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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.360 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | American neutrality |
| Date | 1865 |
| Author | Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon (1827-1904) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Harcourt as a journalist in Britain under the pseudonym "Historicus." Cover says the pamphlet is reprinted version of his letters to the London Times of 22 December 1864. The letters focused on questions of international law resulting from the Civil War in the United States. He was against recognition of the Southern states as belligerents and was influential in the formulation of English public opinion on this problem. He also sought to define Great Britain's role as a neutral country. |
| Subjects | Military History Global History and Civics Civil War Union Forces Confederate States of America Treaty Government and Civics |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Harcourt would later become a well-known Liberal Democratic parliamentarian associated with Prime Minister William Gladstone's accession to power. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer 1892-1895. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |