File A10. - Paris journal

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 21 December 1851-8 January 1852. The large majority of the conversations relate to Louis Napoleon's coup d'état, with observations on particular events and forecasts of the future. Conversations with: Gallina; the Tocquevilles; Gino Capponi (1792-1876); Say; Faucher; Dunoyer; Sir William Molesworth (1810-55); Lord Wicklow; Anisson Duperron; Lord Normanby; Dumon; Broglie; Nicholas Creton (1798-1864); Lavergne; Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1855); Duchatel; Michel Chevalier; Sumner; Corcelle; Beaumont; M. Ballon (ex-Prefect of Montpelier); M. Chabroll (ex-Representative); M. d'Ozon (ex-clerk in Dept. of Interior); Mrs Grote; Guizot; M. Donoz (Spanish minister in Paris); Wollowski; M. de Circourt; Rivet; Lanjuinais; and Sir Frederick Adam. There is also a conversation with '... a friend whose name I must not mention' about effects on England and in particular on the Whig Party and Palmerston (ff. 6-9; omitted from published edition). Topics of conversation include the Whigs in England; French relations with the rest of Europe; English attitudes to Kossuth; the situation in Belgium and Holland; emigration; limitations on press and mail; the French in Algiers; Russia; and Prussia.
[Published in: (i) Journal Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 224-301, and (ii) Correspondence ..., vol. 11, pp.3-20].