04345cpcaa2200769 4500 mm 73037960 DLC 20260227111614.0 cr ||||||||||| 740201|||||||||||| eng mm 73037960 ms 74001072 mm 85005393 DLC DLC DLC dacs eng chi por spa N lcmd Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836. Edmund Roberts papers, 1803-1905 (bulk 1832-1836). 1,000 items. 5 containers. 3 microfilm reels. 2 linear feet. Open to research. Official and family correspondence, journals, manuscript drafts of Roberts's book Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat; in the U.S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 (1837), diplomatic documents (1832-1836), legal and financial records, and miscellaneous items consisting chiefly of maps, drawings, and printed matter. Documents Roberts's service as a special agent of the U.S. to negotiate treaties with Siam, Muscat, and Cochin China; the people, customs, languages, religions, and arts that he encountered in South America and Asia; and his difficulties in obtaining remuneration from Congress for expenses incurred during his voyages. Includes photocopies of an 1835 commission signed by Andrew Jackson to negotiate a treaty with Japan. Correspondents include Mahlon Dickerson, Edward Livingston, Eugene A. Vail, and Levi Woodbury. Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 16,069. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1974. Merchant and diplomat. Collection material in English, with Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012093 A portion of the collection previously cataloged separately under Edmund Roberts commission in the Miscellaneous Manuscript collection. Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 Correspondence. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836 Correspondence. Vail, Eugene A. Correspondence. Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 Correspondence. Roberts family Correspondence. United States. Navy Foreign service Pacific Area. Peacock (Sloop of war) Arts Asia. Arts South America. Diplomatic and consular service, American. Asia Description and travel. Asia Languages. Asia Religion. Asia Social life and customs. Japan Foreign relations United States. Muscat (Oman) History. Oman Foreign relations United States. South America Description and travel. South America Languages. South America Religion. South America Social life and customs. Thailand Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations 1829-1847. United States Foreign relations Japan. United States Foreign relations Oman. United States Foreign relations Thailand. United States Foreign relations Vietnam. Vietnam Foreign relations United States. Diplomats. itoamc Merchants. itoamc Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836. Embassy to the eastern courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat; in the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock ... during the years 1832-3-4. 1837. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012093 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012093.3 39260 39260