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Title: George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960
Subjects: Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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earest to it are seen, offi-cially and unofficially, in the two ensuing entries: — February 20. — The King opens Parhament; sits ,on the throne, with the Due dAosta^ standing on hisright and Count of Turin on his left; on each sidealso stood Due des Abruzzes and Due de Genes. TheQueen was in a box on the first gallery with her ladies-in-waiting, opposite to the King. When the King .bowed to her, she made a low curtsey. ;; The Ambassadors and Chiefs of Mission, with Itheir wives, were in large box adjoining the Queen.The King read the speech, which lasted 10 to 15 min-utes. The procession was very fine, the King andQueen in separate State carriages; the street was linedwith troops. February 21. — Hunt at Cecchignola. The Count of Turin and Duchess dAosta ^ at- 1 The Kinds cousin, then heir apparent; the Count of Turin andDuke of thi- Al)ruzzi arc the Duke of Aostas younger brothers; the Dukeof Genoa, another cousin. 2 The Princess Elena of Orleans, daughter of the Comte de Paris.
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1902) AMBASSADOR TO ITALY 51 tended. Was presented to the Count of Turin bythe M. F. H., Marquis Raccogiovini; to H. R. H.Duchess dAosta by the French Ambassador. I foundher most gracious and agreeable, as well as attractive,and later rode and talked quite a while with her. We had a good run with the hounds, but did notkill. Julia and Alice, my daughters, went out with meand enjoyed it, as did the Reverend Roland CottonSmith, to whom I gave a mount. ** Went out and came back in the automobile. Through March and April of 1902 many cablesand letters passed between Meyer and his politicalfriends in Massachusetts regarding the possibility ofhis coming home to contest the seat in Congress madevacant by the appointment of William H. Moody asSecretary of the Navy. Had he finally yielded to thestrong solicitations of those who believed that the con-test would prove successful, there might well havebeen quite a different story to tell in the remainingpages of this book. It is not often, howeve

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