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Salomon James de Rothschild

In letters to his family he described in vivid terms the social customs and notable events of the day, including the visit of the future King Edward VII, the high wire act of Charles Blondin, the arrival of the first official Japanese embassy to the United States, and the maiden voyage of the SS Great Eastern.

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He regarded Abraham Lincoln as an extremist and his political sympathies lay with the Confederate cause.

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Their daughter Hélène de Rothschild became the Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt de Haar, after her marriage to the Dutchborn Roman Catholic Baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar (1860–1934) of the House of Van Zuylen van Nijevelt.

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