Edmond Charles Genet papers, 1734-1895 (bulk 1789-1793).
Material type:
Mixed materialsLanguage: French, English, German Description: 35,000 items; 53 containers plus 1 oversize; 41 microfilm reels; 21.2 linear feetSubject(s): - 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 (George 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
- Authors
- Diplomats
- Microfilm edition available, no. 14,286.
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.
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
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