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Au nombre des documents généraux qu'on pourrait consulter avec fruit, je placerai d'abord l'ouvrage intitulé Historical collection of state-papers and other authentic documents, intended as materials for an history of the United States of America; by Ebenezer Hazard.
In 1862, as a result of a short but disastrous war, Montenegro had been forced to sign a humiliating treaty of peace in which she virtually acknowledged the suzerainty of Turkey. Daudet was in Africa in 1861-1862, gathering materials out of which "Tartarin" grew. It is possible that he met there the prototype of Gregory brooding over the disgrace of his country, or, at least, pretending to do so.
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