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Nicholas Philip Trist Papers, 1795-1873, (bulk 1831-1848)

Title: Nicholas Philip Trist Papers 1795-1873 (bulk 1831-1848)

Diplomat and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, notes, reports, legal and financial papers, writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Trist's tenure as U.S. consul in Havana and his role in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. Other topics include Trist's business interests, particularly his sugar plantations in Cuba and Louisiana; the establishment of the University of Virginia; the Oregon boundary question; politics and military affairs in Mexico; the slave trade; and family and personal affairs.

ArchivalResource: 6,500 items; 16 containers; 6.4 linear feet; 17 microfilm reels

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Thornton, Edward, Sir, 1766-1852. Memoirs of Sir Edward Thornton [manuscript], 1835-1843.

Title: Memoirs of Sir Edward Thornton [manuscript], 1835-1843.

Thornton's memoirs, begun in 1835 and containing annotations through 1843, describe his stay in the United States from 1791-1804 as secretary to Lord George Hammond, the first British minister to the U.S., and from 1808 as Charge d'affaires in Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

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Thornton, Edward, Sir, 1766-1852. Autograph order signed : Philadelphia ..., 1800 Dec. 13.

Title: Autograph order signed : Philadelphia ..., 1800 Dec. 13.

For Mr. Petit de Villers, commanding his free passage on the seas.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (4to)

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