Synopsis
A Collection Of State Papers: Relative To The War Against France Now Carrying On By Great-Britain And The Several Other European Powers by John Debrett. This curated collection gathers authentic state documents that show how European monarchies and governments responded to the French Revolution and the war against revolutionary France. It assembles treaties, conventions, proclamations, official correspondence, neutral-powers papers, parliamentary records, and a war-history appendix to illuminate motives, actions, and official positions of Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Sardinia, Naples, Hesse-Cassel, and related states, as well as their embassies and émigré communities. The material traces coalitions against France, including the Partition Treaty (1791), the Convention of Pilnitz (1791), and a network of Britain-centered agreements with Hesse-Cassel, Sardinia, Spain, Prussia, and Naples. Proclamations and declarations justify intervention, defend monarchical authority and property, and promise subsidies and military support to allies. The collection emphasizes balance of power, order, and legality over conquest, presenting a formal, documentary panorama of late 18th-century diplomacy up to 1793 and beyond.
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