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 864 BibliograpJiy of American Diplomacy published in collections made up when negotiations have been com- pleted. For the diplomatic history of the United States by far the most important of such series is the "Blue Books," issued from time to time by the English government. These are included in the annual " parlia- mentary papers ;" and particular correspondence is easily reached through the single index to the whole series of papers issued in any one year. F. American Private Correspondence and Memoirs. The literature of American history is very rich in biographies contain- ing correspondence and in the collected works of statesmen; but defi- cient in diaries and autobiographies of diplomats. The first two of these categories are set forth in Channing and Hart, Guide, § 25 (biographies), § 32 (works of American statesmen). The most important contributions in this sort to the history of American diplomacy are the lives and works of : John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Joel Barlow, James G. Blaine, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Thomas Corwin, Alexander J. Dallas, Silas Deane, Daniel S. Dickinson, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, John Forsyth, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Gallatin, Elbridge Gerry, Ale.xander Hamilton, Sam Houston, Thomas Hutchinson, Ralph Izard, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Abbott Lawrence, Francis Lieber, Edward Livingston, William Lee, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, William L. Marcy, George P. Marsh, John Marshall, James Monroe, Gouverneur Morris, John L. Motley, William Penn, Timothy Pickering, Joel R. Poinsett, James K. Polk, Edmund Ran- dolph, John Randolph, 'illiam H. Seward, Jared Sparks, Charles Sum- ner, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, George Washington, Daniel Webster, Francis Wharton. There is a diary of James K. Polk still in manuscript ; but almost the only printed diaries or autobiographies which are of service are the following : John Quincy Adams, Memoirs, comprising Parts of Ids Diary from j-jgS to 1848, 12 vols., (Philadelphia, 1874-1877). — An invaluable record on most of the diplomatic questions from 1809 to 1845. James Monroe, View of the Conduct of the Executive in Foreign Affairs, i-t4-i7g6 (Philadelphia, 1797). John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Ahraliam Lincoln, a dfistory, 10 vols., (New York, 1S90). — Contains so many extracts from narratives of diplomatic events as to deserve special mention. Richard Rush, Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, 1S17-1S25 (Philadelphia, 1833). Second series, 2 vols., (Philadelphia, 1S45). — Chiefly on the Monroe Doctrine. Waddy Thompson, Recollections of Mexico (New York, 1S46). — On his experiences as U. S. Minister. G. Foreign Private Correspondence and Memoirs. The only French diplomats who published their experiences in Amer- ica, except in the official collections, were :