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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/337/5 (4-6)
Hierarchy Browser Number350/8/10/2/20
TitleLetters from J. Lind
DescriptionLetters sent from 24 Southampton Buildings, London and Bath, which send reports regarding the political situation in Poland and on a declaration made between ministers from the courts of Vienna, Petersburg and Berlin, regarding the dismemberment of Poland. States that England risks ruining her trade to the Levant by the assistance afforded Russia in her sea expedition. Item 705:73 BA14450/337/5 (5) is an extract of a letter written in French on the affairs in Poland. Item 705:73 BA14450/337/5 (6) talks of a speech given by the King of Poland. The fate of Poland is yet to be formally decided but the court of Austria has given it its ultimatum. [The events mentioned in these letters are in reference to when the kingdoms of Austria, Prussia and Russia imposed the first partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the period 1772-1773].
Date5 Oct 1772-30 Aug 1773
CategoryCorrespondence
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