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Edmond Charles Genet papers, 1734-1895

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BOX 1-19 REEL 1-10 General Correspondence I, 1756-1895
Letters sent and received, extracts from diplomatic despatches, notes, drafts and other papers of Genet and the Genet family.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 REEL 1 27 Oct. 1756-15 Jan. 1771
BOX 2 REEL 1 8 Feb. 1771-25 July 1778
BOX 3 REEL 2 26 July 1778-13 Jan. 1780
BOX 4 REEL 2 21 Jan. 1780-12 Sept. 1781
BOX 5 REEL 3 22 Sept. 1781-19 Aug. 1783
BOX 6 REEL 3 29 Aug. 1783-31 Dec. 1789, undated
BOX 7 REEL 4 15 Jan. 1790-20 Sept. 1792
BOX 8 REEL 4 26 Sept. 1792-16 Apr. 1793
BOX 9 REEL 5 17 Apr.-16 June 1793
BOX 10 REEL 5 17 June-18 Aug. 1793
BOX 11 REEL 6 19 Aug.-1 Oct. 1793
BOX 12 REEL 6 2 Aug.-7 Nov. 1793
BOX 13 REEL 7 8 Nov.-31 Dec. 1793
BOX 14 REEL 7 1793, undated-23 Jan. 1794
BOX 15 REEL 8 24 Jan. 1794-5 Apr. 1795
BOX 16 REEL 8 14 Apr. 1795-27 Mar. 1799
BOX 17 REEL 9 30 Mar. 1799-15 Apr. 1816
BOX 18 REEL 9 28 Oct. 1816-18 Sept. 1895, undated
BOX 19 REEL 10 Undated
BOX 20 REEL 10 General Correspondence II, 1761-1821
Letters sent and received, extracts from diplomatic despatches, notes, drafts and other papers of Genet and the Genet family.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 20 REEL 10 1761-1797, 1821
BOX 21 REEL 11 Copies of Letters, 1740-1823
Transcripts of letters to and from Edmond Charles Genet, his father, Edme Jacques Genet, and his son, Charles.
Arranged chronologically. Filed separately are French transcripts of several John Paul Jones letters, 1780-1781.
BOX 21 REEL 11 1740-1823
BOX 22-37 REEL 12-15 Diplomatic Despatches, 1740-1792
Official instructions and extracts to and from Genet, his father, Edme Genet, and others. Also a small amount of correspondence, copies of diplomatic drafts, maps and notes.
Arranged by origin of despatch and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 22 REEL 12 Saint Petersburg, Russia
BOX 22 REEL 12 1740-1783
BOX 23 REEL 13 1784-1788
BOX 24 REEL 13 1789
BOX 25 REEL 14 Jan.-Aug. 1790
BOX 26 REEL 14 Sept.-Dec. 1790
BOX 27 REEL 15 Jan.-June 1791
BOX 28 REEL 16a Jul-Dec. 1791
BOX 29 REEL 16 1792
BOX 30 REEL 17 Miscellaneous and undated
BOX 31 REEL 18 Miscellaneous and undated
BOX 32 REEL 18 Miscellaneous and undated
BOX 33 REEL 19 Constantinople, Turkey, 1763-1791
BOX 34 REEL 19 Sweden, 1776-1791
BOX 34 REEL 19 Vienna, Austria, 1789-1792
BOX 35 REEL 20 London, England, and Hague, Netherlands
BOX 35 REEL 20 1761
BOX 36 REEL 21 1762, 1776, 1790-1791
BOX 37 REEL 22 Berlin, Germany, and Danzig, Poland, 1775-1777
BOX 37 REEL 22 Berlin, Germany and St. Petersburg, Russia, 1789-1790
BOX 37 REEL 22 Berlin, Germany, 1791
BOX 37 REEL 22 Hamburg, Germany, 1789-1790
BOX 37 REEL 22 Santa Domingo, 1789-1792
BOX 38-46 REEL 23-34 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1734-1824
Numerous articles, essays, and notes prepared by Genet with special emphasis on the natural and political sciences. In addition, a compilation of the history of the Genet family (called memoirs) from Edme to Edmond Charles Genet edited by Edmond Charles from notes and drafts left by his father.
Arranged by type of writing.
BOX 38 REEL 23 Scientific papers
BOX 39 REEL 24 1769-1778
BOX 39 REEL 24 Undated
BOX 40 REEL 25 Undated
BOX 41 REEL 26 Studies relating to England and the English Constitution, 1766-1770, undated
BOX 42 REEL 26-27 Essays on American politics, 1783-1787, undated
BOX 43 REEL 28 Notes relating to America, 1782-1783, 1786, undated
BOX 44 REEL 28 Speeches, 1824, undated
BOX 44 REEL 29-30 Memoirs
BOX 44 REEL 29-30 Books I-IX, XII-XIX
BOX 45 REEL 31-32 Drafts, 1734-1798 (with gaps)
BOX 46 REEL 33 Fragments
BOX 47-49 REEL 35-37 News File, 1764-1787
Extracts from English newspapers as well as précis of events in Great Britain and America abstracted from newspapers and personal observations.
Chronologically arranged.
BOX 47 REEL 35 London, England, news abstracts
BOX 47 REEL 35 1783-1785
BOX 48 REEL 36 1787
BOX 48 REEL 36 American news abstracts, 1783-1787
BOX 49 REEL 37 Extracts from British newspapers, 1764-1775
BOX 49 REEL 37 Miscellaneous extracts, 1765, undated
BOX 50 REEL 38 Newspaper File, 1776
Newspaper clippings from contemporary newspapers relating to America and its war for independence.
BOX 50 REEL 38 Clippings from various newspapers, 1776
BOX 51 REEL 38 Expense File, 1792-1794
Receipts, declared accounts, and personal and official expense vouchers of Genet and others while he was minister plenipotentiary to the United States. Also a small quantity of expense accounts incurred by secret agents of Genet working in the southeastern United States.
BOX 51 REEL 38 Legation accounts, secret expenses, 1792-1794
BOX 52-53 REEL 39-40 Miscellany, 1792
Mainly newspaper clippings, fragments of letters, undated notes, drafts, extracts, and reports.
BOX 52 REEL 39 Miscellany
BOX 53 REEL 40 Miscellany
BOX 53not filmed Passport, 1792 See Oversize
BOX OV 1not filmed Oversize, 1792
Passport.
Arranged and described according the series and container from which it was removed.
BOX OV 1not filmed Miscellany
BOX OV 1 Passport, 1792 (Container 53)

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