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Title: Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I
Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries
From 1812 to 1883

Author: Sir Moses Montefiore
Judith Montefiore

Editor: Dr. L. Loewe

Release Date: August 2, 2008 [EBook #26170]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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IN THE POSSESSION OF MRS LOEWE TAKEN AT THE AGE OF 80

HELIOG LEMERCIER Et Cie PARIS]

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. I.

CHICAGO:
BELFORD-CLARKE CO.
1890.

[Illustration: ANCIENT COAT OF ARMS OF THE MONTEFIORE FAMILY,
_explained on page 6_.]

(_The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved._)

Copyright--Belford-Clarke Co., Chicago.

PREFACE.

In submitting to the public the Memoirs, including the Diaries, of Sir
Moses and Lady Montefiore, I deem it des