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Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."

Found in 223 Collections and/or Records:

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., October-December 1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.5639
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: October-December 1812.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1813.

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Identifier: MS.5640
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: 1813.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-May 1814.

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Identifier: MS.5641
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-May 1814.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., June-December 1814.

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Identifier: MS.5642
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: June-December 1814.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-August 1815.

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Identifier: MS.5643
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-August 1815.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., September-December 1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.5644
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: September-December 1815.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-July 1816.

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Identifier: MS.5645
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-July 1816.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., August-October 1816.

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Identifier: MS.5646
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: August-October 1816.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., November-December 1816.

 File
Identifier: MS.5647
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: November-December 1816.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-March 1817.

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Identifier: MS.5648
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-March 1817.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., April-June 1817.

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Identifier: MS.5649
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: April-June 1817.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., July-October 1817.

 File
Identifier: MS.5650
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: July-October 1817.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., November-December 1817.

 File
Identifier: MS.5651
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: November-December 1817.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-June 1818.

 File
Identifier: MS.5652
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-June 1818.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., July-December 1818.

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Identifier: MS.5653
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: July-December 1818.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-May 1819.

 File
Identifier: MS.5654
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-May 1819.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., June-September 1819.

 File
Identifier: MS.5655
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: June-September 1819.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., October-December 1819.

 File
Identifier: MS.5656
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: October-December 1819.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1820.

 File
Identifier: MS.5657
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: 1820.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1821-1832.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5664-5683
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.

Dates: 1821-1832.