Aileen Moore Topping Papers, 1777-1785.

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Aileen Moore Topping Papers, 1777-1785.

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Typed English translations of correspondence between Spanish authorities and diplomatic agents Juan de Miralles and Fransisco Rendón. These documents contain detailed reports on the activities of the American Continental Congress from 1777-1785. The agents obtained information clandestinely and passed it to the Spanish crown. The typed copies contained in this collection were made from original primary source material located in the Archivo General de Simancas, the Archivo Historico Nacional, and the Archivo General de Indias. This collection provides insight into Spanish involvement during the Revolutionary period in America.

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Miralles, Juan de

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Rendón, Francisco

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Topping, Aileen Moore

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Aileen Moore Topping was a graduate of Agnes Scott College and Middlebury College and taught at the University of Miami. She worked extensively in the Spanish archives at the Archivo General de Simancas, the Archivo Historico Nacional, and the Archivo General de Indias. [Source: Adapted from Samuel Proctor, "General Editor's Preface," pp. viii-ix, in An Impartial Account of the Late Expedition Against St. Augustine, with an introduction and indexes by Aileen Moore Topping. Bicentennial Floridian...

United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...