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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 17: (search)
uite often, and find them very pleasant. They supped here two evenings ago, with Gener, who was President of the Cortes when the King was deposed, and tells many curious stories of those troubled times. Our friend Wallenstein left us last week, after a visit of above two months. He is a very uncommon man, of remarkable acquirements. . . . . I believe he carried off the respect and personal regard of every distinguished man in this quarter of the country. . . . . In a letter of June 11, 1824, Mr. Ticknor speaks of the Baron de Wallenstein, now belonging to the Russian Legation at Washington, a young German of great knowledge. The acquaintance had begun in Madrid. In November, 1824, Mr. and Mrs. Ticknor went to Washington, and afterwards, accompanied by Mr. Webster, visited Mr. Madison at Montpellier, and Mr. Jefferson at Monticello. Upon their return they passed some weeks in Washington, mingling in its general society, and seeing, in an easy and familiar way, many of