Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/71
Title	Letter from W. Lowther, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 16 May 1866.
Date	16 May 1866
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Asks him to thank Lady Buchanan for her letter; informs him that opinion in Berlin was divided as to whether there would be war; encloses Mr Wizard's bill; informs him that he had a letter from Edward; comments on the attempted assassination of Bismarck and the suicide of the assassin who would have spent at least 15 years in prison; gives details of the furnishing of the embassy as requested by Lady Buchanan; informs him that Wyndham was going to Potsdam and that he heard London was dull due to 'want of money and the cattle disease.'
Term	assassinations, attempted, Bismarck
	death, suicide
	justice, prison
	medical conditions, cattle disease

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6233	Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan	-1904
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6239	Lowther; William (1821-1912); Mr; diplomat and M.P.	1821-1912
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882