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History of John of Bourbon

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Description: Notes on diplomatic negotiations between England, Castile, and France in the late 14th century.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1790.
Call number: mssHM 15498
Creator: Bourbon, Jean de, Comte de la Marche, de Vendome, et de Castres(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown, [date of acquisition not identified]. Formerly laid in HM 12077 (v.2): Gardines, Marguerite... Countess of Blessington. Night book... 1834.
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John Adams, Auteuil, France, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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Letter regarding the state of current negotiations in Paris; money furnished to the U.S. by France and Holland; the foreign and domestic debt of the U.S. and the country's credit abroad; relations with England and Spain; and the need for ministers and ambassadors in Europe, which Adams considers a necessary expense.

mssHM 22793

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[Twenty-six miniatures, taken from mss. of the 14th-17th centuries

Rare Books

A rare series of eighteenth-century French copies of 26 of miniatures in the collection of the Duc de La Vallière. Intended to accompany Rive's "Essai sur l'art de vérifier l'age des miniatures..." which was never published. The series consists of hand-colored engravings on paper and mounted. The original images include 1 from the 14th century, 20 from the 14th, 4 from the 16th and 1 from the 17th century. Subjects represented include St. John, the Evangelist (14th century); the Taking of Jerusalem by King Antiochus, the Adoration of the Magi, five paintings of the "Fortresse de la Foy," the Entombment, Christ teaching his Apostles, a Burial Service (15th century); the Crowning of a Pope, Death riding in a Chariot, the Death of the Virgin (16th century) and St. Nicholas (17th century).

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1799 November 7-1800 November 25

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This collection contains originals and contemporary copies of correspondence of American statesman and diplomat Rufus King, dating from 1782 until 1830, related to United States Department of State communications including negotiations with Great Britain; intelligence bearing on the tension between the United States and France; financial transactions with English and Dutch banking houses; and confidential letters written by American diplomatic representatives. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Elbridge Gerry, James C. Mountflorence, William Vans Murray, Timothy Pickering, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, William Loughton Smith, Charles Talleyrand, and others.

mssRK

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1798 July 1-1798 September 22

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mssRK

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1782 April 15-1797 March 24

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mssRK

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1798 September 25-1799 May 9

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