https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/578e9a0a2e6d17735c657382e535c144.jpg 48d4f7068746abda6bb511c9d058fe2e Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>Me WC</div> <div/> <div/> <div>Ambassade d’Angleterre</div> <div>17 rue des Réservoirs</div> <div>Versailles</div> <div/> <div>May 22. 71(monday, noon)</div> <div/> <div>ˆE.L.H.’s return to France after leave at Rome</div> <div>VP. 1919ˆ</div> <div/> <div>My little darling, I hope thou hast safely received my telegram telling thee of my arrival and good health ?</div> <div/> <div>My journey was a very fatiguing <del rend="double" class="double del null">one</del> and difficult one. I have nothing of interest to tell thee respecting it however, except that yesterday morning, on arriving at Melun, I had to get out of the railway and take the diligence to Versailles right across the country. It took me nearly the whole day. At Dijon I first came upon the Prussians. Nothing can be more saisissant than their ˆthusˆ suddenly coming upon them.</div> <div/> <div/></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/1a1523567089158666a42c460cc928f3.jpg f9b1de6b47973524273f6e18fba2ab96 Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>The first I saw were two sentries in full campaigning dress with their pointed helmets on the railway line, looking like ghosts in the grey morning light. On the Platform at Dijon there were a large number, all perfectly silent and quiet, and the contrast between them, --so soldier like, so rigid--, and the French soldiers who were hurrying about beside them was very curious. At Lonjumeau where <del rend="double" class="double del null">I stop</del> we stopped to rest the horses, and where I got some dinner yesterday, a balloon containing proclamations etc which had been let off at Paris by the Communists fell in the yard in front of the house I was eating in. There was great excitement of course and the ballon, --a small one—was carried off by the gendarmes. As one approaches Paris the military movement becomes very marked, Cavalry galloping</div> <div/> <div/></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/5dcfdb2cb63f031a98cfa579092dd197.jpg 6c41a3dfa2aff1cdb6a7885f72f9270c Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>along, estafettes etc etc –but I did not pass near enough to Paris to see any of the active operations. On arrival here I was given a small room in Lord L’s apartment (a very small one something like our Rue du Luxembourg apartment &amp; on the second floor) The room is very small, but has is clean &amp; has plenty of air. I fear it is quite out of the question finding even a bedroom to let here except at a fabulous price. 200 a month is asked for an inferior bedroom. So I suppose I must stay with Lord L. though I dread the long meals and the I should far prefer a more independent mode of life.</div> <div/> <div>Lord L. is very cordial, as he always is. The other people staying with him are Wodehouse</div> <div/> <div/></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/02bf7fb26a3611a2c80c7e70fcaa182b.jpg a1aa2f0eeede375b1948349a0a3fda85 Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>Sheffield and a new military attaché, Colonel Conolly, whom I have scarcely had time to judge of. West, the Secretary of Embassy, is also here.</div> <div/> <div>I have arrived just in time for the great dénouement, it seems. As I telegraphed thee, the Army forced its way in to (sic) Paris yesterday, and a great battle is raging there today. Sheffield was has been at Meudon all the morning, whence there is a splendid view of the contest. He says the Versailles army has reached the Arc de Triomphe on the right bank of the Seine and the Champ de Mars on the other. The Insurgents are apparently bombarding Paris from <del rend="double" class="double del null">Versa</del> Montmartre, and we are very anxious for the safety</div> <div/> <div/></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/d04f230d6cab798bd5d43893c63b36cf.jpg 947529c10700924e431bfa7354919a79 Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>of the Embassy &amp; its inmates.A great fire can also be distinctly seen to be raging in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries. I am going to Meudon in half an hour, and shall write thee this evening what I see.</div> <div/> <div>Here at Versailles there is of course tremendous excitement. Cavalry, artillery galloping about, great crowds in the streets. Large numbers of unfortunate prisoners are <del rend="double" class="double del null">bro</del> continually being brought into Versailles and are <del rend="double" class="double del null">jee</del> cruelly jeered at by the mob. I saw a great body of them this morning escorted down the Avenue de Paris by cavalry. They look like brigands rather than like soldiers. They are horribly dirty and squalid, most of them in a sort of garde mobile uniform. Most of them are either very young or very old, few of them middle aged. I saw</div> <div/> <div/></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) https://eman-archives.org/HoL/files/original/9899bd0fa6317f99dff19f71e44eea01.jpg 494eb0c396809476018938e0a27b6fa5 Transcript Transcription A TEI tagged representation of the document. <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><div>among them many deserters from the regular army, who walked along doggedly, apparently quite prepared for their fate. Close by to this house is the Place du Château with the fine statue of Louis XIV and the inscription “à toutes les gloires de la France”. It was at the foot of this statue that the Crown Prince of Prussia distributed medals to his soldiers.I have been studying the timetables <del rend="double" class="double del null">between</del> for thee between Verona &amp; Salzburg. I find thou wilt have to make two days journey of it, and thou must absolutely sleep at Innsbruck. The best arrangement I can make for thee is to leave Verona at</div></body> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource De la guerre de 1870 à la Commune de Paris: lettres à sa famille Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lee, Vernon Lee-Hamilton, Eugene Paget, Matilda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-1871 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Vernon Lee Archive, Colby College, Miller Library, Waterville, Maine, USA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Paris, France Language A language of the resource Français Anglais Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondance Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Geoffroy, Sophie (transcription et édition scientifique) Walter, Richard (digital edition) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Document : Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Colby College Libraries, Waterville, Maine Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). 