Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/42
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 27 Jul 1866.
Date	27 July 1866
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that the preliminaries had been signed and an armistice agreed to with Prussia accepting Bohemia and Moravia; states that Austria had been wise to surrender with the integrity of her monarchy intact except for Venetia; states that in his opinion the North German Confederation would not last and states that England would be wise to keep out of European politics until things settled down; reports that Bismarck and the King were to return to Berlin.
Term	unification, Germany
Term	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882