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- 1857 (Creation)
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276 ff. (numbered by Senior: 1-271)
NLW binding, lettered on spine: 'Paris. April-may. 1857'.
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Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 9 April-15 May 1857. It includes conversations with: Tocqueville; Lamartine; Circourt; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Charles Sumner (1811-74)]; Remusat; Thomas Wiltberger Evans (1830-97); Chrzanowski; Dussard; Thiers; Guizot; Pierre Le Play (1806-82); Mérimée; Kergorlay; Manin; Giuseppe Montanelli (1813-62); Dunlon; Alexandre Tourguenief (1784-1845); Montalembert; Buffet; Rivet; Cousin, et al. There are conversations on: Louis Napoleon and Empress Eugenie; monarchists in France; Italy; public speaking; Lamartine; military matters; the Crimean War; the French economy; Suez canal; religion; attempts on Louis Napoleon's life; Mazzini; Austria; the French Revolution; Palmerston; the secret police; Spain, etc. Note: a copy of a letter (in French) from the Duc de Nemours to Duc de Broglie, dated 25 January 1857, is on ff. 20-22.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].
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Preferred citation: A28.
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