Polish Interlude

Marten Gerbertus Buist
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Marten Gerbertus Buist: Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen

Chapter Chapter Four in At Spes non Fracta, 1974, pp 111-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Robert Voûte arrived in Warsaw at half past eleven on the night of 24th July 1793. It was pouring with rain. He had left Berlin on the 19th and, despite the discomforts of the journey, had travelled day and night over roads which had been turned into quagmires by an incessant downpour.1 But Voûte allowed himself and his companions no more than a day or two’s rest before resuming the journey to Grodno, more than 250 kilometres distant. There, the Polish sejm had been in session since the 17th. Among the issues facing it were demands from Russia and Prussia for fresh territorial concessions.2 Hope had a direct interest in this matter, for such concessions would significantly affect the Polish state finances, with which the Company had been concerned for more than fifteen years.

Keywords: Principal Debenture; Public Subscription; Banking House; Special Guarantee; Russian Troop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1974
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-8858-6_4

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