Court of Turin: Papers of Viscount Mount Stuart

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 1148
  • Dates of Creation
    • Jan 1780-Nov 1782
  • Language of Material
    • French, English and Italian
  • Physical Description
    • 335 x 270 mm. 1 volume (441 folios); Binding: original calf binding, with red label on spine stamped: Memorials &c 1780 to 1782. Treaties & Other Political Papers

Scope and Content

The volume contains 18th-century copies, apparently in most cases contemporary, preceded by an Index, of: (folios 1-96) memorials, official correspondence, reports and similar papers which were enclosed in Viscount Mount Stuart's dispatches, January 1780 - November 1782; (folios 97-441) treaties, miscellaneous official correspondence and political papers. Among the latter are:

  • Mémoires et Negotiations Secrets de la Cour de Turin, contenant les relations que Monsieur De Phelippeaux, Ambassadeur de France â Turin, a ècrites au Roi, son Maître [25 October 1703 - 21 May 1704], avec... autres Mémoires au sujet de la Guerre d'Italie, 1704 (folios 97-179);
  • Lettre d'un Ministre â un de ses Amis contenant le sujet de l'abdication du Roy Victor en faveur de Charles Emanuel, son fils, Roy de Sardaigne (folios 181-200);
  • Abstract of the King of Sardinia's Dominions, Revenues, Expences, Armies, Exportations, Importations, Debts, Ressources, etc. (folios 273-276);
  • Correspondence and papers (1781-82) relating to the siege and capture of Fort St Philip, Minorca, including copies of letters exchanged between the Governor, General James Murray, and the Lieutenant Governor, Sir William Draper (folios 371-436).