Espagne, 1815-1820 527 
695 (1815. Jan. -May) 
Jan. 30. Montmorency-Laval to Jaucourt, no. 25, 
news from South America and Mexico; all parts of Mexico 
tranquil except province of New Mexico, to which troops 
have been sent (f . 104) . 
696 (1815. June-Dec.) 
Dec. 23. Montmorency-Laval to Richelieu, no. 116, 
U.S. consul at Tunis has left his post and gone to Rone, 
where he spent much time with Lucien Bonaparte and Cardinal 
Fesch; Cevallos is disturbed over this (f . 312) . 
697 (1816) 
Correspondence of Montmorency-Laval, Richelieu 
Sub.jects Treated 
News from U.S.; American interest in Mexican troubles; 
activities of Napoleonic exiles in U.S.; plan to rescue 
Napoleon; Spanish request for French mediation between 
Spain and U.S. (ff. 41, 136). 
Spanish claim for restitution of vessels given France 
after retrocession of La., as well as for price received 
for La. by France (ff. 69-80). 
Arrival of Erving in Madrid; delay in presenting 
letters of credence (f . 209) . 
Destruction of archives of French embassy in Madrid 
(f .. 221) . 
698 (1816-1817. Nov. 25-Feb.) 
Mediation in Spanish-Portuguese dispute over La Plata. 
699 (1818-1820. Mar .-Jan. 8) 
Mediation in Spanish-Portuguese dispute over La Plata. 
These two volumes concern entirely the negotiations 
of Spain and Portugal, carried on through the mediation of 
the ministers of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 
Paris, and the French foreign minister, over the occupation 
by Portuguese troops of the left bank of the Rio de La 
Plata. The volumes contain protocols of mediatory confer- 
ences, memoirs, correspondence, projects for conventions 
and treaties, and notes from the Spanish and Portuguese 
ministries. 
700 (1817. Jan. -Oct.) 
Correspondence of d'Agoult, "Survilliers" [Joseph 
Bonaparte], Clauzel, Erving, Fernan Nunez, Hyde de Neuville, 
Lakanal, Pizarro, Richelieu, Rush 
Sub.jects Treated 
U.S. -Spanish difficulties; boundaries of La.; right 
of deposit at New Orleans; claims; filibustering in Spanish 
America; U.S. threat to Mexico and Florida;- plots of Bona- 
partists in U.S. to place Joseph Bonaparte at head of empire 
in western America, and to rescue Napoleon; project of con- 
