Letters from Du Roveray including information on the invasion of Helvetick
Two Letters one to Du Roveray from Leright mentioning letters to be sent immediately to England via James Crawford and a letter to Sir Evan Nepean from Du Roveray about want of a passport from Lord Grenville as he was naturalized in Ireland from 1783. He also mentions the invasion of Helvetick and leaving Gienva and staying in Vienna.
Administrative / biographical background
Jacques-Antoine Du Roveray was the son of a merchant François, he studied philosophy at the Geneva Academy (thesis in 1767). Lawyer and notary (1771). Member of the Council of Two Hundred (1775) and of the Code Commission (1777). D. is one of the heads of Representatives. Appointed public prosecutor in 1779, he was dismissed in 1780, at the request of France, following the publication of a "remonstrance" against French intervention in the internal affairs of Geneva. Exiled in perpetuity (1782), he took refuge in Neuchâtel, then in Paris where he was part of the group of Genevans gathered around Mirabeau. Returning to Geneva in 1789, he was a member of the Council of Two Hundred (1790), then a member of the National Assembly in 1793. Condemned to death by the revolutionary tribunal in 1794, D. took refuge in England.
Administrative / biographical background
Jacques-Antoine Du Roveray was the son of a merchant François, he studied philosophy at the Geneva Academy (thesis in 1767). Lawyer and notary (1771). Member of the Council of Two Hundred (1775) and of the Code Commission (1777). D. is one of the heads of Representatives. Appointed public prosecutor in 1779, he was dismissed in 1780, at the request of France, following the publication of a "remonstrance" against French intervention in the internal affairs of Geneva. Exiled in perpetuity (1782), he took refuge in Neuchâtel, then in Paris where he was part of the group of Genevans gathered around Mirabeau. Returning to Geneva in 1789, he was a member of the Council of Two Hundred (1790), then a member of the National Assembly in 1793. Condemned to death by the revolutionary tribunal in 1794, D. took refuge in England.
Record Details
| Item reference: | NEP/9/28; MS1989/006 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1869 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- A note from Evan Nepean on the secret service money (Manuscript) (NEP/9/2)
- Mr Minet and Fecton letter about overdue payment. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/3)
- Letter from Daniel Adams on the London Corresponding Society (Manuscript) (NEP/9/4)
- Letters from De La Roche on and his services at Toulon. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/5/1)
- Letters from Daniel De La Roche asking for protection. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/5/2)
- Letter from Mr William O'Brien master of an American Brig ENDEAVOR (Manuscript) (NEP/9/6)
- Two letters from F. Maderny about his time in the secret service and asking for compensation. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/7)
- Letter from Groves about a letter from Mr King (Manuscript) (NEP/9/8)
- A letter from Gabriel Bray on the French prisoners who were on the HIND. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/9)
- Letter from Gabriel Bray on the HIND about pilot employment with John Warren (Manuscript) (NEP/9/10)
- A letter from Captain William Albany Otway on the payment of a French officer. (Manuscript) (NEP/9/11)
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