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Items #1-3: Manuscript daily diaries
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- 1871-1873 (Creation)
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"Manuscript daily diaries kept during the calendar years 1871, 1872, 1873, with financial accounts and letter calendars, by the French diplomat Comte Joseph Anne Amédée François Ripert de Monclar, at first in Lima, Peru, then back in France during this difficult period from September 28, 1971, to February 24, 1872, when he departed for Chile to exercise his duties as Chargé d'Affaires there. As detailed here day-by-day, he remained in Chile, visiting many parts of the country, until September 1873, when he returned to France by way of Lima, Panama, and Caracas. Included are countless matter-of-fact entries tracing the comte's travels in South America, his expenses, notes of major events (e.g., openings of congress, receptions, 'Le mort de l'Emp'. Napoléon III est confirmée...'), occasional troubles (e.g., 'forte migraine,' bad railroad cars, earthquakes, 'Tristes nouvelles. Alice est morte...'), visits to the theater, and specified meals, parties, meetings, and other encounters with named friends, associates, and officials, as on August 26, 1871, for instance, when he noted, 'Guayaquil-Visites à O'Higgins, à qui j'ai laisse ma caisse de graines [see below] pour Dulcat, à D. Pedro Pablo Garcia Moreno, Mr. Gault, & c. vagué pas mal embarqué à 4 heures...' The comte's letter calendars note the dates of exchanges with Roland Gosselin, Germaine Fortier, Alphonse d'Estienne, Melchior Daniels, Georges de Fabry, Drummond Hay, Joaquin Dorado, Mr. Malinowski, W. J. Jerningham, Amiral Cloué, Flury Hérard, and many others." --Description from Carmen D. Valentino