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Record Id:

032-002033181

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002033181

MDARK:

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Add MS 64796

Title:

SIR FRANCIS OTTIWELL ADAMS: letterbook of Sir Francis Ottiwell Adams (b.1826, d.1889), as Minister ad interim in Paris, in the absence of the Ambassador, Lord Lyons; March-Sept. 1878, May 1880, July-October 1880, April 1881, July-Sept. 1881. Mostly drafts and copies. Partly printed. Partly French. The letterbook contains Adams's secret and private correspondence, principally with successive Foreign Secretaries, on issues such as the Conference of Berlin, Balkan frontiers, French influence in Tunisia and commercial questions. Adams annotated some of the letters in red ink after 1882. The letterbook was sold with other material by or collected by Adams at Phillips's sale, 7 June 1984, lot 655. Purchased from Burgess Browning, Sales List April 1987, item 53.

Paper; ff. 253. Contemporary binding in black boards, leather spine stamped FOA. 350 x 235mm.

Scope & Content:

Tunisia, North Africa: Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence between F. O. Adams and Lord Granville, partly rel. to Tunisia: 1880-1881: Drafts and copies.

Victoria of England: Letterbook of F. O. Adams, as Minister ad interim in Paris: 1878-1881: Partly Fr: Drafts and copies. Partly printed.

Sir Francis Ottiwell Adams, KCMG; diplomatist: France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. Third Republic: Letterbook of F. O. Adams as minister ad interim in Paris: 1878-1881: Partly Fr.: Mostly drafts and copies. Partly printed.

includes:

f. 1 Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Letter from F. O. Adams to Lord Derby: 1878: Draft.
f. 11 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons; Viscount Lyons 1887: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Salisbury from Baron Lyons: 1878: Copy.
ff. 13-16v Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Prime Minister: Correspondence with F. O. Adams: 1878: Draft and copy.
ff. 17-34v, 115, 118-142, 148, 167 Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden of Hendon: Letters and diplomatic memoranda of Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott: 1880-1881: Partly Fr: Copies and printed.
f. 143 Maps and Plans: Mediterranean Sea: Map of countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea: 1881: Printed.
f. 206 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons; Viscount Lyons 1887: Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Letter to Lord Lyons from Lord Granville: 1881: Copy.
ff. 214, 224, 241-243v, 246, 249-250 Sir Charles Malcolm Kennedy, KCMG: Correspondence with F. O. Adams: 1879-1881: Copies. Partly extracts.
ff. 223-224, 227, 230-238v, 247, 251 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet; PC; MP: Correspondence with F. O. Adams: 1881: Drafts and copies.
ff. 225, 229, 240, 244-245v, 253 Sir Henry Austin Lee, KCMG: Correspondence with F. O. Adams: 1881: Copies.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002033181

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Hierarchy:

032-002033181

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1878

End Date:

1881

Date Range:

1878-1881

Era:

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Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Abbott, Charles Stuart Aubrey, 3rd Baron Tenterden of Hendon
Adams, Francis Ottiwell, Knight, diplomatist, 1825-1889
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, statesman, 1830-1903
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet, writer and politician, 1843-1911
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Kennedy, Charles Malcolm, KCMG
Lee, Henry Austin, KCMG
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, 2nd Baron Lyons, Viscount Lyons 1887
Stanley, Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby, politician and statesman, 1826-1893
Third Republic of France
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562

Places:

Mediterranean Sea, Europe
Tunisia, Africa