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1782 April 15-1797 March 24

Manuscripts

1782 April 15-1797 March 24

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1782-1830.
Call number: mssRK
Creator: King, Rufus (1755-1827)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith Book Company, 1927.

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Adams, John Quincy, (1767-1848,)

Gerry, Elbridge, (1744-1814.)

Madison, James, (1751-1836.)

Monroe, James, (1758-1831.)

Mountflorence, James C. (1760-1803.)

Murray, Willam Vans, (1745-1829.)

Pickering, Timothy, (1746-1825.)

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, (1758-1812.)

Smith, William Loughton, (1754-1838.)

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,

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United States.

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