Microform Collection

Title: The Clarendon Papers, 1867-1870
Call Number: MICROFILM 4867
Publisher: Wilmington, Delaware : Glazier, 1979
Description: 1 Reel

Subject(s):

Great Britain - Foreign relations - 1837-1901 - Sources
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901 - Sources
Great Britain - Foreign Office
Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers (4th Earl of)

Notes: George William Frederick Villiers (1800-1870), the 4^th Earl of Clarendon, served as Foreign Secretary in four administrations, intermittently from 1853 to 1870. His correspondence during his time in Washington covered a sensitive period in Anglo-American relations. The United States and Great Britain were partners in a profitable transatlantic trade, but Britain began to have concerns about American expansionism, especially American filibusters in Nicaragua and other areas throughout South and Central America. Clarendon did not serve during the Civil War, but believed Southern independence was assured. After the Northern Victory, it became clear the United States was going to dominate the rest of North America. These papers are from his private and confidential correspondence.

A list of persons corresponded with is included on the microfilm.
Foreign Office no. FO 36/11
This has been sourced from Public Record Office, Great Britain.

Publication type: Correspondence
Country: Britain
Time period: 1867-1870

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