Letter from Michel Chevalier to George Ticknor, December 13, [1850?]

Title: Letter from Michel Chevalier to George Ticknor, December 13, [1850?]
Caption: Armed with letters of introduction from prominent Americans like Thomas Jefferson, Ticknor made friends and acquaintances with scholars, politicians, and men of letters all over Europe. In America, Ticknor kept up these relationships through letters. Europeans were curious about the young United States and sometimes anxious about its rise in political and cultural affairs. In this letter to Ticknor, Michel Chevalier says of Ticknor’s accomplishment as an American writing a definitive history of Spanish literature:
“Do you know that seeing you succeed in this bold endeavor is a real concern for us Europeans? This is indeed nothing less than the beginning of the American conquest of the Old World.”
Creator: Michel Chevalier
Date Created: 1850?
Rights: Public domain
Bibliographic Citation: Michel Chevalier, Letter from Michel Chevalier to George Ticknor, December 13, [1850?], Ticknor 850663.1, Rauner Special Collections Library.
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Case Number: Case 3
Item Number: Item 2