Genet, Edmond-Charles, 1763-1834

Variant names

Hide Profile

Edmond Charles Genet, often refered to as "Citizen Genet," was born in France in 1763 and followed his father into governement service. In 1793, he was appointed as France's minister plenipotentiary to the United States, but his political activities caused the American government to demand his replacement. He was, however, permitted to remain in this country. He lived near Jaimaica on Long Island for a few years, before moving to upstate New York. His first wife was Cornelia Tappen Clinton, a daughter of the governor of New York. After her death, he married Martha Brandon Osgood, the daugher of the first postmaster general. Genet died on July 14, 1834. On some of the bills in this collection, his name is listed as Charles Edmond Genet. On other bills, he is referred to as Citizen Genet.

From the description of Accounts, 1794-1803. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 82731459

Biographical Note

  • 1763, Jan. 8: Born in France
  • 1777: Secretary to his father in the Bureau of Interpretations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 1780: Student, Gressen and Berlin, Germany
  • 1780 - 1781 : Served in secretariat of Baron de Breteuil, Vienna, Austria
  • 1781 - 1783 : Assumed offices held by his father
  • 1783: Acting secretary, French legation in England
  • 1787: Sent to French embassy, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1789: Chargé ďaffaires, French embassy, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1792: Expelled from Russia Appointed French minister plenipotentiary to the United States
  • 1793: Arrived at Charleston, S. C. Toured eastern United States Recalled from United States
  • 1794: Purchased a farm on Long Island, N.Y. Married Cornelia Tappen Clinton
  • 1800: Moved to a farm in Rensselaer County, N. Y.
  • 1814: Married Martha Brandon Osgood
  • 1834, July 15: Died

