TY  - GEN
AU  - Roberts,Edmund
AU  - Roberts,Edmund, in the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock ... during the years 1832-3-4.
TI  - Edmund Roberts papers,
KW  - Dickerson, Mahlon,
KW  - Jackson, Andrew,
KW  - Livingston, Edward,
KW  - Vail, Eugene A.
KW  - Woodbury, Levi,
KW  - Roberts family
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Foreign service
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Peacock (Sloop of war)
KW  - Arts
KW  - Asia
KW  - South America
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Languages
KW  - Religion
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Japan
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Muscat (Oman)
KW  - History
KW  - Oman
KW  - Thailand
KW  - 1829-1847
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Merchants
N1  - Open to research; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012093
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012093.3
ER  -