Record

Document Reference	Os C 552
Title	Letter from E. Everett, Boston, U.S.A., to J.E. Denison; 22 June 1861
Date	22 June 1861
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that he is disappointed by hostile reaction of British Government and press towards North's struggle against slavery; refers to newspaper articles including New York Herald and Times; believes Government is influenced by commissions of Confederacy; contrasts American political situation with Greeks and Turks; has condemned American ministers abroad to Mr Seward; comments on blockade of Southern ports; refers to George Grenville's opinion on taxation of American colony [Stamp Act 1765] which was opposed by Lord Camden and Lord Chatham; discusses formation and interpretation of international law convention of 1818; comments on opinions of law officers of Crown; refers to Admiralty and 'Law of Nations'.
Term	taxation, Stamp Act 1765
	government departments, Admiralty
	parliamentary business, debates
	laws, international convention 1818
	slavery, abolition
	military campaigns, blockades
	foreign policy, U.S.A.
	American affairs, politics
	press, attitudes towards
	wars, American Civil War 1861-5
	conferences, Aix-la-Chapelle 1818

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6860	Seward; William H. (1801-1872); Mr; American politician	1801-1872
NA10113	Grenville; George (1712-1770); Mr; M.P.; P.M. 1763-65	1712-1770
NA10114	Pratt; Charles (1714-1794); 1st Earl Camden; lawyer and statesman; cr. 1st Baron Camden 1765 and Earl 1786; Lord High Chancellor 1766-1770; son of Sir John Pratt	1714-1794
NA319	Pitt; William (1708-1778); 1st Earl of Chatham; the elder; statesman	1708-1778
NA10116	Wilde; Thomas (1782-1855); 1st Baron Truro; Judge lord chancellor 1850-52	1782-1855
NA9684	Everett; Edward (1794-1865); Mr; American statesman and scholar	1794-1865
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA27515	Dodson; John (1780-1858); Sir; advocate general to His Majesty King William IV; knighted 1834	1780-1858