| Content Description | Letters received by Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, from various correspondents, including Lord Napier and then Lord A. Loftus, in Berlin; contents relate to the internal affairs of Prussia and her relations with other German States and to the hostilities prior to the Austro-Prussian War and the subsequent peace negotiations; there are references to the positions adopted by France and Britain to the war; several letters comment upon Sir Andrew's award of the Grand Cross of the Bath [July 1866]; the volume contains references to British domestic politics, including debate on reform and to the 'cattle plague' panic; the volume contains little information relating to Russia. |