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Page 1 of a personal letter written by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck addressed to his fellow member of Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Mitchell C. King of Charleston, South Carolina, and Flat Rock, North Carolina, written at Varzin manor (Warcino) on November 15, 1875.

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Varzin 15 nov 1875

My dear King

It gave me a heartful pleasure that an allusion thrown out at random found an echo in a letter from you. What you write carries me back to days the memory of which will ever be dear to me. I am glad that the Hanoverian ribbon, for which I saw you enter the lists, sword in hand, holds good with you not less than with me as a bond of fellowship. I wish it were given to you to visit (...)

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Otto von Bismarck  (1815–1898)  wikidata:Q8442 s:en:Author:Otto von Bismarck q:en:Otto von Bismarck
 
Otto von Bismarck
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Birth name: Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg; Iron Chancellor; Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen; Prince Bismarck; Bismarck; Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck; Eduard Leopold, Prince von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Description German politician and general
Date of birth/death 1 April 1815 Edit this at Wikidata 30 July 1898 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Schönhausen Friedrichsruh
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First published in 1966 by Mullen/Rogge in Historische Zeitschrift Vol. 202 (1966), pp. 352-362

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