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Document ReferenceOs C 314
TitleLetter from [F. Egerton], 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Naples, Italy, to J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire; Jan. 1851
DateJanuary 1851
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionDescribes society in Naples and its English members; reports visit to Pompeii and archaeological excavations; refers to J[ohn] Russell's letter and that Russell should have been more restrained; mentions bad weather at Genoa; has read nothing but Galignani ['s Messenger] since Nice; defers any comment on politics until Malta; comments on local official and his attitude towards hunting; mentions arrival of Webster's yacht from Algiers which was quarantined for cholera; refers to Jamaican accounts of cholera; describes visit to Museum where 'there is nothing short of the Elgin Marbles to compare to the bronzes'; refers to talk of schism between Russell and Grey and encloses Coppy's letter.
Termmedical conditions, cholera
quarantine
sports, hunting
travel, Italy
travel, France
weather, Italy
social life, Italy
archaeology
publications, books, 'Galignani's Messenger'
museums

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6143Walewski; Alexandre F.J.C. (1810-1868); Count Walewski; French diplomat1810-1868
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
NA9690Webster; Daniel (1782-1852); Mr; American statesman1782-1852
NA6636Grey; Henry G. (1802-1894); 3rd Earl Grey1802-1894
NA9889Lascelles; Henry (1797-1857); 3rd Earl of Harewood; succeeded 18411797-1857
NA9503Galignani; Giovanni A. (-1821); Signor; founded Galignani's Messenger 1814-1821
NA9447Egerton; Francis (1800-1857); 1st Earl of Ellesmere; also F. Leveson-Gower M.P.1800-1857
NA199Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 18721800-1873
Places
CodeSet
PL288/Italy
PL1182/Jamaica
PL2436/Algiers/Algeria
PL1876/Malta
PL10172/Nice/France
PL10173/Genoa/Sardinia
PL10174/Pompeii/Kingdom of the Two Sicilies/Italy
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