THE REVOLUTION OF 1848 FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV (1795-1861, King of Prussia from 1840)

Letter Signed 'Frederic Wilhelm', in German. to Baron von SCHLEINITZ, {Alexander, 1807-1885, Prussian Diplomat) saying that "after I have discharged former foreign affairs minister, Baron of ARNIM, ..." (1803-1868, Diplomat) "on his request, I hereby appoint you Foreign affairs minister, and have already informed the ministry of state. I have confidence in you, and that you will serve me with devotion and dutifulness in this important position as you have proved in your previous official posts ...", countersigned by Ludolf CAMPHAUSEN (1802-1891, Prussian Politician and Prime Minister}, 1 side 4to., Sans Souci Palace, Potsdam, 19th June

Alexander von Schleinitz was the Foreign Minister of Prussia from 1858 to 1861 and minister for the Royal household from late 1861 to his death.
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim (1803-1868) Prussian Diplomat. He served as the first Minister President of Prussia for ten days during the Revolution of 1848.
During the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany, Ludolf Camphausen stepped suddenly from his banker's desk at Cologne to the presidential chair of the Ministry of State at Berlin, being called by King Frederick William IV to succeed Count Arnim-Boitzenburg as Prime Minister, on 29th March. Camphausen would resign on 20th June 1848, the day after this letter was written.

Item Date:  1848

Stock No:  38381      £550

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