Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection From the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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During his residence at St. Petersbourg he had many 0p portunities of rendering very signal services to Stanislaus the unfortunate king of Poland, by forwarding his views and as sisting his minister count Rzewuski to discover and coun teract the mean and unjust artifices of the king of Prussia to wards that nation. As an acknowledgment of those services Stanislaus sent him, in 1766, the ensigns of the order of the White Eagle which his majesty was graciously pleased to per mit him to accept. At the same time they 'were accompanied by a very handsome letter from the king of Poland.
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