Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/65
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 18 Feb 1870.
Date	18 February 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Assures him that he read all of his despatches with interest; Ignatiev admitted that the fears of Gorchakov had been exaggerated and made worse by Beust who always appeared to be 'the scapegoat of Europe'; reports that he was giving a ball for the King and asks him to forward two boars heads which he hoped would be as good as those sent to Lord Clarendon; comments on the recent agitation in Bavaria and awaits the reaction of Paris, stating that Bismarck hoped the French would adopt a policy of non intervention to German internal affairs; reports that the King was much aged and that Bismarck was in good health and attending all the balls.
Term	unification, Germany
Term	entertainments, balls

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6704	Ignatieff; Nikolai P. (1832-1908); Count; general and diplomat	1832-1908
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA6571	Beust; Friedrich F. von (1809-1886); Count; Austrian politician	1809-1886
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882