Papers, 1858-1892 and n.d.

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Papers, 1858-1892 and n.d.

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Papers during Loftus' terms in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and St. Petersburg in the 1860s and 1870s and his service as governor of New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Topics include Prussian politics, royalty, and statesmen; the constitutional crisis in Austria and Hungary; appointments in the British diplomatic service; Berlin's plans to counter any Orleanist movement in Spain; investment in the coal and iron industry of Russia; the Russo-Turkish War; an Afghan pretender; Russian society; Loftus' views on the relations of England with her colonies and the danger of American influence; Forsyth's mission to Sinkiang, China; the status of landlords in Ireland; and politics and personalities in Lima, Peru. Includes a letter to Loftus promising favorable reviews of his pending book. Writers of letters include Sir William Barrington, Lord Bloomfield, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Alexander Alfred Dunlop, Robert Percy French, Lord Granville, Sir Lepel Henry Griffin, Lord Claud Hamilton, Arthur Ordway, Lord Alfred Henry Paget, George Strachey, and Sir Edward Thornton.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Loftus, Augustus William Frederick Spencer, 1817-1904

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British diplomat. From the description of Papers, 1858-1892. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902974 From the description of Papers, 1858-1892 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122509872 English diplomat. From the description of Papers, 1855-1874 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34300632 Augustus Loftus, the fourth son of John Loftus, second Marquis of Ely in the peerage of Ireland, se...

Bloomfield, John Arthur Douglas, Sir.

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Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793

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William Wildman Barrington, second Viscount Barrington, English politician. His political career was notorious, as he held continuous public office for over thirty years throughout a whole series of ministerial changes. Barrington was a regular target of the anonymous critic of British politics known as Junius. From the description of William Wildman Barrington manuscript material : 1 item, 1766 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75428351 From the guide to the Wi...

Paget, Alfred, 1880-1925

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Ordway, Arthur.

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French, Robert Percy.

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Thornton, Edward, Sir, 1817-1906

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British diplomat. From the description of Sir Edward Thornton autograph, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980612 English diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Barton Manor [Westmorland], to Mr. Davidson, 1883 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572409 ...

Griffin, Lepel Henry, Sir, 1840-1908

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Epithet: KCSI; Agent, Central India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001089.0x000272 ...

Hamilton, Claud D.

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Strachey, George.

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Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of, 1831-1891

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Lucile was first published in 1860. From the description of Lucile : manuscript, [not before 1860] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612820220 Lytton, the son of novelist and dramatist Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873), was a British statesman and poet who published as Owen Meredith. From the description of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton letter to Dear Madam, 1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70254731 From the descr...

Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl, 1815-1891

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British Colonial Secretary. From the description of Correspondence, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200109 British politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1885 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 541028513 ...

Dunlop, Alexander, 1798-1870

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