238 
Venice 
CORTE. 
In 1630 the series of Deliberazioni was divided into two, of which that of 
Corte contains the material relating to foreign affairs. This series contains 
generally one volume for each year, and is complete to the extinction of the 
ducal government of Venice. The following volumes were examined: 
160.(1783). f. 160. Aug. 30. To the ambassador in France approving his 
conduct regarding the call of Dr. Franklin, 
f. 225. Nov. 22. To the same, expressing interest in his discussions of 
the questions of the royalists and of paper money. 
161 (1784). f. 99. May 12. To the same, commenting on the treaty of peace 
of Versailles. 
f. 532. Feb. 19. To the same, commenting on the request of the United 
States for a treaty of commerce, and ordering him to collect informa¬ 
tion on the subject. 
RELAZIONI. 
The famous relations of the Venetian ambassadors have perhaps been too 
highly regarded as a source of history, for a glance at any important library 
of manuscripts in Italy, if not in Europe, at once shows that few of them re¬ 
mained long secret, and the relations in fact bear evidence that an audience 
wider than the Venetian Senate was addressed. Those copies in the Roman 
libraries have been, for the most part, noted and commented on, and few are 
to be found in Venice, of which those libraries have not copies. Nearly all of 
them, moreover, have been printed. 6 It is true, however, that there are con¬ 
siderable differences between the originals and the copies, and revised editions 
will some time be necessary, based upon a widespread study. The relations 
in the archives are listed in indice 174 , which notes those that have been pub¬ 
lished. Only those were examined which remain unpublished. 
Francia. 
There are six unpublished relations of France, contained in basta 10 , and 
for the years 1708, 1723, 1733, 1737, 1740, and 1743. The fourth and fifth 
contained no references to America: references in the others follow: 
Aug. 11, 1708, by Lorenzo Tiepolo, mentions the trade of France in the 
Western Indies on f. 5. 
Apr. 13, 1723, by Nicolo Foscarini and Nicolo Tiepolo, discusses the 
South Sea Bubble and the West India Company, in the first 10 pp. 
Feb. 18, 1733, by Alvise Mocenigo, comments on the trade of Spanish 
America, and the rivalry of France and England for it. He notes 
royal revenue from the colonies. 
” Eugenio Alberi, Le Relazioni degli Ambasciatori Veneti al Senato durante il Secolo 
Decimo Sesto (1839-1863, 15 vols.) ; Nicolo Barozzi and Guglielmo Berchet, Relazioni 
degli Stati Europei lette al Senato degli Ambasciatori Veneti nel Secolo Decimo Set- 
timo (1856-1870, 7 vols.) ; M. Gachard, Relationi des Ambassadeurs Venitiens (of 
Charles V. and Philip II.; Brussels, 1855, one vol.) ; [Sir Henry Layard,] Dispatches 
of Michele Suriano and Marc’ Antonio Barbaro, Venetian Ambassadors at the Court 
of France, 1560-1563 (Lymington, 1891, pp. xii, 107, clvi) ; Brieven van Lionello en 
Suriano uit den Haag aan Doge en Senaat van Venetie in de jaren 1616, 1617, 1618 
(Utrecht, 1883, pp. vii, 472), no. 37 in the Werken of the Historisch Genootschap te 
Utrecht; “ Verslag van den Ambassadeur in den Haag Francesco Michiel aan Doge en 
Senaat, 27 Mai, 1638”, in the Bijdragen en Mededeelingen, VII. 67-68, of the same 
society. There are also many relationi printed separately, and other collections not 
bearing on the subject. 
