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Record Id:

036-003354184

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003354182

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100037434910.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 89143/2

Title:

Diplomatic Matters

Scope & Content:

Papers relating to diplomatic affairs, including papers relating to Canning's tenure as British Ambassador to Portugal (1814-1816), and President of the Board of Control (1816-1821).

Includes: series of registers of diplomatic dispatches, from the two period of Canning's tenure as Foreign Secretary, 1807-1809 and 1822-1827, and while Ambassador to Portugal, 1814-1815; correspondence, including correspondence with diplomats, consular correspondence, dispatches, and private letters received; large sequence of diplomatic papers arranged geographically by Country, including material relating to Spain and Portugal and their Spanish-American interests such as Mexico and Brazil; correspondence with Directors and officials of the East India Company; correspondence with and concerning the Comte d'Antraigues; papers relating to secret intelligence matters.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003354182
036-003354184

Is part of:

Add MS 89143 : George Canning Papers

Add MS 89143/2 : Diplomatic Matters

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003354182[0002]/036-003354184

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

60 boxes, including 2 oversize & 173 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1785

End Date:

1827

Date Range:

1785-1827

Era:

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Arrangement:

The papers are arranged into the following sub-series:

Add MS 89143/2/1: Registers of Dispatches to and from British Diplomats, 1807-1809

Add MS 89143/2/2: Registers of Correspondence with Spanish Envoys and Deputies

Add MS 89143/2/3: Registers of Dispatches and Correspondence to and from Canning as Ambassador to Lisbon

Add MS 89143/2/4: Registers of Dispatches to and from British Diplomats, 1822-1826

Add MS 89143/2/5: Correspondence with British Diplomats

Add MS 89143/2/6: Draft Dispatches

Add MS 89143/2/7: Correspondence with Foreign Office Officials and Papers Relating to the Diplomatic and Consular Establishment

Add MS 89143/2/8: Correspondent by Country: America

Add MS 89143/2/9: Correspondent by Country: Austria

Add MS 89143/2/10: Correspondent by Country: Belgium

Add MS 89143/2/11: Correspondent by Country: Denmark and the Baltic

Add MS 89143/2/12: Correspondent by Country: France

Add MS 89143/2/13: Correspondent by Country: Greece

Add MS 89143/2/14: Correspondent by Country: India

Add MS 89143/2/15: Correspondent by Country: Netherlands

Add MS 89143/2/16: Correspondent by Country: Ottoman Empire

Add MS 89143/2/17: Correspondent by Country: Persia

Add MS 89143/2/18: Correspondent by Country: Portugal (and Brazil)

Add MS 89143/2/19: Correspondent by Country: Prussia, Hanover and [Germany]

Add MS 89143/2/20: Correspondent by Country: Russia

Add MS 89143/2/21: Correspondent by Country: Sardinia and Sicily

Add MS 89143/2/22: Correspondent by Country: South America

Add MS 89143/2/23: Correspondent by Country: Spain and Spanish America

Add MS 89143/2/24: Correspondent by Country: Sweden

Add MS 89143/2/25: Correspondence with Minor Foreign Officials and Dignitaries

Add MS 89143/2/26: East India Company

Add MS 89143/2/27: Le Comte d’Antraigues

Add MS 89143/2/28: Private Letters Received

Add MS 89143/2/29: Miscellaneous Diplomatic Papers and Papers on Foreign Affairs

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)