Item #28825 Papers presented to Parliament in 1815. GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament.
Papers presented to Parliament in 1815.

Papers presented to Parliament in 1815.

London. Printed by R.G. Clarke. [1815]. 1815. Hardcover. thick8vo, 21.2cm, xii,786,xiv,pp., (index), rebound in full burgundy sheep, raised bands, crushed green morocco label gilt, marbled endpapers, fine thus, very rare. (cgc) Worldcat cites only 1 copy at Harvard. British Museum Catalogue locates 1 copy. Not in Amicus. Not in T.P.L., Lande, etc. No listings or price records located. An extensive collection of correspondence and treaties presented to the British Parliament under the titles; "Slave Trade" (46 Papers); "Genoa" (10 Papers, October 1811 to March 1815); " Naples" (19 Papers, January 1814 to March 1814)); "Italy" (8 Papers, October 1811); "War with America" (9 Papers, June 1812 to November,1 1813); The Person and Family of Napoleon Buonaparte" (April 1814 to August 1814); and "Correspondence on Alliance against France"(2 papers & Treaty copies, April -May, 1815). The War in America papers concern the War of 1812 and are primarily naval; with the Royal Navy on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Of particular interest are extracts of the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Barclay and others resulting from the Battle of Lake Erie, September 1813. The slavery papers from 1813 to 1814 containing extracts of treaties between Britain and European countries give an overview of the gradual abolishment of the slave trade. Correspondents include the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Castlereagh, Henry Wellesley, and Earl Bathurst. The Genoa, Naples and Italy papers relate to risings against the French in 1814 with much of the correspondence by Lord Bentinek. The material on the Napoleon Wars deals with the period between The Treaty of Paris in 1814 and the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. The last correspondence is between Viscount Castlereagh and Earl of Clancarty, the month before the Battle of Waterloo in June, 1815. An wealth of contemporary material on a critical period in British and European history. Item #28825

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