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- 1854 (Creation)
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154 ff. (numbered by Senior: 234-289 and 1-97)
Original binding, lettered on spine: 'Paris. March. 1854'.
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Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 March 1854. It includes conversations with Dumon, Lamartine, Henri Martin (1810-83); Chrzanowski; Faucher; Buffet; Guizot; Duchatel; Thiers; Lanjuinais; Beaumont; Lord Cowley; Broglie; Lavergne; Cousin; General Delarue-Beaumarchais (1799-1878); Duvergier d'Hauranne; Alfred-François Nettement (b. 1805), Count Flahaut de la Billarderi (1785-1870); Circourt; Mignet; Kergorlay; Montalembert; Berryer, et al. The major topic of conversation is the Eastern Question and the effects of British and French intervention in the Crimean War. There are also comments on military affairs, particularly the relative strengths of the Russian, Turkish and French armies; Italy; the Austrian Empire; the political and economic state of France; the prosecution of Montalembert; and the worship of relics.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers ...].
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- English
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Preferred citation: A16.
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