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Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) / Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883

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A multi-decade record combining daily journal entries with speeches, addresses, and extensive correspondence with political and diplomatic figures, documenting a husband-and-wife pair’s public engagements and private reflections. The content chronicles humanitarian missions and travel, negotiations with rulers and officials, and the securing of formal documents such as firmans and edicts. Interwoven are observations on financial, political, and religious matters, descriptions of charitable projects and institutional foundations, and numerous anecdotes about contemporaries and incidents, resulting in a detailed chronicle of advocacy, travel, and communal activity across many years.

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Title: Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2)

Author: Sir Moses Montefiore

Lady Judith Cohen Montefiore

Editor: Louis Loewe

Release date: August 11, 2016 [eBook #52779]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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DIARIES OF
SIR MOSES
AND LADY MONTEFIORE

COMPRISING THEIR LIFE AND WORK AS RECORDED
IN THEIR DIARIES FROM 1812 TO 1883.


WITH THE ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES OF SIR MOSES; HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH
MINISTERS, AMBASSADORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC BODIES;
PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF HIS MISSIONS IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY;
FIRMANS AND EDICTS OF EASTERN MONARCHS; HIS OPINIONS ON
FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, AND
ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS REFERRING TO MEN
OF HIS TIME, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF.


EDITED BY

Dr L. LOEWE,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; OF THE SOCIETE
ASIATIQUE OF PARIS; OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON, ETC. (ONE OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND CONSTANTINOPLE UNDER
THE LATE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, BART., IN THE YEAR 1840).


ASSISTED BY HIS SON.

In Two Volumes


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS


VOL. II.


CHICAGO:
BELFORD-CLARKE CO.
1890.