From the guide to the Edmond Charles Genet Papers, 1734-1895, (bulk 1789-1793), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Minor, John Barbee, b. 1866. Minor family papers, 1932, 1941, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Albert J. Pickett papers, 1779-1904 Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Genet family papers, ca. 1719-1925 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Edmond Charles Genet Papers, 1734-1895, (bulk 1789-1793) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Letter, 1811. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Moultrie, Alexander. Letter: to Citizen Genet /by Alexander Moultrie, 1794 Jan 19. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. Papers, 1757-1836. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Harison, Richard, 1747-1829. Richard Harison papers, 1734-[ca. 1900]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Extract from the exposition of the political Jesuitism of James Madison by an observant citizen of the district of Columbia, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mangourit, M.-A.-B (Michel-Ange-Bernard), 1752-1829. Papers, 1795-1796. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter, 1893 November 27, Germantown, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] to [Thomas] Pinckney, n.p. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Papers : of James Monroe as minister to France, 1785- 1831. James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library
referencedIn Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives, 1783-1962 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Woodfin, Maude Howlett, 1891-1948. Papers, 1915-1948. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Universiteit van Amsterdam. Bibliotheek collection, 1711-1868 Library of Congress
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Letter signed : Philadelphia, to M. Eddy in New York, 1799 July 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Worth, 1813 Oct. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Autograph letter signed, 1831 Aug. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Andrews, Loring, 1768-1805,. Letters to Ebenezer Foote, 1794-1820. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Washington, George, 1732-1799. ALS : Philadelphia, to Richard Henry Lee, 1794 Apr. 15. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Correspondence : with Edmond Genet, 1800-1803. James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library
creatorOf Kent, James, 1763-1847. Collection, 1785-1845. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Clinton family. Papers, 1779-1856. New-York Historical Society Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to the French minister to the U.S. [manuscript] 1793 July 12. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Chancery register of the French Consulate in the United States, 1784-1795 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Account book, 1812-1823. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Passport of Edmond Charles Genet, 1792. Library of Congress
referencedIn Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Letter : Philadelphia, to Herman LeRoy, 1794 Jan. 22. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Pierre Van Cortlandt correspondence, 1787-1845 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIa, 1743-1806 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Leitch, James, fl. 1809-1826,. Papers pertaining to Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph and Monticello, 1791-1821. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Accounts, 1794-1803. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Papers, 1793-1794. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848. Pierre Van Cortlandt correspondence, 1787-1845. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Genet family. Genet family papers, 1792-1902 (bulk 1792-1835). Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834,. Negatives of 100 Jefferson portraits, scenes from his life, signed documents [manuscript], 1787, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Autograph letter signed : New York, 1817 Jan. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Vol. xxviii. (ff. 493). Aug.-Sept. 1791.William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Lord Auckland: 1787-1814.Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence, etc., of Lord Auckland while Minister at the Hague: 1790-1... British Library
referencedIn Butler, Mann, 1784-1852. Letter, 1834 Feb. 9. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813. Letters, 1791-1794. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Mangourit, M.-A.-B. (Michel-Ange-Bernard), 1752-1829. Papers, 1795-1796. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Lee, Richard Bland, 1761-1827. Papers of Richard Bland Lee, 1790-1826. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Extract from the exposition of the political Jesuitism of James Madison by an observant citizen of the district of Columbia [manuscript], [1812?]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hauterive, Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, comte d', 1754-1830. Diary, 1793 and 1803. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Farmer, John, 1789-1838. John Farmer papers, 1810-1834. New England Historic Genealogical Society
referencedIn Steiner, Walter Ralph, 1870-1942. Walter Ralph Steiner papers, 1780-1937. Library of Congress
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Genet family papers, ca. 1719-1925. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Autograph letter signed : to Peter Van Courtlandt, 1808 Feb. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Letter, 1829. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn France. Consulat (New York, N.Y.). Chancery register of the French Consulate in the United States, 1784-1795. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Letter, 1787 September 27, Versailles, to the Marquis de Lafayette, [n.p.]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Barker, James Nelson, 1784-1858. Papers, 1793-1927. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816. Gouverneur Morris papers, 1768-1816. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton). Gubernatorial and personal records, 1725-1854 (bulk 1755-1817). New York State Archives
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume 13, Miscellany, 1771-1832 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Letters and notes : concerning Andrew Jackson, 1827- 1832. James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. Account book, 1799-1801. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Lewis Morgan, 1754-1844. Letter, 1808 Spetember 4. American Periodical Series I
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 person
correspondedWith American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. corporateBody
associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 person
associatedWith Barker, James Nelson, 1784-1858. person
associatedWith Brown, Bertram Erwin, b.1871. person
associatedWith Butler, Mann, 1784-1852. person
correspondedWith Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 person
correspondedWith Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 person
associatedWith Clinton family. family
associatedWith Clinton family. family
associatedWith Clinton family. family
associatedWith Clinton, George, 1739-1812 person
associatedWith Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 person
associatedWith Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 person
associatedWith Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 person
correspondedWith Dana, Francis, 1743-1811 person
associatedWith Darlington, William, 1782-1863 person
associatedWith Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 person
associatedWith Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. person
associatedWith Eddy, Thomas, 1758-1827, person
associatedWith Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 person
associatedWith Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. person
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith Emmet, Thomas Addis person
associatedWith Emmet, Thomas Addis person
associatedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
associatedWith Farmer, John, 1789-1838. person
associatedWith Fitch, John person
associatedWith France. Consulat (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Genet, Cornelia T. person
correspondedWith Genet, Edme Jacques, d. 1781 person
associatedWith Genet family family
associatedWith Genet family. family
associatedWith Genet family. family
associatedWith Genet family. family
associatedWith Genet family. family
associatedWith Genet family. family
associatedWith Genet, Geo. Clinton (George Clinton) person
associatedWith Genth, F. A., (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 person
associatedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 person
associatedWith Harding, Warren G. person
associatedWith Harison, Richard, 1747-1829. person
associatedWith Hauterive, Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, comte d', 1754-1830. person
associatedWith Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. person
associatedWith Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. person
associatedWith Kent, James, 1763-1847. person
associatedWith Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. person
associatedWith Lee, Richard Bland, 1761-1827. person
associatedWith Lewis Morgan, 1754-1844. person
associatedWith Madison, James, 1751-1836. person
associatedWith Mangourit, M.-A.-B (Michel-Ange-Bernard), 1752-1829. person
associatedWith Mazzei, Filippo, 1730-1816. person
correspondedWith Michaux, André, 1746-1802 person
associatedWith Monroe, James, 1758-1831. person
correspondedWith Montbarey, Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, prince de, 1732-1796 person
associatedWith Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816. person
associatedWith Moultrie, Alexander. person
associatedWith Newcomb, Simon person
associatedWith Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 person
associatedWith New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton) corporateBody
correspondedWith Noailles, Jean-Louis-Paul-François, duc de, 1739-1824 person
associatedWith Osgood family. family
associatedWith Osgood family. family
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 person
associatedWith Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 person
correspondedWith Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801 person
associatedWith Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 person
associatedWith Seybert, Adam, 1773-1825 person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
correspondedWith Steiner, Walter Ralph, 1870-1942. person
associatedWith Stevens, Henry person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 person
associatedWith Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813. person
associatedWith Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 person
associatedWith Universiteit van Amsterdam. Bibliotheek. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1721-1814 person
associatedWith Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848. person
associatedWith Van Courtlandt, Peter, person
associatedWith Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 person
correspondedWith Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787 person
associatedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799. person
associatedWith Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 person
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony person
associatedWith Woodfin, Maude Howlett, 1891-1948. person
associatedWith Worth, Mr, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Poland, Kingdom of, Europe
Spain
France
Louisiana
England
Russia
United States
Russia
United States
United States
Florida
New York (State)
France
Netherlands, Europe
New York (State)
Turkey, Asia Minor
England
France
Subject
Education
Agricultural wages
Agriculture
Decedents' estates
Diplomatic and consular service, French
Diplomatic and consular service, French
Diplomatic and consular service, French
Diplomatic and consular service, French
Dry-goods
Farm supplies
Finance, Personal
Horses
Political science
Science
Occupation
Authors
Diplomats
Farmers
Activity

Person

Birth 1763-01-08

Death 1834-07-14

French

French,

German,

English

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6010s88

Ark ID: w6010s88

SNAC ID: 85103947