Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/35
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 20 Apr 1866.
Date	20 April 1866
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments on the escape of the Russian Emperor from an assassination attempt; discusses the Prussian answer to a recent proposal, stating that it had been well received at Vienna and that he hoped there would be a 'mutual disarmament', although the question of the Duchies remained; informs him that Bismarck was in poor health and that he had seen a private doctor from Frankfurt; discusses the possibility of a German parliament and who should be head of state; reports that the Crown Princess [Victoria] had ordered a special train to Potsdam and had given birth to her baby shortly after arriving there; an English doctor and Lady Barrington had attended her afterwards; reports the arrival of Colonel Crealock from Warsaw.
Term	assassinations, attempted, Alexander II
	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866
	childbirth
	unification, Germany

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6610	Crealock; Henry Hope- (1831-1891); Colonel	1831-1891
NA6217	Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise (1840-1901); Empress of Germany; styled 'Princess Royal' until 1858; dau. of Queen Victoria; m. Frederick III Emperor of Germany 1858	1840-1901
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882