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Lavington papers: Stuart negotiations, 1771-1799

Title: Lavington papers: Stuart negotiations 1771-1799

The papers include correspondence and copies of legal documents relating to Lavington's secret commission to negotiate with the daughter of the Young Pretender for the return of the jewel of the Order of the Garter, which Charles I had given to Bishop Juxon and which had descended to the Young Pretender.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.21'

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.laving View

Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785. Estate papers, 1770-1789.

Title: Estate papers, 1770-1789.

This collection consists of papers pertaining to the estate of James Edward Oglethorpe. The estate papers include copies of Oglethorpe's will, in which he bequeathed all his property to his wife, Elizabeth Wright Oglethorpe ( - ). With the exception of one other paper--a letter--all of the papers in this collection are written in French. They concern the complex issue of the legality of Oglethorpe's possession of American property and the lawful distribution of that property. Because Oglethorpe had no children (to whom the property would normally pass), the estate was to go from his wife to the two sons of Oglethorpe's sister, the Marquis de Bellegrade and the Marquis de Mézieres. Both were French. The numerous memoirs letters, legal documents, and miscellaneous other legal papers investigate the question of whether or not these Frenchmen had the right to own American land, and, for that matter, if Oglethorpe, as an Englishman, had the right to pass the property on. Included are several notes and references to the opinions of John Adams (1735-1826) who was, at the time, serving as envoy for the United States to the Court of St. James and a French-translated opinion of the case by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) who was then minister to France. Apparently Francis Peter Plowden (1749-1829), a controversial English lawyer and political writer of the time, handled this case on behalf of the French men. His letter written in English (31 October 1785) clearly describes the situation. Numerous other papers refer to or were generated by Plowden.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (60 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207161937 View

Lavington, Ralph Payne, baron, 1738-1807. Lavington papers, 1771-1799.

Title: Lavington papers, 1771-1799.

The papers include correspondence and copies of legal documents relating to Lavington's secret commission to negotiate with the daughter of the Young Pretender for the return of the jewel of the Order of the Garter, which Charles I had given to Bishop Juxon and which had descended to the Young Pretender.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84038142 View