Naples 
233 
1404 , 1405 , 1410 , 1418 , 1420 . News-letters, etc. 1567-1598, 1568-1585, 
1613-1633, 1700-1706, 1711-1734. 
1666 . Correspondence of Margaret with the Archbishop of Rossano, etc. 
1579 - 1595 - 
1707 - 1711 . Correspondence of Duke Alexander with the nuncio of Co¬ 
logne concerning England. 1587-1591. 
AFFARI ESTERI. 
With the improbable exception that there may be a few documents relative 
to the subject among the manuscripts of the suppressed monasteries, the only 
other collection of interest to the student of American history is that of the 
Affari Esteri. This begins in 1734, with the separation of the kingdom of 
Naples from Spain, and ends in i860, with its absorption into that of Italy. 
A brief schedule of material is found in Trinchera, table XXI., and there is an 
inventory dated 1895. 
The material relating to the legations consists of 1420 fasci and 794 vol¬ 
umes. The fasci are unusually large, containing each two fasci of an older 
arrangement, when the numeration was by countries, instead of, as now, con¬ 
tinuous. They have on the average 2000 folios, and contain, without careful 
sorting, letters to ministers in foreign countries, letters home from these min¬ 
isters, and letters of foreign ministers of state to Neapolitan envoys resident 
at their courts. 
There are six volumes of correspondence with the United States of America. 
Volumes 4-6 contain that of the American legation in Naples, for the years 
1816-1824, 1833-1852, 1855-1860, respectively; volumes 1 - 3 , that of the Nea¬ 
politan legation in America, 1847-1852, 1855-1856, and 1857-1860. These 
were not examined, as they fall within the period to which access can be ob¬ 
tained only by special permission. 
The correspondence with England is contained, as to the English legation 
in Naples, in fasci 588 - 672 , covering the years 1733-1860; as to that of Naples 
in England, in fasci 673 - 704 , covering the years 1734-1798, and 1815-1860. 
Of these the following were examined: 
617 . Inghilterra, no. 21 . 
Sept. 12, 28, 1762. Neapolitan jealousy of the part played by Turin in 
the negotiations. 
Oct. 29, Nov. 12, 1762. On the cession of Florida or of Porto Rico. 
Nov. 29, 1762. On the treaty closing the Seven Years’ War: “ un vasto 
tratto di Paese, quale puo dirsi non conosciuto da chi si cede, ne da 
chi sara posseduto per l’avvenire ”. 
621 . Inghilterra, no. 29 . 1772. In this, in a letter of July 24, 1772, the Gaspee 
affair is referred to. 
Aug. 7, 1772. References to the Ohio Company. 
Aug. 14. A full plan of the Ohio project with annotations. 
Inghilterra, no. 30 . 1772-1774, with some letters of 1783. The letters 
in this bundle are not chronologically arranged. They are referred 
to in the order of their occurrence. The Neapolitan minister, Count 
Michele Pignatelli, seems to have followed the American Revolution 
with unusual interest, and with assiduity. While his letters are in a 
way merely news-letters, they have a higher value than might be ex¬ 
pected. At the same time three-quarters of their material is such as 
could be found in any gazette, copies of many of which are bound 
with them. 
