| Surname | Jaïn | |
| First Name | Gamaliel Benjamin | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Place of death | ||
| Year of birth | 1742 | |
| Year of death | 1803 | |
| Profession | Public official | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
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| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Morges Counciller, Jean Salomon Jaïn. He married Jeanne Louise Marquis. He was a member of the literary society in Morges; a member and Secretary of the Council of Morges; and Mayor of Morges in 1803. That same year he joined the first Grand Council of Vaud, but died only a few days later. | |
| Title | s.t. | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 20 April 1767 - 1770 | |
| Period covered | 20 April 1767 - 1770 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description |
Fragments of a notebook without cover, 16.5 x 22.2 cm. The pages which remain are those one : p. 1-20, 71-80, 87-110, 169-182, 211-228, written between the 20th of April 1767 and the 7th August 1769. Fragments of other notebooks, 11.3 x 17.3 cm. |
| Content |
Diary in which the author recorded his daily activities, discussions he had in society and books he'd read. He presents his thoughts on various subjects: the emotivity of women; different systems of government; freedom of men; and the differences between white and black men. He writes of his private life as well as his activities within society. The diary begins at a point whereby friends have, to the great regret of the author, left Lausanne following a visit. He examines his feelings about the absence of one of them in particular. Several times he returns to his fear of marriage. Indeed, such themes (passion, love, and marriage) are elaborated upon in the other fragments of his diary – which report discussions that took place during sessions of the literary society of which he was a member. |
| Place of deposit | ACV |
| Classification | P Jaïn 35 |
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| Other sources | P Jaïn 35 contiens a lot of documents written by Gamaliel Benjamin Jaïn : letters, memoirs, poems, accounts of events, other diary fragments... |
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| Author | SMP |
