Edmond Charles Genet papers, 1734-1895 (bulk 1789-1793).
- 35,000 items. 53 1 containers plus oversize. 41 microfilm reels. 21.2 linear feet.
- Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: General Correspondence I, 1756-1895; Series 2: General Correspondence II, 1761-1821; Series 3: Copies of Letters, 1740-1823; Series 4: Diplomatic Despatches, 1740-1792; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1734-1824; Series 6: News File, 1764-1787; Series 7: Newspaper File, 1776; Series 8: Expense File, 1792-1794; Series 9: Miscellany, 1792; and Series 10: Oversize, 1792.
Open to research.
Correspondence; diplomatic despatches; speeches; writings; scientific papers; notes relating to England and America; legation accounts; newspaper extracts; printed matter; and other papers. Subjects include Genet's diplomatic service in England, Russia, and the U.S.; political theory; scientific research; and Clinton and Osgood families. Includes a memoir prepared by his son, Geo. Clinton Genet, and other descendants; and correspondence and despatches received by Genet's father, Edme Jacques Genet, while chief of the interpreter's bureau at Versailles, particularly a series of letters from Ralph Izard (1778-1779). Other correspondents include George Rogers Clark; DeWitt Clinton; George Clinton; Francis Dana; André Michaux; James Monroe; Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, prince de Montbarey; Jean-Louis-Paul-François, duc de Noailles; Antoine de Sartine, comte d'Alby; and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes.
Broadsides Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. transferred to Newspapers Library of Congress Serial & Government Publications Division. transferred to
French diplomat. First minister of the French Republic to the United States (1792-1793). Later a resident of New York.
Collection material in French and English, with German.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010166.
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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 --Correspondence. Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 --Correspondence. Clinton, George, 1739-1812 --Correspondence. Dana, Francis, 1743-1811 --Correspondence. Genet, Edme Jacques, -1781 --Correspondence. Genet, Geo. Clinton Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804 --Correspondence. Michaux, André, 1746-1802 --Correspondence. Monroe, James, 1758-1831 --Correspondence. Montbarey, Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, prince de, 1732-1796 --Correspondence. Noailles, Jean-Louis-Paul-François, duc de, 1739-1824 --Correspondence. Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801 --Correspondence. Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787 --Correspondence. Clinton family. Genet family. Osgood family.
Diplomatic and consular service, French--England. Diplomatic and consular service, French--Russia. Diplomatic and consular service, French--United States. Political science. Science.
England--Foreign relations--France. France--Foreign relations--England. France--Foreign relations--Russia. France--Foreign relations--United States. Russia--Foreign relations--France. United States--Foreign relations--France.