Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, writings, records of payments, espionage reports, a diary, and a code book, dating from 1800 to 1836, documenting Marshall's career as a double and sometimes triple agent during the Napoleonic period and the Bourbon Restoration. The material is bound in 26 volumes numbered 1-22 and 23-27, with most volumes containing a manuscript list of contents presumably prepared by a former owner.
Dates
- 1800-1836
Creator
Language of Materials
In English and French.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hans P. Kraus, 1967.
Arrangement
Arranged by volume number.
Extent
2.09 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, writings, records of payments, espionage reports, a diary, and a code book, dating from 1800 to 1836, documenting Marshall's career as a double and sometimes triple agent during the Napoleonic period and the Bourbon Restoration. The material is bound in 26 volumes numbered 1-22 and 24-27, with most volumes containing a manuscript list of contents presumably prepared by a former owner.
Biographical/Historical note
Joseph Head Marshall was a medical doctor who was a master spy during the Napoleonic era, working for the English and the Bourbon kings of France.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing, in 2014.
The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as Uncat MS Vault 181.
- Espionage, British -- France
- France -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- France -- History -- Restoration, 1814-1830
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- Marshall, Joseph Head
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Spies -- France
- Spies -- France -- 19th century
- Spies -- Great Britain
- Spies -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Head Marshall Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Beinecke Staff
- Date
- April 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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