Jean-Baptiste Colbert correspondence : with the abbé François Gaultier, 1711-1714.

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert correspondence : with the abbé François Gaultier, 1711-1714.

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The collection comprises 169 items dating from 1711 to 1714, with one item from 1702. Most of the correspondence consists of letters addressed to or drafts written by the abbé François Gaultier, a French diplomatic agent stationed in London who moved in the circles of the Tory opposition. Gaultier received Torcy's instructions from Versailles regarding the secret negotiations of the treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt. He then negotiated the terms proposed by Torcy with the English. Of 88 letters by Torcy in the collection, 79 are addressed to Gaultier. Most of these are entirely or partially in cipher. Original keys for coding and decoding are in the collection. There are also letters written to Gaultier by other agents associated with the peace negotiations, most notably the Chevalier de St. George (James Stuart) and diplomats Nicolas Le Baillie Le Mesnager and the abbé Melchior de Polignac. There are also three letter books containing Gaultier's drafts of letters to Torcy, the Chevalier de St. George, Lord Lexington, the Earl of Stafford, Cardinal Filippo-Antonio Gualterio, and possibly Pope Clement XI.

169 items (2 boxes)

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8324504

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Mesnager, Nicolas, 1658-1714

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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766

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James Stuart, also known as "The Old Pretender," was the son and heir of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland), who was deposed in 1688. Raised in exile in France, Stuart never gave up his claim to both crowns, and after Jacobites in Scotland rose in rebellion against the new Hanoverian king in 1715, James landed in Scotland in hopes of seizing power. The rebellion failed, and James returned to France in 1716. He died in Rome in 1766. From the description of Coppie of the ...

Gaultier, François, abbé, d. 1720.

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Polignac, Melchior de, 1661-1742?

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Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746

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