The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98 Volume II: America, France, and Bantry Bay, August 1795 to December 1796

by Tone, Theobald Wolfe; Moody, T. W.; McDowell, R. B.; Woods, C. J.

• ISBN13: 9780198208792
• ISBN10: 0198208790
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This edition of the writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-98), barrister, United Irishman, agent of the Catholic Committee, and officer in the French revolutionary army, is intended to comprehend all his writings and largely to supersede the two volume Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone...written byhimself that was edited by his son and published in 1826. It consists mainly of Tone's correspondence, diaries, autobiography, pamphlets, public addresses, and miscellaneous memoranda. It is based on the original MSS if extant or the most reliable printed sources. Tone's participation in Irish politics in the early 1790s and his presence on the periphery of the ruling circle in revolutinary France from February 1796 to September 1798 is enough to make his writings a major historical source. However the literary quality of his writings, diaries, andautobiography enhance this importance. This volume is the second of three volumes and covers Tone's attempt to settle in America, the early days in France, his negotiations with the Directory, his entry into the French army, and the expedition to Bantry Bay. Preceded by Tone's Career in Ireland to June 1795 (1998), it is to be followedby France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly, and Death of Tone, January 1797 to November 1798. Addenda, corrigenda, a bibliography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, and an index to all three volumes will appear in the third volume.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	xi
America, France and Bantry Bay, August 1795 to December 1796	xiii
THE DOCUMENTS
1795
August 7 To Thomas Russell	1	(1)
August 7 Matilda Tone to Thomas Russell	2	(1)
August 10 To Pierre Auguste Adet	3	(4)
August 13 Memorandum by Tone on the state of Ireland	7	(3)
August Memorandum by Tone on his brother Mathew	10	(1)
September 1 To Thomas Russell	11	(6)
September 3 From John Keogh	17	(3)
September 18 From Robert Simms	20	(1)
September 21 From Thomas Russell(?)	21	(1)
September 21 From William Simms	22	(1)
October 1 Pierre Auguste Adet to the Committee of Public Safety	23	(1)
October 1 Extract from a despatch from Pierre Auguste Adet to the Committee of Public Safety	24	(1)
October 20 To Arthur O'Connor	25	(4)
October 25 To Thomas Russell	29	(5)
December 14 Pierre Auguste Adet to the Committee of Public Safety	34	(1)
December 14 John Beckley to James Monroe	35	(1)
December 17 Inscription by Tone in his diary	36	(1)
1796
prob. January 26 Margaret Tone to Thomas Russell	37	(1)
January 27 Report by Charles Delacroix to the Executive Directory	38	(2)
February 2--15 Diary	40	(14)
February 15 Receipt from secretary general for external relations for Adet's letter of 13 December 1795	54	(1)
February 16--21 Diary	55	(6)
February 22 First memorial to the French government on the present state of Ireland	61	(9)
February 22--5 Diary	70	(10)
February 26 To Charles Delacroix	80	(3)
February 26--8 Diary	83	(5)
February 29 Second memorial to the French government on the present state of Ireland	88	(9)
February 29--March 11 Diary	97	(10)
March 12--22 Diary	107	(16)
March 23 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	123	(1)
March 23--7 Diary	124	(5)
March 27--April 4 Diary	129	(15)
April 4 Memorandum to General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke on the encouragement of chouannerie in Ireland	144	(1)
April 4--9 Diary	145	(6)
April 10--21 Diary	151	(7)
April 22 Tone's `Observations' on `Instructions' intended for Eugene Ahern	158	(2)
April 22--5 Diary	160	(4)
April 26 Memorandum on the number and position of the troops in Ireland	164	(5)
April 26--May 2 Diary	169	(7)
May 7 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	176	(1)
May 7--11 Diary	177	(3)
May 12 To Charles Delacroix	180	(1)
May 12 Extract from the register of the Executive Directory	180	(1)
May 12--13 Diary	181	(2)
May 14 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	183	(1)
May 14 Diary	183	(1)
May 15 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	183	(1)
May 15 Diary	184	(1)
May 16 To the Executive Directory	184	(1)
May 16 Diary	185	(1)
May 17 Diary	185	(1)
May 18 Decree of the Executive Directory	186	(1)
May 18--29 Diary	187	(5)
June 3 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	192	(1)
June 3--9 Diary	193	(3)
June 9--10 Proclamation to the people of Ireland	196	(2)
June 10--12 Diary	198	(3)
June 14 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	201	(1)
June 14--23 Diary	202	(9)
June 24--9 Diary	211	(9)
June 30 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	220	(1)
July 1--3 Diary	220	(2)
July 4 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	222	(1)
July 4--5 Diary	222	(3)
July 6 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	225	(1)
July 6--11 Diary	226	(6)
July 12 From General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	232	(1)
July 12--14 Diary	232	(5)
July 15 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	237	(1)
July 15--17 Diary	237	(3)
July 17 From Claude Petiet	240	(1)
July 18 To Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot	241	(1)
July 18 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (I)	242	(1)
July 18 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (II)	242	(1)
July 18--20 Diary	243	(4)
July 21 Extract from the register of the Executive Directory	247	(1)
July 21 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	248	(1)
July 21--August 6 Diary	249	(11)
August 7--September 8 Autobiography (1763--92)	260	(46)
August 8--September 2 Diary	306	(4)
September 5 To General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke	310	(1)
September 5--9 Diary	310	(1)
September 11 Matilda Tone to Thomas Russell	311	(2)
September 12--16 Diary	313	(1)
September 17 To Charles Delacroix	314	(1)
September 17--27 Diary	314	(6)
September 28 Autobiography (1792, 1795--6)	320	(21)
September 28--October 8 Diary	341	(4)
October 9 Matilda Tone to Thomas Russell	345	(1)
October 12 Diary	346	(1)
a. October 14 An address to the peasantry of Ireland, by A Traveller, i.e. Tone	347	(6)
October 14--November 13 Diary	353	(19)
November 18 Diary	372	(2)
November 21 To General Louis Nicolas Hyacinthe Cherin	374	(1)
a. November 22 An address to the people of Ireland on the present important crisis	375	(17)
a. November 22 To the militia of Ireland, by Sarsfield, i.e. Tone	392	(2)
a. November 22 To the Irishmen now serving aboard the British navy (I)	394	(2)
November 22--30 Diary	396	(7)
November 30--December 2 To Matilda Tone	403	(6)
December 2 Diary	409	(1)
December 4 From General Louis Nicolas Hyacinthe Cherin	409	(1)
December 4--21 Diary	410	(10)
December 22 To the Irishmen now serving aboard the British navy (II)	420	(1)
December 22 To the militia of Ireland	421	(1)
December 22 To the people of Ireland	422	(1)
December 22--3 Diary	422	(4)
December 24 Proclamation by General Emmanuel Grouchy	426	(1)
December 24, 1796--January 1, 1797 Diary	427