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Title A name given to the resource Lettre d'Eugène Lee-Hamilton à Matilda Paget - 22 Mai 1871 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lee-Hamilton, Eugene Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871-05-22 Subject The topic of the resource Commune de Paris Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Vernon Lee Archive, Miller Library, Colby College, ME Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Versailles, France Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource papier; 6 pages Language A language of the resource Anglais Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondance Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Document : Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Colby College Libraries, Waterville, Maine Fiche : Holographical-Lee, Sophie Geoffroy, Université de La Réunion ; projet EMAN (Thalim, ENS-CNRS-Sorbonne nouvelle). Licence Creative Commons Attribution – Partage à l’Identique 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) Description An account of the resource 22 Mai 1871<br />MeWC<br /><br />Ambassade d’Angleterre<br />17 rue des Réservoirs<br />Versailles<br />May 22. 71<br />(monday, noon)<br />ˆE.L.H.’s return to France after leave at Rome<br />VP. 1919ˆ <br />My little darling, <br />I hope thou hast safely received my telegram telling thee of my arrival and good health ?<br />My journey was a very fatiguing one and difficult one. I have nothing of interest to tell thee respecting it however, except that yesterday morning, on arriving at Melun, I had to get out of the railway and take the diligence to Versailles right across the country. It took me nearly the whole day. At Dijon I first came upon the Prussians. Nothing can be more saisissant than their ˆthusˆ suddenly coming upon them. The first I saw were two sentries in full campaigning dress with their pointed helmets on the railway line, looking like ghosts in the grey morning light. On the Platform at Dijon there were a large number, all perfectly silent and quiet, and the contrast between them, --so soldier like, so rigid--, and the French soldiers who were hurrying about beside them was very curious. At Lonjumeau where I stop we stopped to rest the horses, and where I got some dinner yesterday, a balloon containing proclamations etc which had been let off at Paris by the Communists fell in the yard in front of the house I was eating in. There was great excitement of course and the ballon, --a small one—was carried off by the gendarmes. As one approaches Paris the military movement becomes very marked, Cavalry galloping along, estafettes etc etc –but I did not pass near enough to Paris to see any of the active operations. On arrival here I was given a small room in Lord L’s apartment (a very small one something like our Rue du Luxembourg apartment &amp; on the second floor) The room is very small, but has is clean &amp; has plenty of air. I fear it is quite out of the question finding even a bedroom to let here except at a fabulous price. 200 a month is asked for an inferior bedroom. So I suppose I must stay with Lord L. though I dread the long meals and the I should far prefer a more independent mode of life.<br />Lord L. is very cordial, as he always is. The other people staying with him are Wodehouse Sheffield and a new military attaché, Colonel Conolly, whom I have scarcely had time to judge of. West, the Secretary of Embassy, is also here.<br />I have arrived just in time for the great dénouement, it seems. As I telegraphed thee, the Army forced its way in to (sic) Paris yesterday, and a great battle is raging there today. Sheffield was has been at Meudon all the morning, whence there is a splendid view of the contest. He says the Versailles army has reached the Arc de Triomphe on the right bank of the Seine and the Champ de Mars on the other. The Insurgents are apparently bombarding Paris from Versa Montmartre, and we are very anxious for the safety of the Embassy &amp; its inmates.<br />A great fire can also be distinctly seen to be raging in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries. I am going to Meudon in half an hour, and shall write thee this evening what I see. Here at Versailles there is of course tremendous excitement. Cavalry, artillery galloping about, great crowds in the streets. Large numbers of unfortunate prisoners are bro continually being brought into Versailles and are jee cruelly jeered at by the mob. I saw a great body of them this morning escorted down the Avenue de Paris by cavalry. They look like brigands rather than like soldiers. They are horribly dirty and squalid, most of them in a sort of garde mobile uniform. Most of them are either very young or very old, few of them middle aged. I saw among them many deserters from the regular army, who walked along doggedly, apparently quite prepared for their fate. Close by to this house is the Place du Château with the fine statue of Louis XIV and the inscription “à toutes les gloires de la France”. It was at the foot of this statue that the Crown Prince of Prussia distributed medals to his soldiers.<br />I have been studying the timetables between for thee between Verona &amp; Salzburg. I find thou wilt have to make two days journey of it, and thou must absolutely sleep at Innsbruck. The best arrangement I can make for thee is to leave Verona at Commune de Paris