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- 040-001997469
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- 032-001997468
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000448.0x0002cb
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MACDONELL PAPERS. Vol. I. Early papers; 1732-1879, n.d.
ff. 215. Bound in two volumes, ff. 1-91 and 92-215.
1. ff. 1-10v. Papers rel. to Macdonell estates in Scotland; 1732-1773. Copies, after 1858 (watermark).
2. ff. 11-14. Papers of Lt.-Col. William Johnston (d.1804); 1784, 1804.
3. ff. 15-16v. Papers relating to the estate of Col. Chichester Macdonell; 1811, 1813. Copies, after 1824 (watermark).
4. ff. 17-138v. Correspondence and papers of Hugh Macdonell (circa 1760-circa 1847); 1795-1844, n.d. Partly printed, partly copies and drafts. Partly French, Italian, Spanish. Relating to his private affairs and his positions as Ensign, King's Royal Regiment of New York (1781), Deputy surveyor of Lancaster County (1788), Assistant Adjutant-General of the militia of Upper Canada (1794), Captain, Royal Canadian Volunteers (1795), Assistant Commissary at Gibralter (1805), Pro-Consul (1811) and Agent and Consul-General in Algiers also representing Austria, Naples, Portugal and Denmark (1814-1824). Including (ff. 123-131) the anonymous Brief Statement of Circumstances connected with the treatment of the British ... Consul-General at Algiers at the time of the ... attack ... by ... Admiral Lord Exmouth in 1816 ([1817?]) for which see also R. Playfair, The Scourge of Christendom (1884), and Add. 41512.
5. ff. 139-168. Letters and papers mainly in the hands of Hugh Macdonell and his second wife, rel. to claims to bounty land in Canada; circa 1844-1849, n.d. Drafts and copies.
6. ff. 169-214. Letters and papers of Ida Louisa née Ulrich, second wife (1815) of Hugh Macdonell and (1864) of Alexandre Edmond, Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord; 1843-1879, n.d. Partly drafts and copies. Partly French and Italian. Includes her correspondence with Sir Robert Playfair, 1878-1879.
Macdonell family: Correspondence and papers of Macdonell, family: 1732-1913, n.d: Partly Fr., Ital., Span: Partly copies and drafts.
includes:
- f. 11 General James Murray, Governor of Quebec and Minorca: Lieutenant-Colonel W. Johnstone: Letter to Lt.-Col. W. Johnstone from Gen. James Murray: 1784.
- ff. 15v, 16, 27-29, 41-44 Colonel Chichester Macdonell: Edward Augustus Kent, Duke of; son of George III: Letters to H. Macdonell and Col. C. Macdonell, etc., by and on behalf of the Duke of Kent: 1804-1811: Partly copies.
- ff. 17-168 Hugh Macdonell, Agent and Consul-General in Algiers: George III of England: Correspondence and papers of Hugh Macdonell: 1795-1844, n.d: Partly Fr., Span., Ital: Partly printed. Partly drafts and copies.
- ff. 54-138v passim Algiers, Africa: Papers rel. to events at Algiers: 1811-1844, n.d: Partly drafts and copies. Partly printed.
- ff. 56-63v, 82, 86 Pedro Ortiz de Zugasti, Spanish consul in Algiers: Correspondence between H. Macdonell and Pedro Ortiz de Zugasti: 1812-1820: Ital., Span., Fr: Partly printed. Partly copies.
- f. 71 Ercole Consalvi, Cardinal; Papal Secretary of State: Letter to H. Macdonell from Ercole Consalvi: 1816: Ital: Signed.
- f. 90 Ferdinand III; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Patent of knighthood for H. Macdonell issued by Grand Duke of Tuscany: 1822: Ital: Partly printed. Signed.
- f. 121 Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: Appointment of H. Macdonell as Consul in Algiers by Ferdinand IV: 1815: Ital: Copy.
- f. 121 Tommaso di Somma, Marchese di Circello; Neapolitan foreign minister: Signature of Tommaso di Somma: 1815.
- ff. 139-168 passim Canada: Papers rel. to bounty lands in early 19th cent.: 1844-1849, n.d.: Drafts and copies.
- ff. 139-168 passim Glengary County, Ontario, Canada: Papers rel. to lands in Glengarry County in early 19th cent.: 1844-1849, n.d: Drafts and copies.
- ff. 169-214 passim Ida Louisa de Talleyrand, formerly Macdonell née Ulrich; Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord; wife (1815) of Hugh Macdonell and (1864) of Alexandre Edmond, Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord: Letters and papers of Ida Louisa de Talleyrand: 1843-1879, n.d.: Partly Fr. and Ital: Partly drafts and copies.
- ff. 179-193v Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, author and administrator: Letters, etc., to Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord from Sir Robert Lambert Playfair: 1878-1879.
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- Western Manuscripts
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040-001997469 - Is part of:
- Add MS 64075-64076 : MACDONELL PAPERS
Add MS 64075 : MACDONELL PAPERS. Vol. I. Early papers; 1732-1879, n.d. ff. 215. Bound in two volumes, ff. 1-91 and 92-215. 1. ff. 1-10v. Papers rel.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001997468[0001]/040-001997469
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- Languages:
- English
French
Italian
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1732
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- 1732-1879
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Consalvi, Ercole, Cardinal, Papal Secretary of State
Ferdinando II Carlo, King of the Two Sicilies, 1810-1859
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Johnstone, W, Lieutenant-Colonel
Kent, Edward Augustus, Duke of, son of George III
Lorraine, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, prince-elector, 1769-1824
Macdonell, Chichester, Colonel
Macdonell, Family
Macdonell, Hugh, Agent and Consul-General in Algiers
Murray, James, General Governor of Quebec and Minorca
Ortiz de Zugasti, Pedro, Spanish consul in Algiers
Playfair, Robert Lambert, author and administrator
Somma, Tommaso di, Marchese di Circello, Neapolitan foreign minister
Talleyrand, Ida Louisa de, 1815 formerly Macdonell née Ulrich Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord, wife of Hugh Macdonell and (1864) of Alexandre Edmond Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord - Places:
- Algiers, Algeria
Canada, North America
Glengary County, Canada