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Add MS 65145
- Record Id:
- 040-001990118
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001990117
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000336.0x000294
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- Add MS 65145
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FORTH PAPERS. Vol. I. Diary of N. P. Forth; Oct. 1777-Nov. 1778. Containing accounts of his transactions as special envoy with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, and his nephew Lord Stormont and with the French minister, the Comte de Maurepas, concerning, among other things, French participation in the War of American Independence and the suppression of a libel against Marie Antoinette. The entries, recorded in two small notebooks (Oct. 1777-Feb. 1778; March-Nov. 1778), are sometimes in the form of verbatim conversations. For transcripts which include identifications of the names in cipher, etc., see Add. 65152, ff. 1-99 below.
ff. 37. The dark red suede cover of the first notebook survives. 177 x 115mm.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield: Louis XVI of France: George III of England: Diary of N. P. Forth as special envoy to France, with references to Lord Mansfield: 1777-1778.
Diaries and Memoranda: Diaries of N. P. Forth: 1777-1809: Partly copies.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001990117
040-001990118 - Is part of:
- Add MS 65145-65152 : FORTH PAPERS. Diaries, correspondence and papers of and relating to Nathaniel Parker Forth (b.1744, d.1809),…
Add MS 65145 : FORTH PAPERS. Vol. I. Diary of N. P. Forth; Oct. 1777-Nov. 1778. Containing accounts of his transactions as special envoy with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001990117[0001]/040-001990118
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 65145-65152
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- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1777
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- Oct 1777-Nov 1778
- Era:
- CE
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- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Louis XVI, of France
Murray, William, 1st Earl of Mansfield