Official letters to Hugh Elliot from and to the Foreign Office during Elliot's embassies at Copenhagen and Dresden., 1782-1802.
File
Identifier: MS.13021
Scope and Contents
The series is not complete, and, except for a draft of the dispatch describing the Danish coup d'état of 1784, the earlier years at Copenhagen are thinly represented, but the events surrounding the clash between Sweden and Denmark in 1788 are well documented.
Dates
- Creation: 1782-1802.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
237 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
237 folios.
Bibliography
The dispatch describing the Danish coup d'état of 1784 was published from the version in the Public Record Office by Oscar Browning in ‘The political memoranda of Francis Fifth Duke of Leeds’ 'Camden Society', 1884, pages 235-511.
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk