Note 59 — Chapter 38 Switzerland—James Fazy and the Refugees—Monte Rosa
Constance Garnett translation
Laffitte, Jacques (1767-1844), was a French financier who took an active part in bringing about the revolution of 1830, and was at first the most influential minister of Louis-Philippe’s government. He was dismissed by the king because he wished the French to go to the assistance of Italy in her effort to throw off the Austrian yoke, and was succeeded by Périer.