SENATE. Charles LE COURDMAISON (1848-1901) senator of the Loire-Atlantique. Autograph manuscript, 1896; 108 pages of a small in-4 notebook, covers in beige cloth. Political diary of a conservative senator, April 25-July 22, 1896. It opens as follows: "Ministerial crisis - caused by a conflict between the Ministry and the Senate", with details of deliberations, amendments, interpellations, commissions, group meetings, and votes, in the Senate and the House. The senator reports his discussions with his colleagues, the conduct of the conservatives. Death of Ferdinand Duval and Léon Say. Constitution of the Méline ministry. Interview with Brunetière on the decadence of France. Sessions of the municipal council of Vertou. Upheaval caused by the letter of the Duke of Orleans; conduct of the Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier. Death and burial of Jules Simon. Burial of the Duke of Nemours in Dreux. Attack against Félix Faure. Burial of the Marquis de Morès, "a great demonstration"... Etc.