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This collection is stored at Firestone Library and Firestone Library.
This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library. Boxes 18-19, 21-22, 36-38, and 47 are stored in special vault facilities.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room .
Collection Creator: De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953..
Dates: 1565-1571.
Extent: 2 folders
Languages: English.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Researchers may be required to use surrogates of collection items stored in special vault facilities.
Description
Fourquevaux served as French ambassador to Spain and was heavily involved in the dispute over claims to Florida. His correspondence with France's Charles IX and Catherine de Medici highlights some of the major elements of the dispute and Spain's harsh response and massacre of French settlers there. Also included is miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Americas and West Indies, as well as Fourquevaux's letterbook. All items are in French unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Fourquevaux, Raymond de (1508-1574); 1565-1571; Andre De Coppet Collection, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.