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- catalog abstract "These letters are not the official numbered dispatches that have been readily available to scholars for a number of years. Rather, they are letters that were exchanged on a personal level between British diplomats serving in Washington, D.C., and their foreign secretaries back in London, and that bore the bold marking "Private and Confidential" on the envelopes and on the letters themselves. The majority of them have not been published previously, nor were they filed with the official Foreign Office documents which are available to the public. Instead, they were retained among the private papers of each foreign secretary, and were therefore solely his property and entirely dependent on his heirs for preservation. As a consequence they reside in various collections scattered throughout the British Isles. The private letters usually dealt with matters of the greatest urgency and diplomatic delicacy and were intended only for the eyes of the recipients, not for subordinates in the Foreign Office. They were sent with special care by diplomatic courier so as not to fall into the hands of the United States Post Office where they might be appropriated by press reporters. The Barneses have provided each letter with an introduction in order to place it in its contemporary context. Allusions within the letters are clarified by notes. Brief biographical sketches of key individuals are included in an appendix. Because of the private nature of these letters, they give a fuller and more human dimension to the events they describe. There are remarkable insights concerning American politics and society by foreign diplomats who were not casual travelers but experienced observers trained to note and record their impressions. Since their terms of office ranged up to five or six years, their judgments transcend the superficial. Whatever prejudices they had enlivened their style of writing and add another dimension to the reader's understanding of America and its people. Unlike their continental European counterparts, these ambassadors suffered no language barrier and accommodated themselves more readily to life in the United States. For them, in spite of past differences, a common literature, commerce, and tradition bound the two nations together. Throughout the period covered by these letters crucial diplomatic issues like the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny. were being discussed. Domestically, slavery and statehood dominated the political scene. Reading these letters recalls those turbulent times and captures them in a new and penetrating way.".
- catalog contributor b4636914.
- catalog contributor b4636915.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1837-1901.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1815-1861.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1861-1865.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "1. Sir Richard Pakenham and the Oregon Question, 1843-1846 -- 2. Henry Bulwer and Central America, 1850-1851 -- 3. John F.T. Crampton and the American Political System, 1852-1853 -- 4. British Preoccupation with the Crimean War, 1854 -- 5. Recruitment, 1855 -- 6. Expulsion, Transition, and Restoration: Crampton, Lumley, and Napier, 1856-1857 -- 7. Napier and Ouseley: A Conflict of Personalities, 1857-1859 -- 8. Lord Lyons and the Buchanan Administration, 1859-1860 -- 9. Prelude to Civil War, 1861 -- 10. The Trent Affair -- 11. Decisive Victory Eludes the North, January-June 1862 -- 12. William Stuart and the Interventionist Crisis, June-November 1862 -- 13. Mediation and Domestic Emancipation, November 1862-June 1863 -- 14. From Gettysburg to President Lincoln's Reelection, July 1863-December 1864 -- 15. Sir Frederick Bruce and the Opening Stages of American Reconstruction, April 1865-July 1866 -- 16. Preoccupation with Domestic Affairs, July 1866-September 1867.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-462) and index.".
- catalog description "Since their terms of office ranged up to five or six years, their judgments transcend the superficial. Whatever prejudices they had enlivened their style of writing and add another dimension to the reader's understanding of America and its people. Unlike their continental European counterparts, these ambassadors suffered no language barrier and accommodated themselves more readily to life in the United States. For them, in spite of past differences, a common literature, commerce, and tradition bound the two nations together. Throughout the period covered by these letters crucial diplomatic issues like the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny. were being discussed. Domestically, slavery and statehood dominated the political scene. Reading these letters recalls those turbulent times and captures them in a new and penetrating way.".
- catalog description "The private letters usually dealt with matters of the greatest urgency and diplomatic delicacy and were intended only for the eyes of the recipients, not for subordinates in the Foreign Office. They were sent with special care by diplomatic courier so as not to fall into the hands of the United States Post Office where they might be appropriated by press reporters. The Barneses have provided each letter with an introduction in order to place it in its contemporary context. Allusions within the letters are clarified by notes. Brief biographical sketches of key individuals are included in an appendix. Because of the private nature of these letters, they give a fuller and more human dimension to the events they describe. There are remarkable insights concerning American politics and society by foreign diplomats who were not casual travelers but experienced observers trained to note and record their impressions. ".
- catalog description "These letters are not the official numbered dispatches that have been readily available to scholars for a number of years. Rather, they are letters that were exchanged on a personal level between British diplomats serving in Washington, D.C., and their foreign secretaries back in London, and that bore the bold marking "Private and Confidential" on the envelopes and on the letters themselves. The majority of them have not been published previously, nor were they filed with the official Foreign Office documents which are available to the public. Instead, they were retained among the private papers of each foreign secretary, and were therefore solely his property and entirely dependent on his heirs for preservation. As a consequence they reside in various collections scattered throughout the British Isles. ".
- catalog extent "475 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Private and confidential.".
- catalog identifier "0945636334 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Private and confidential.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Private and confidential.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1837-1901.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1815-1861.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1861-1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "327.73041 20".
- catalog subject "Diplomats Great Britain Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "E183.8.G7 B218 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Sir Richard Pakenham and the Oregon Question, 1843-1846 -- 2. Henry Bulwer and Central America, 1850-1851 -- 3. John F.T. Crampton and the American Political System, 1852-1853 -- 4. British Preoccupation with the Crimean War, 1854 -- 5. Recruitment, 1855 -- 6. Expulsion, Transition, and Restoration: Crampton, Lumley, and Napier, 1856-1857 -- 7. Napier and Ouseley: A Conflict of Personalities, 1857-1859 -- 8. Lord Lyons and the Buchanan Administration, 1859-1860 -- 9. Prelude to Civil War, 1861 -- 10. The Trent Affair -- 11. Decisive Victory Eludes the North, January-June 1862 -- 12. William Stuart and the Interventionist Crisis, June-November 1862 -- 13. Mediation and Domestic Emancipation, November 1862-June 1863 -- 14. From Gettysburg to President Lincoln's Reelection, July 1863-December 1864 -- 15. Sir Frederick Bruce and the Opening Stages of American Reconstruction, April 1865-July 1866 -- 16. Preoccupation with Domestic Affairs, July 1866-September 1867.".
- catalog title "Private and confidential : letters from British Ministers in Washington to the foreign secretaries in London, 1844-67 / James J. Barnes and Patience P. Barnes.".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".