Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862

Count Adam Gurowski (born in the Kalisz, Poland, 10 September 1805; died in Washington, D.C., 4 May 1866) was a Polish-born author who emigrated to the United States in 1849. In 1835, he published a work entitled La vérité sur la Russie, in which he advocated a union of the different branches of the Slavic race. In 1849, he went to the United States, where he engaged in literary pursuits and became deeply interested in American politics. He wrote articles for the American Cyclopaedia and worked on the editorial staff of the New York Tribune.