The North American journeys of a diplomat's wife /

Further resources

Readings lists and web links will help you discover more about Henrietta and Robert Liston and about the United States at the time of Washington and Jefferson.

Reading lists

The shelfmark references in these reading lists will help you find details of items in the National Library of Scotland main catalogue

Downloads

Anglo-America relations resources (PDF) (15 KB; 3 pages) British diplomatic relations resources (PDF) (13 KB; 2 pages) Early National America and George Washington resources (PDF) (13 KB; 2 pages) Franco-American relations resources (PDF) (13 KB; 2 pages) Henrietta and Robert Liston resources (PDF) (13 KB; 2 pages) The Quasi War resources (PDF) (13 KB; 2 pages) Scots and the West Indies resources (PDF) (19 KB; 5 pages) United States diplomatic relations (PDF) (15 KB; 3 pages) Women in the United States (PDF) (74 KB; 2 pages)


Web resources

National Library of Scotland online material

'American political history' learning resource 'Scots in North America' database 'Emigrants Guides to North America' database Scotland and the slave trade United States Collections Canadian Collections

Robert and Henrietta Liston

Historic Environment Scotland (Millburn Tower) SCAN (Scottish Archive Network) catalogue record for the Liston Papers Scotland's Places (Millburn Tower)

Robert Liston archival material is held in the following libraries and archives:

British Library University of Nottingham Library Caird Library and Archive at the National Maritime Museum, London Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast Kent History and Library Centre, Maidstone, Kent

George Washington

Fred W Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington George Washington's Mount Vernon George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress Humanizing George Washington (video), Ron Chernow, George Washington's Mount Vernon The Social George Washington (video), Dr Ed Lengel, George Washington's Mount Vernon Dr Craik on Washington's death (video), George Washington's Mount Vernon

Founding Fathers and the early republic

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello James Madison's Montpelier Massachusetts Historical Society The Adams Papers Digital Edition, Massachusetts Historical Society Women of the Republican Court The Quasi War (video), Ron Chernow, George Washington's Mount Vernon Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800

History of the United States and Canada

The Canadian Encyclopedia North Carolina Encyclopedia North Carolina History Project South Carolina plantations Hampton Plantation State historic site

Maps

David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates National Library of Scotland map images