Record

Document Reference	Bu 16/38
Title	Letter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], St Petersburg, Russia, to Sir A. Buchanan; 9 Dec 1863 (c).
Date	9 December 1863 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that he has not seen Gorchachov for some time; will now be able to understand something of the Schleswig-Holstein question, thanks to his despatches; Poland is all but forgotten; the governments of Austria and Prussia are behaving as prudently as possible; [the character of] Bismarck should please him.
Term	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4
	European affairs, Schleswig-Holstein question
	foreign relations, Schleswig-Holstein question

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6390	Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat	1819-1898
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882