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Henry Goulburn became undersecretary of the Home Department in 1810, and was undersecretary for war and the colonies, 1812-1821. he was appointed peace commissioner, serving with Admiral Lord Gambier and William Adams in the negotiations with the United States. Meeting with the American commissioners in Ghent, they concluded the treaty which ended the War of 1812. Goulburn was afterward chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary.
Diplomatic correspondence of Henry Goulburn, British negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent.
This collection consists of 80 holograph letters and letters signed, 74 drafts and copies of letters, and various enclosures and memoranda. Goulburn and the British commissioners corresponded with Lord Liverpool, the prime minister; Lord Castlereagh, the foreign secretary; and Earl Bathurst, secretary for war and the colonies. They also exchanged notes with the American commissioners: John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin. The collection contains a signed and sealed copy of the Treaty of Ghent, entirely in the hand of Henry Clay.
Gift of Lawrence Reynolds, 1941
Some of the material in the collection can be found in American State Papers..., Foreign Relations, vol. 3 (Washington, 1832).
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