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- 1854 (Creation)
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199 ff. (numbered by Senior 1-173)
Original binding, lettered on spine: 'Paris April 1854'.
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Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 April 1854 (and also, briefly, to Tocqueville's home at St. Cyr, near Tours). It includes conversations with Chrzanowski; Broglie; Tocqueville; Circourt; Ellice; Say; Dumon; Guizot; Lanjuinais; Thiers; Berryer; Daniele Manin (1804-57); Montalembert, et al. Conversations centre on the Crimean War and its effects, and on Montalembert's trial at which S. was present. There are also comments on Anglo-French relations; centralisation in France; the political situation in Italy and the Austrian Empire; USA and Cuba; andLouis Napoleon's character.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers.]
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- English
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Preferred citation: A17.
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