A. E. Dick Howard

The Road from Monticello

In August 1784, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Paris. The next year, he succeeded Benjamin Franklin as American Minister to the French Court. Jefferson seems not to have enjoyed the cold winters in Paris, but he loved France. Traveling extensively, he explored France’s historic countryside, admired its architecture, and acquired a taste for French wine.

Another “Springtime of Nations”? Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

In March 1848, the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet adopted an Address to the Crown. Petitioning the Habsburg king, Ferdinand V, the delegates called for “a national Government, totally independent and free from any foreign influence whatever,” a government that “in conformity with constitutional principles, must be a responsible Government, and the result of a majority of the people.”1