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Title: John Collet Correspondence
Dates (inclusive): 1776-1779
Collection Number: mssHM 45718-45911
Creator:
Collet, John, active 1776-1779
Extent:
209 items in 3 boxes.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
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Abstract: This collection contains
letters exchanged from John Collet (British consul in Genoa) and Joseph Brame, his vice-consul, to William Dean Poyntz, the
British charge d'affaires in Turin, Italy from 1776 to 1779.
Language: English.
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[Identification of item]. John Collet Correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Maggs Bros., Nov. 3 1976.
John Collet was a British consul in Genoa. He succeeded James Hollford in December 1776.
This collection contains 209 pieces housed in 3 boxes. It covers letters from John Collet and Joseph Brame, his vice-consul,
to William Dean Poyntsz, British charge d’affaires in Turin, Italy.
It touches upon European commercial and military news, including the actions of American privateers in the Mediterranean and
the Atlantic, and news of the American Revolution.
Note
Cataloger's note:
John Collet, active 1776-1779, a British consul in Italy is identified as “Collet, John (b)” on the folders in this collection
and within the Huntington manuscripts catalog to
distinguish him from “Collet, John (a)”, active 1765, a British scholar of ancient Hebrew.
This collection was originally in the form of a bound volume. On the spine of the binding was stamped "Genoa correspondence
1776 to 1771", suggesting that the volume was one in a series.
Arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Great Britain. Consulate (Genoa, Italy) -- Correspondence.
Great Britain. Consulate (Turin, Italy) -- Correspondence.
Consuls -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Privateering -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century.
Great Brtiain -- Foreign relations -- Italy.
Italy -- Foreign relations -- 18th century.
Italy -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
Letters (correspondence).
Poyntz, William Dean, active 1776-1779.
Brame, Joseph, active 1776-1779.