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TitleLetter from W. White, Belgrade, Serbia, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 16 May 1876.
Date16 May 1876
Extent3 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionAsks him to send news on the outcome of the conference once Count Andrassy returned from Berlin; expresses the hope that Serbia would not cause 'her own ruin'; comments on the diplomacy of the three emperors at Belgrade; discusses preparations for war and unfortunate disturbances in Bulgaria and Salonika; informs him he was often unaware of the current state of events due to the late arrival of the post, especially that of Sir Henry Elliot; hoped to see him in Vienna or Gastein.
Termcommunications, postal
civil disorder, insurrections, Balkans
military campaigns, Montenegrin-Serbian-Ottoman War 1876

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA7024Andrassy; Julius (1823-1890); Count; statesman Prime Minister of Hungary from 18671823-1890
NA6100Elliot; Henry G. (1817-1907); Sir1817-1907
NA6192Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)1818-1881
NA6421Franz Joseph I (1830-1916); Emperor of Austria; ( succeeded 1848)1830-1916
NA6888Abdülaziz (1830-1876); Sultan of Turkey; (succeeded 1861)1830-1876
NA7147White; William A. (1824-1891); Sir; diplomat1824-1891
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL90/Austria
PL1331/Russia
PL64/Germany
PL4568/Salonika/Balkans
PL1836/Bulgaria
PL1354/Turkey
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