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Folio 105: Ward to Townshend. Account of conversation with Count Osterman about relationships...

Catalogue reference: SP 91/11/105

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This record is about the Folio 105: Ward to Townshend. Account of conversation with Count Osterman about relationships... dating from 1730 May 7 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Russia. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 91/11/105
Date
1730 May 7
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Folio 105: Ward to Townshend. Account of conversation with Count Osterman about relationships between nations and possible reasons for lasting of some and decline in others. Coronation celebrations lasted 8 days. Utterly magnificant, ending with unsurpassable firework display. Czarina declares intention of spending every third year at St Petersburg, starting next February. Magnificant house bequeathed by late Admiral Apraxin to the crown has been given by Czarina to her sister the duchess of Mecklenburg. Dated Moscow, 7 May 1730.

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Russia

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