Firsthand account of the London negotiation of the Treaty of Amiens or: Peace with France

Joseph Cox

Verlag: London Unpublished 1801, 1801

Beschreibung

A lengthy description, penned on the now detached fly-leaf of a bound volume, exulting in events witnessed in London attending the negotiation of the Treaty of Amiens. A single leaf - 23cm x 38cm - water-marked W Elgar 1797; disbound, edges folded, torn and chipped; text complete but for a few line terminal letters.Dated Monday October 12th 1801 by a Joseph Cox at No.23 King Street, St. James's Square, the writer records the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte's ADC, General Lauriston, with the Ratification; and his visit, in company with Citizen Otto, to Lord Hawkesbury at the Admiralty, before their return to Reddish's Hotel in St. James's Street. The journeys were made 'drawn by the populace' who were rewarded by the General with ten guineas to drink. The firing of guns in the Park and at the Tower were followed in the evening by 'The most vivid flashes of lightning I ever saw accompanied with loud peals of thunder.' The Treaty of Amiens, signed in March 1802, ended the War of the Second Coalition, marking the end of the French Revolutionary Wars against The First Republic. After a short pause, hostilities were resumed in the Napoleonic Wars. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7706

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Firsthand account of the London negotiation ...

Verlag: London Unpublished 1801

Erscheinungsdatum: 1801

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers