TURIN. 
ARCHIVIO NAZIONALE. 
These archives are rather shabbily housed at no. 12 Piazza Castello, fourth 
floor. A note from the consul affords the most convenient means of obtaining 
admission. Col. Buronzo Berzetti di Murazzano, Marchese Adriano, address 
Trofarello, is a reliable copyist. 
A useful guide to the archives is that of Nicomede Bianchi, Le Materie Poli- 
tiche relative all’Ester0 degli Archivi di Stato Piemontese (Bologna, 1876, 
pp. 750). A shorter description is that in Professor P. J. Blok’s Verslag van 
Onderzoekingen naar Archivalia in Italie, pp. 77-84. 
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. 
The lists of ministers, of letters from them, and of registers of letters to 
them as given by Bianchi are exhaustive. There is also a manuscript inven¬ 
tory, “ Lettere Estere ”. The correspondence with England extends from 
1538 to 1814, and is practically complete after 1691; that with France begins 
in 1510, extends to 1801, and is very full after 1550; that with Spain is more 
irregular but is very extensive for the eighteenth century. A testing of this 
material brought to light nothing before 1700, though it is probable that stray 
references to American affairs exist. 
During the eighteenth century the court of Turin began to find the centre 
of its interest in the affairs of Europe rather than of Italy. The far-seeing 
vision of Piedmontese diplomacy, its insistence that its state be reckoned as 
a small power, rather than as a great principality, and the skill of its agents as 
well as its directors, were already then in evidence. Ever alert to future possi¬ 
bilities, the Sardinian ministers quickly noted the rising importance of Amer¬ 
ica, and their correspondence becomes valuable. For the Seven Years’ War 
and the wars of the American Revolution it distinctly deserves attention. The 
Sardinian minister at London during the latter period was in sympathy with 
England, and was tolerably well informed; and nearly every letter from the 
outbreak of hostilities to the peace contains news and discussions of American 
events. The correspondence after the year 1815, which is open to examination 
only by special permission, includes the dispatches of the minister of the United 
States to the Sardinian foreign office for the years 1838-1846 and 1850-1859, 
inclusive. 
TREATIES. 
These are found in two collections, each with a manuscript inventory, “Trata 
[sic] Diversi ”, and “ Tratta [sic] Diversi Addizione ”. 
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 
Other documents relating to foreign affairs are found in two collections, 
with corresponding manuscript inventories, “ Inventario delle Scritture rela¬ 
tive alle Corti Straniere ”, and “ Inventario delle Scritture relative alle Corti 
Straniere Addizioni ”. These contain a great variety of documents including 
many copies of treaties, and of relations of various foreign courts by ministers 
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