Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/15
Title	Letter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 10 Feb 1865.
Date	10 February 1865
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Gives account of the success of his most recent ball attended by Prince Alfred; comments there is little political news; Bismarck has not stated his demands to Austria so the Treaty of Commerce is on hold; comments him that Bismarck is preventing the progress of the Treaty; informs him although Morier has gout the rest of the legation is well; relates cryptic message from Wyndham relating to Lady Buchanan's 'plate.' Postscript commenting on Mitchell's reports on constitutional representation as a future for Russia.
Term	entertainments, balls
Term	medical conditions, gout

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6272	Alfred (1844-1900); Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh; (2nd son of Queen Victoria)	1844-1900
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6501	Morier; Robert B.D. (1826-1893); Sir; diplomat	1826-1893
NA6233	Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan	-1904
NA6715	Wyndham; George H. (1836-1916); Sir; diplomat	1836-1916
NA6613	Michell; John (1836-1921); Mr; British Consul at St Petersburg	1836-1921
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