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TitleLetter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Berlin, Prussia, to A. Buchanan, Copenhagen, Denmark; 27 Feb 1857.
Date27 February 1857
Extent4 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionGives details of messengers Schmerk and Drury; Oriolla [Orialea] has received the Prussian observations and amendments; Lord Clarendon has not seen Bernstorff; Walewski did not approve of Prussian ideas on Denmark; gives details of payment schedules; informs him Lady Bloomfield has been received by the Queen; discusses the 'shaky' state of the British Government and states Lord John [Russell] is working hard to correct this; comments on the slow progress on the Neuchâtel affair, stating that the King is indecisive; the Ministers are to return from Paris without a settlement; expresses his personal opinion on the absurdness of European politics.
Termterritorial disputes, Neuchâtel
politics, British, domestic
diplomacy, Neuchâtel question
conferences, Paris 1857

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6219Orialea; - (fl 1856-1857); Danish politicianfl 1856-1857
NA6093Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon1800-1870
NA6199Bernstorff; Albrecht (1809-1873); Count1809-1873
NA6139Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield1822-1905
NA985Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India1819-1901
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
NA6081Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795-1861); King of Prussia; ( succeeded 1840)1795-1861
NA6143Walewski; Alexandre F.J.C. (1810-1868); Count Walewski; French diplomat1810-1868
NA6057Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat1802-1879
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL87/Denmark
PL92/Prussia
PL1978/Neuchâtel/Switzerland
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