The Nootka Sound Controversy: A dissertation
Volume V. New York: Appleton’s, 1891.--This contains a brief,
inaccurate account strongly tinged with English prejudice. He probably used few documents other than those published in Meares’s _Voyages_ and the _Annual Register_, mentioned above.
Twiss: _The Oregon Question Examined with Respect to the Facts and the Law of Nations_. New York: 1846.--This was written from the English standpoint to refute Greenhow’s book, referred to above.
Schoell, F.: _Histoire Abréyée des Traités de Paix entre Les Puissances de l’Europe depuis la Paix de Westphalia_, etc. Paris: 1815.--Volume IV gives a brief historical statement concerning voyages to the Northwest Coast, and describes the Nootka region and the natives. It is not accurate on the negotiation.
Muriel, D. Andrés: _Historia de Carlos IV_. Madrid: 1893.--This is the fullest recent account in Spanish. The writer gives the details of the Spanish armament. The work contains errors and is strongly prejudiced.
Duro, Cesáreo Fernandez: _Armada Española desde la Union de las Reinos de Castillo y de Aragon_. Madrid: 1902.--Volume VIII gives a brief account. The author is one of the best Spanish historians of the present, though his work is not without errors and prejudices.
Bustamante, Carlos Maria de: _Historia de Los Tres Siglos de Mexico, Durante el Gobierno Español_. Supplement by Andrés Cavo. Mexico: 1836.--Volume III quotes the long letter of April 12, 1793, from Revilla-Gigedo, the Viceroy, to Godoy. It gives a brief history of the Spanish operations on the Northwest Coast and particularly of the Nootka expeditions. It advises the surrender of Nootka to England, giving reasons.
---- _Relacion del Viage Hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792 Para Reconocer el Estrecho de Fuca_. Madrid: 1802.--The introduction contains a brief history of the Spanish voyages to the coast before 1792.
---- _Northwest American Water Boundary Arbitration. Case of England._ British Blue Book series.--This quotes extensively from the work last named.
Gomez de Arteche, D. José: _Reinado de Carlos IV_. Printed as a part of the _Historia General de España Escrita por Individuos de Numero de la Real Academia de la Historia_. Madrid: 1890.--Volume I gives a brief discussion.
---- _Colleccion de Documentos Inéditos para la Historia de España_. Madrid: 1849.--Volume XV contains a little on the subject.
---- _Mexico A Través de Los Siglos, Historia General y Completa … de Mexico Desde la Antigüedad más remota Hasta la Epoca Actual_. Under the direction of D. Vicente Riva Palacio. Mexico and Barcelona: [----].--Volume II of this gives a good brief discussion of the mutual abandonment of Nootka.
Vancouver, Capt. George: _A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World; in Which the Coast of North America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed, … Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795_. London: 1801.--Volumes I and VI give an account of the futile negotiations between Vancouver and Quadra in 1792.
Broughton, William Robert: _A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean … Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Providence and her Tender_. (1795-1798.) London: 1804.--This gives an account of the mutual abandonment.
Colnett, James: _Voyage to the South Atlantic and around Cape Horn into the Pacific_. London: 1798.--The introduction and a note beginning on page 96 give Colnett’s own account of his imprisonment, written several years after his release.
Mirabeau: _Mémoires Biographiques, Littéraires et Politiques, Ecrits par Lui-même, par son Père, son Oncle et son Fils adoptif_. Second edition. Paris: 1841.--Volumes VII and VIII contain documents and brief discussions concerning Mirabeau’s efforts in the National Assembly in behalf of the family compact.
---- _Correspondance Entre le Comte de Mirabeau et le Comte de le Marck_. Paris: 1851.--Volume II contains some material on the subject.
Loménie, Louis de: _Les Mirabeau, Nouvelles Etudes sur la Société Française au XVIII^e Siècle_. Paris: 1891.--Volume V refers to the relations between France and Spain.
Stern, Alfred: _Das Leben Mirabeaus_. Berlin: 1889.--This discusses Mirabeau’s part in the discussion on the right to make peace and war and also his influence on foreign affairs.
Willert, P. F.: _Mirabeau_. London: 1898.--This discusses Mirabeau’s efforts to strengthen the position of the Monarchy in the debate on the right of making peace and war.
Segur, le Comte de: _Politiques des Tous les Cabinets de L’Europe, pendant les règnes de Louis XV et de Louis XVI_. Paris: 1802.--Volume II devotes some space to a discussion of the family compact in the National Assembly.
De Jonge, J. C.: _Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen_. Haarlem: 1862.--Volume V discusses briefly the part taken by the Dutch fleet in the English naval preparations.
Clowes, William Laird: _The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present_. Boston and London: 1899.--Volume IV discusses the Nootka armament.
---- _Gazette de Leide, ou Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits. Année 1790._--This gives newspaper comments on the dispute and the negotiation; also statistics regarding the growth of the armaments.
Stanhope: _Life of the Right Honorable William Pitt_. London: 1861-62.--This mentions the mission of Hugh Elliot to France.
Adams, E. D.: _The Influence of Grenville on Pitt’s Foreign Policy, 1787-1798_. Washington: 1904.--This discusses the mission of Miles and Elliot.
Desdevises du Dezert: _L’Espagne de l’Ancien Régime_. Paris: 1897.--This gives an excellent study of the Spanish Government and institutions.
Tratchevsky: _L’Espagne à l’Epoque de la Révolution Française_, published in _Revue Historique_, XXXI.--This only mentions the dispute, but is valuable as giving an insight into the workings of the Spanish Government.
Hassall, Arthur: _The French People_. New York: 1901.--This discusses the influence of the dispute on the French Revolution.
Stephens: _Revolutionary Europe_. London: 1897.--This makes very brief mention of the affair.
Humboldt, Alex. von: _Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne_. Paris: 1811.--This gives a discussion based on documents found in the archives at Mexico.
Dixon, George: _Remarks on the Voyages of John Meares, esq., in a Letter to that Gentleman_. London: 1790. This points out inconsistencies in Meares’s statements.
---- _Further Remarks on the Voyages, etc. To Which is Added a Letter from Captain Duncan Containing a Refutation of Several Assertions of Mr. Meares, etc._ London: 1791.
Meares, John: _An Answer to Mr. Dixon, In Which the Remarks on the Voyages, etc., are Fully Considered and Refuted_. London: 1791.
Cook, Capt. James: _A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty … in His Majesty’s Ships Resolution and Discovery_. (1777-1780.) London: 1785.--Volume II tells of the discovery of Nootka and describes the country and the natives.
Begg, Alex.: _History of British Columbia_. Toronto: 1894.--This gives a brief discussion of the Nootka affair, drawn chiefly from Meares’s accounts.
Morris, Gouverneur: _Life of, With Selections from his Correspondence_, by Jared Sparks. Boston: 1832.
---- _The Diary and Letters of_, by Anne Cary Morris. New York: 1888.--This and the last contain a few references to the dispute.
[Etches, John Cadman:] _An Authentic Statement of all the Facts Relative to Nootka Sound_. London: 1790.--This is a violently partisan pamphlet, written by one of the proprietors of the captured vessels.
Dalrymple: _The Spanish Pretensions Fairly Discussed_. London: 1790.--This is similar to the last.