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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.

CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.

CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore,
by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore
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Title: Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in
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DIARIES OF
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 3
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.
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(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
desirable to explain the motives by which I have been actuated, as well as the sources from which most of my
information has been drawn.
The late Sir Moses Montefiore, from a desire to show his high appreciation of the services rendered to the
cause of humanity by Judith, Lady Montefiore, his affectionate partner in life, directed the executors of his
last will "to permit me to take into my custody and care all the notes, memoranda, journals, and manuscripts
in his possession written by his deeply lamented wife, to assist me in writing a Memoir of her useful and
blessed life."
The executors having promptly complied with these instructions, I soon found myself in possession of five
journals by Lady Montefiore, besides many valuable letters and papers, including documents of great

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 4
importance, as well as of no less than eighty-five diaries of Sir Moses Montefiore, dating from 1814 to 1883,
all in his own handwriting.
In addition to such facilities for producing a Memoir, I had the special advantage of personally knowing both
Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore for many years. There is an entry in the diaries referring to a dinner at the
house of one of their relatives on the 27th of November 1835 (where I met them for the first time), and to a
visit I subsequently paid them at East Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, by special invitation, from the 3rd to the 13th of
December of the same year.
I also had the privilege of accompanying them on thirteen philanthropic missions to foreign lands, some of
which were undertaken by both Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, and others by Sir Moses alone after Lady
Montefiore's death. The first of these missions took place in the year 1839, and the last in 1874.
A no less important circumstance, which I may perhaps be allowed to mention, is, that I was with Sir Moses
on the last day of his life, until he breathed his last, and had the satisfaction of hearing from his own lips,
immediately before his death, the expression of his approval of my humble endeavours to assist him, as far as
lay in my power, in attaining the various objects he had in view.
However desirous I might have been to adhere strictly to his wishes, I found it impossible to write a Memoir
of Lady Montefiore without making it, at the same time, a Memoir of Sir Moses himself, both of them having
been so closely united in all their benevolent works and projects. It appeared to me most desirable, therefore,
in order to convey to the reader a correct idea of the contents of the book, to entitle it "The Diaries of Sir
Moses and Lady Montefiore."
In order, however, to comply with the instructions of the will, I shall, in giving the particulars of their family
descent, first introduce the parentage of Lady Montefiore.
To assist the reader in finding the exact month and year referring to Hebrew Communal affairs, I have always
given the Hebrew date conjointly with that of the Christian era, more especially as all the entries in the diaries
invariably have these double dates.
L. LOEWE.
1 Oscar Villas, Broadstairs, Kent, 21st June 1887 (5647 A.M.).
CONTENTS.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 5
CHAPTER I.

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Birth of Sir Moses Montefiore at Leghorn His Family Early Years 1
CHAPTER I. 6
CHAPTER II.
Early Education Becomes a Stockbroker His Marriage 12
CHAPTER II. 7
CHAPTER III.
Extracts from the Diaries Financial Transactions Public Events before and after Waterloo Elected President
of the Spanish and Portuguese Hebrew Community 19
CHAPTER III. 8
CHAPTER IV.
Daily Life Death of his Brother Abraham An early Panama Canal Project 25
CHAPTER IV. 9
CHAPTER V.
First Journey to Jerusalem 36
CHAPTER V. 10
CHAPTER VI.
Mr and Mrs Montefiore leave Alexandria A Sea Voyage Sixty Years ago 47
CHAPTER VI. 11
CHAPTER VII.
Arrival in England Illness of Mr Montefiore The Struggle for Jewish Emancipation 55
CHAPTER VII. 12
CHAPTER VIII.
Lady Hester Stanhope Her Eccentricities Parliament and the Jews 63
CHAPTER VIII. 13
CHAPTER IX.
Mr Montefiore presented to the King Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London in 1829 69
CHAPTER IX. 14
CHAPTER X.
Interview with the Duke of Wellington in furtherance of the Jewish Cause The Duke's Dilatory

Tactics Laying the Foundation-stone of the Synagogue at Hereson 78
CHAPTER X. 15
CHAPTER XI.
Lord Brougham and the Jews The Jewish Poor in London Mr Montefiore hands his Broker's Medal to his
Brother Dedication of the Synagogue at Hereson The Lords reject the Jewish Disabilities Bill 86
CHAPTER XI. 16
CHAPTER XII.
Illness of Mr Montefiore His Recovery Sir David Salomons proposed as Sheriff Visit of the Duchess of
Kent and Princess Victoria to Ramsgate Mr Montefiore's Hospitals Naming of the Vessel Britannia by Mrs
Montefiore A Loan of Fifteen Millions 93
CHAPTER XII. 17
CHAPTER XIII.
Death of Mr N. M. Rothschild Mr Montefiore visits Dublin Becomes the First Jewish Member of the Royal
Society Death of William IV Mr Montefiore elected Sheriff 103
CHAPTER XIII. 18
CHAPTER XIV.
The Jews' Marriage Bill Mr Montefiore at the Queen's Drawing-Room His Inauguration as Sheriff 111
CHAPTER XIV. 19
CHAPTER XV.
Death of Mr Montefiore's Uncle Mr Montefiore rides in the Lord Mayor's Procession Is Knighted His
Speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet Presents Petition on behalf of the Jews to Parliament 119
CHAPTER XV. 20
CHAPTER XVI.
Destruction of the Royal Exchange City Traditions "Jews' Walk" Sir Moses dines at Lambeth Palace 130
CHAPTER XVI. 21
CHAPTER XVII.
Another Petition to Parliament Sir Moses intercedes successfully for the Life of a Convict Death of Lady
Montefiore's Brother 137
CHAPTER XVII. 22
CHAPTER XVIII.

Bartholomew Fair Sir Moses earns the Thanks of the City Preparations for a Second Journey to the Holy
Land The Journey Adventures on Road and River in France 145
CHAPTER XVIII. 23
CHAPTER XIX.
Genoa, Carrara, Leghorn, and Rome Disquieting Rumours Quarantine Precautions Arrival at
Alexandria Travel in the Holy Land 153
CHAPTER XIX. 24
CHAPTER XX.
Reception at Safed Sad Condition of the People Sir Moses' Project for the Cultivation of the Land in
Palestine by the Jews Death of the Chief Rabbi of the German Congregation in Jerusalem Tiberias 162
CHAPTER XX. 25