Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/68
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 8 Jan 1870.
Date	8 January 1870
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	He and Lady Loftus wish him and Lady Buchanan a happy new year; reports there was very little news of interest; informs him that the Moscow Gazette was acquiring a significant amount of interest; comments on Bismarck's political ambitions and his manipulation of Austria and Russia to help him to secure German unification.
Term	press, Russian
Term	unification, Germany

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6235	Loftus; Emma M. (-1902); Lady; née Greville; Lady Augustus Loftus	-1902
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
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882