Comte de Beaumont de Brivazac reports, 1817-1819.

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Comte de Beaumont de Brivazac reports, 1817-1819.

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Signed and dated holograph manuscript reports in French by Beaumont de Brivazac concerning French interests in America. Twelve reports written between December 1817 and May 1819, document and analyze the political, diplomatic, and economic affairs of Spain, England, the United States, and France in the former Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere, particularly California, Florida, Texas, and Mexico. Three reports written in April, May and December 1818, concern expeditions from English ports to the arctic pole by Captain Buchan and to the Baffin Sea by Captain Ross in search of the Northwest Passage, and the political situation in Canada. The reports are accompanied by typescript and manuscript summaries of the material by unidentified authors.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

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Buchan Captain.

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Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856

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English admiral and arctic explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to John Murray, Esq., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657697 Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. After volunteering for the Royal Navy at the age of nine and rising to the rank of Commander in the Napoleonic Wars, Ross led an 1818 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. He also headed two later, privately funded, voyages of exploratio...

Beaumont de Brivazac, comte de, 1746-1821

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Louis C. Hubert, called Comte de Beaumont de Brivazac, was an espionage agent for Louis XVIII, and submitted secret diplomatic reports to Elie Decazes while living in London. He published a work entitled L'europe et ses colonies en decembre 1819, containing details about the newly independent states of South America. He died in Paris in 1821. From the description of Comte de Beaumont de Brivazac reports, 1817-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81732475 From the description...