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Webster, Daniel., 01/09/1843-01/09/1843
File — Box 1: Series 1167, Folder: 24
Identifier: 71622
Series-level Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
One series only.
Dates:
01/09/1843-01/09/1843
Found in Notes:
References to Count Almodovar, Pedro Alcanara Argaiz (Chevalier D'Argaiz), Joaquin Baldomero Hernandez Alvarez Espartero's (Regent) reception by Madrid, the insurrection in Barcelona, General Martin Zurbano's heavy hand in Catalonia, the character and actions of Espartero, the involvement of France and England in the Barcelona insurrection, Louis Philippe, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the "Cotton Question," and the "Heraldo" (newspaper).
Graham Greene to Francis Steegmuller., 06/02/1980-06/02/1980
File — Box 4: Series GAMMS421.2, Folder: 25
Identifier: GAMMS421.2.275
Series-level Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Correspondence exchanged between Graham Greene, Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller, 1973 to 1990. Includes printed matter about Greene, including articles, newspaper clippings, exhibition and collection catalogs, as well as Greeneiana such as the menu from "Da Gemma's" restaurant in Capri (Folder 4:57); and the commemorative book of Greene's honorary citizenship of Capri (Folder 4:55).
Dates:
06/02/1980-06/02/1980
Found in Notes:
As a result, Greene was moved to protest the decision by returning his award as Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur to the French government, and then to appeal to Alain Peyrefitte, minister of justice under the former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, as well as to write a brief polemic entitled, "J'Accuse," an echo of the famous one by Emile Zola on the Alfred Dreyfus affair almost a century ago.