Edmond Charles Genet papers, 1734-1895 (bulk 1789-1793).

By: Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: French, English, German Description: 35,000 items; 53 containers plus 1 oversize; 41 microfilm reels; 21.2 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Microfilm edition available, no. 14,286.
Summary: 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).Summary: 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.
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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.

Microfilm edition available, no. 14,286.

Broadsides transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Newspapers transferred to Library of Congress Serial & Government Publications Division.

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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