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TitleLetter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Berlin, Prussia, to A. Buchanan, Copenhagen, Denmark; 16 Oct 1856.
Date16 October 1856
Extent4 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionReports that there are no new instructions for him; the Prussian debate on the convention continues; agrees that 'much has been always obtained by the single action'; discusses the settlement of the Sound Dues question; informs him Bernstorff questions Scheels' commitment; relates his 'general news' on Neuchâtel; reports that the French have been saying that Prussia will use force to establish their rights and the Swiss say 'force must be expelled by force'; discusses the representatives for the Paris conference; he hopes to have more information about the Neuchâtel negotiations soon; the changes in plan have upset Lady Bloomfield as well as Loftus.
Termterritorial disputes, Neuchâtel
taxation, duties, Sound Dues
politics, Prussian, foreign policy
foreign policy, Prussian
politics, Swiss, foreign policy
foreign policy, Swiss
diplomacy, Neuchâtel question

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6199Bernstorff; Albrecht (1809-1873); Count1809-1873
NA6189Scheel; L.N. de (fl 1855); Mr ; (Danish statesman)fl 1855
NA6139Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield1822-1905
NA6208Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat1817-1904
NA6057Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat1802-1879
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL1978/Neuchâtel/Switzerland
PL290/France
PL87/Denmark
PL92/Prussia
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