Volume 1. 1775-1781: the outbreak of colonial revolt against GB, through the Revolution to the end of the war. Volume 2. 1781-1782: the detailed negotiations in Paris for the first ever US-GB treaty. Volume 3. 1783-1791: ratification of the Peace Treaty, 1783; US alliance with France; establishment of formal diplomatic channels. Volume 4. 1792-June 1794: an uneasy era, reluctance in application of treaty, especially over impressed seamen and repayment for losses; territorial issues, impact of Indian wars; problems caused by French representatives in US and Jeffersonian policy. Volume 5. May 1794-1799: negotiations in London for an additional treaty (Jay's Treaty) to resolve territorial disputes, and work on resolving claims; impact of French situation on GB-US relations; US trade frustrations arising from GB blockades; a near-war situation. Volume 6. 1800-1805: loyalist claims issue; growth of US territory - e.g. Louisiana (1803) and implications for Canada and other British colonies; temporary British peace with France and relaxed US trade/shipping, but then the Napoleonic War occurs (1803). Volume 7. 1806-1808: growing tensions over British blockades of US ports, and US relations with France complicated by its reliance on its status as a 'neutral'; US negotiations lead to new treaty (1806), but subsequently rejected. Volume 8. 1809-1812: stalemate over revocation of blockades; US suspends trade with Britain. Volume 9. 1812-1815: declaration of war on Britain by US in 1812, conciliatory attempts by GB till 1813; War; Treaty of Ghent negotiations.
This collection consists of seven thousand pages of primary documents, written by contemporary diplomats, and provides the evidence for the emergence of an independent America.
Anita Burdett was born in Canada and holds an M.A. in History from Carleton University, Ottawa. After graduating, she trained as an archivist with the National Archives Canada, working first in the archive in Ottawa, then at the Canadian High Commission archives in London; she also served for several years as treasurer of the Commonwealth Archivists Association. In the late 1980s, Anita became an independent historical researcher working freelance for law firms and government clients on legal cases involving primarily boundary issues, and for governments, museums and private clients on the history of the Middle East. Parallel work includes extensive and continuing research in both UK and French archives. Anita has authored more than forty important collections of government documents covering the history and development of the Gulf states and Iran, the Balkans, Armenia, the Caucasus, and Kurdistan; and she has also published topic-specific collections such as the history of the slave trade into Arabia, or the Arab League, the Origins of OPEC, or the rise of dissident and Islamic movements.
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