1793-1832

Includes French documents and letters from immediately following the French Revolution, 1793-1812, mostly dealing with military and governmental matter, and letters, 1814-1832, written to United States ministers to France. The letters deal with a variety of diplomatic matters.

Gift of Gordon N. Ray, 1974

Cataloged.



Box 7 Revolutionary Documents and Letters, 1793-1812

A group of 27 documents and letters from the period immediately following the Revolution, 1793-1812. Most of the items deal with military and governmental matters. Chief among the correspondents and signers are Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, Jean Jacques Regis Cambacérès, Jean Etienne Championnet and Jean Baptiste Michel Saladin.


Box 7 Letters to American Ministers to France, 1814-1832

A group of 20 letters written to the United States ministers to France, 1814-1832. The four American diplomats are William Harris Crawford, Albert Gallatin, William Cabell Rives, and Nathaniel Niles. Among the important correspondents are Elie Decazes, Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de La Forest, and Armand Emmanuel du Piessis, due de Richelieu. The letters deal with a variety of diplomatic matters such as the exchange of war prisoners and refuge for the ship Decatur.