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(a) Prussia. Embassy in Berlin. (b) Legation/Embassy in London. Private correspondence....
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/22/82
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This record is about the (a) Prussia. Embassy in Berlin. (b) Legation/Embassy in London. Private correspondence.... dating from (a) 1864 Jan. 2 - 1865 Oct. (b) 1860 Mar. - 1865 May in the series Lord John Russell: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/22/82
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Date (When the record was created)
- (a) 1864 Jan. 2 - 1865 Oct. (b) 1860 Mar. - 1865 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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(a) Prussia. Embassy in Berlin. (b) Legation/Embassy in London. Private correspondence. Sir Andrew Buchanan, ambassador; Lord Napier, ambassador; William Lowther, embassy secretary; R.B.D. Morier, attaché; Count von Bernstorff, Prussian envoy later ambassador,London, and others, to Lord John (from 1861 earl) Russell, foreign secretary.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3664401/
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PRO 30/22
Lord John Russell: Papers
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