Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/56
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan, Berlin, Prussia; 17 Feb 1864.
Date	17 February 1864
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that the German/Danish conflict is growing more complicated; notes the effect of Danish public opinion; reports that Rechberg had told him that if Denmark persisted in capturing ships, Austria would retaliate; encloses a newspaper [not present] containing an article on the Austrian/Prussian alliance; refers to the guarantees of 1720 [on the position of Schleswig-Holstein]; Lady Bloomfield has arrived from Paris; speculates on Prussian involvement in the Schleswig-Holstein dispute and on the Prussian position should Bismarck cease to govern; comments on the cost of the Crimean War and the errors made during the Indian Rebellion.
Term	mutinies, Indian Mutiny 1857-8
	Indian affairs, Indian Mutiny 1857-8
	military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6
	civil disorder, insurrections
	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4
	public opinion, Danish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
NA6139	Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield	1822-1905
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882