| Document Reference | Os C 314 |
| Title | Letter from [F. Egerton], 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Naples, Italy, to J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire; Jan. 1851 |
| Date | January 1851 |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | Describes 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. |
| Term | medical 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
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA6143 | Walewski; Alexandre F.J.C. (1810-1868); Count Walewski; French diplomat | 1810-1868 |
| NA139 | Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell | 1792-1878 |
| NA9690 | Webster; Daniel (1782-1852); Mr; American statesman | 1782-1852 |
| NA6636 | Grey; Henry G. (1802-1894); 3rd Earl Grey | 1802-1894 |
| NA9889 | Lascelles; Henry (1797-1857); 3rd Earl of Harewood; succeeded 1841 | 1797-1857 |
| NA9503 | Galignani; Giovanni A. (-1821); Signor; founded Galignani's Messenger 1814 | -1821 |
| NA9447 | Egerton; Francis (1800-1857); 1st Earl of Ellesmere; also F. Leveson-Gower M.P. | 1800-1857 |
| NA199 | Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872 | 1800-1873 |
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