Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
"Correspondence"
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FD10
Abstract:
Autograph MS.
Collection of autograph drafts of letters to various recipients, including a few letter to Banks from various correspondents, concerning scientific matters, the Royal Society, etc.; includes portrait engraving.
Dates:
1785-1809
Danby papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 6
Abstract:
The papers document aspects of Danby's political career, particularly his investigation of the Popish Plot and his impeachment in 1678. They include correspondence with Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland on the negotiation for the Treaty of Nijmegen; letters from several members of the House of Lords on affairs of state; extracts from the correspondence of Edward Coleman and from informants' testimonies; letters and documents relating to Danby's impeachment and imprisonment, including copies...
Dates:
1661-1748, bulk 1661-1684
[Engravings].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FD49
Abstract:
Collection of satirical engravings by Robert Dighton, James Gillray, James Sayers, and C. Williams. The prints are primarily devoted to political satire; and the subjects include John Bull; taxes; French sympathies in Great Britain; George III's reaction to the Catholic Bill; the Broad-Bottomites in the Cabinet; and the public orator William Crowe. Titles include "A noble Lord, on an approaching peace, too busy to attend to the expenditure of a million of the public money"; "Doublures of...
Dates:
1787-1810
Ellen Fenton Diaries of Travels to Boulogne-sur-Mer
Collection
Call Number: MSS 28
Abstract:
The collection comprises illustrated manuscript diaries of Ellen Fenton of Haven Green House, Ealing, which chronicle her summer family vacations to Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1854-1862, in nine volumes.
Dates:
1854-1862
François-Gaston, duc de Lévis papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1135
Scope and Contents:
Circa 500 manuscript and printed documents relating to military and political events in France, 1740s-1780s, and the military career of François-Gaston, duc de Lévis, including correspondence, diaries, maps, drawings, and other military and legal documents. Papers relate to Lévis's defense of Provence during the War of the Austrian Succession, 1748, and the ambassadorship of his cousin, Gaston Charles Pierre de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix, in London, 1749-1753; Lévis's participation in the...
Dates:
1741-1780, bulk 1748-1773