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- Creator
- Great Britain. Foreign Office
- Call number
- MssCol 1218
- Physical description
- .19 linear feet (2 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
- Precis books of dispatches sent from America, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Precis books (2 vols.) of dispatches sent from America by Francis J. Jackson, John P. Morier, and Augustus J. Foster, addressed to George Canning, Earl Bathurst, and Marquis Wellesley. The dispatches, dated November 14, 1809 through December 21, 1811, refer to American politics; Congress; foreign relations; conferences with the President, Robert Smith, and James Monroe; war preparations; methods suggested by England for carrying on war; and other topics
Key terms
Names
- Great Britain. Foreign Office
- Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834 (recipient)
- Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834 (recipient)
- Canning, George, 1770-1827 (recipient)
- Canning, George, 1770-1827 (recipient)
- Foster, Augustus John, Sir, 1780-1848
- Jackson, Francis James, 1770-1814
- Madison, James, 1751-1836
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831
- Morier, John Philip, 1776-1853
- Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
- Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842 (recipient)
- Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842 (recipient)
- United States. Congress
- United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison)
Subjects
Places
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1809-1817
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328