Edward Everett and Ashbel Smith correspondence
Scope and Contents
Three handwritten and signed letters with typescripts of two of them. One item was written by Edward Everett (1794-1865), minister to Great Britain for the United States (1841-1845), on Nov. 23, 1843 in London and was addressed to Ashbel. Everett reports on the negotiations with Great Britain about a loan to the Republic of Texas for the purpose of ending slavery there. Another item was written by Ashbel on June 16, 1843 in London and addressed to William Daingerfield. Ashbel is pleased that Daingerfield has arrived in Paris and urges him to come to London immediately. The remaining item was written by Ashbel on July 15, 1851 in London. It discusses the various kinds of cotton in the world and the problems of introducing various strains of cotton to new areas.
Dates
- 1843-1851
Creator
- Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886 (Person)
- Everett, Edward (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Correspondence must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Texas diplomat, lawyer, physician, soldier, educator, author, and Surgeon-General of the Republic of Texas.
Extent
3 items ((8 pages) + 2 typescripts) : handwritten ; typewritten
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Cotton -- History -- Sources
- Cottonseed -- History -- Sources
- Diplomats -- Texas -- Correspondence
- Diplomats -- United States -- Correspondence
- Everett, Edward
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Texas -- History
- Letters
- Slavery -- Texas -- History
- Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886
- Texas -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources
- Texas -- History -- To 1846
Source
- Daingerfield, William W. (Person)
- Title
- Register of Correspondence
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 November 4
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States