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- 1850-1851 (Creation)
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139 ff. (numbered by Senior 1-167)
Original binding, lettered on spine 'Paris, May, 1851'.
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Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 29 April-24 May 1850, with a copy of a letter (in French) from Tocqueville, 27 July 1851 (ff. 134-139). The political state of France is discussed with Philip Taylor; Beaumont; Tocqueville, Dunoyer; Lavergne; Mrs Grote; Faucher; Count Gallina; Dumon; Jules von Mohl (1800-76); Wollowski; Ampere; Gioberti; George Sumner; Count de Barante (1782-1866); Anisson Duperon; Prosper Mérimée (1803-70); Duc de Broglie; Arrivabene; Emile Girardin (1802-81); Say; Rivet; Auguste Chevalier; Charles Montalembert (b. 1810); Guizot, et al. Topics of conversation include the constitutional problems of France; the commercial state of France; revolutions; Rome; politics in Germany; the threat of insurrection in Paris, 3 May 1851; French invasion of Rome; Catholicism in England; Italian unity; Faucher's acceptance of office; public works in France; republicanism; class distinctions in Italy, etc.
[Published in: (i) Journals Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 171-219, and (ii) Correspondence..., vol. I, pp. 247-61.]
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Preferred citation: A9.