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Wilhelm I., German Emperor, and King of Prussia, born March 22, 1797, the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia, and of Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; educated for the military career, and took part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 against France; Governor of the province of Pomerania, 1840; Military Governor of the Rhine provinces, 1849–57; appointed Regent of Prussia during the illness of his brother, Oct. 9, 1858; ascended the throne of Prussia at the death of his brother, Jan. 2, 1861. Commander-in-chief of the German armies in the war against France, July 1870 to March 1871 ; proclaimed Emperor of Germany at Versailles, January 18, 1871. Married June 11, 1829, to

Augusta, Empress of Germany, and Queen of Prussia, born Sept. 30, 1811, the daughter of the late Grand-Duke Karl Fried-rich of Saxe-Weimar.

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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Germany

1. Official Publications

  • Deutscher Reichs- und König. Preussischer Staats-Anzeiger. Berlin, 1874.

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  • Königlich Preussischer Staats-Kalender für 1874. 8. Berlin, 1874.

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  • Preussischo Statistik, herausgegeben vom Statistischen Bureau in Berlin, fol. Berlin, 1874.

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  • Uebersichten, stat., über Waaren-Yerkehr und Zoll-Ertrag im deutschen Zoll-Vereine für das Jahr 1872. fol. Berlin, 1874.

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  • Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Sachsen. Dresden, 1874.

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  • Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. 8. München, 1874.

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  • Königlich sches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, herausgeg. von dem Königl. Statistisch-topographischem Bureau. S. Stuttgart, 1874.

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  • Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherz. Baden. 8. Karlsruhe 1874.

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  • Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogthums Hessen. 8. Darmstadt, 1874.

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  • Grossherz. Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staats-Kalender. 8. Schwerin, 1874.

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  • Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogthums Oldenburg. 8. Oldenburg, 1874.

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  • Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für das Herzogthum Anhalt. 8. Dessau, 1874.

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  • Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1874. 4. Hamburg, 1874.

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  • Staats-Kalender der freien Hansestadt Bremen auf 1874. 8. Bremen, 1874.

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  • Lübeckischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1874. 4. Lübeck, 1874.

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  • Eeport o£ Mr. George Bancroft, Minister Resident of the United States, on the Constitution of tho German Empire, dated Berlin, May G, 1871 ; in ‘ Papers relating to tho Foreign Relations of the United States.’ 8. AVashington, 1871

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  • Reports by Messrs. Ward, Harriss-Gasetrell, Herslet, Barnard, Phipps, and Baillie, on Trade, Agriculture, and the Tenure of Land in Germany, dated Oct.-Dec. 1869 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several Countries of Europe.’ Part I. Pol. London, 1870.

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  • Reports by Mr. W. A. White, British Consul at Danzig, on the Population, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, and General Resources of Prussia, dated Dec. 1869,and January, 1870; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several countries of Europe.’ Part II Fol. London, 1870.

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  • Report by Mr. J. Hume Burnley on the, Population, Trade, and Agriculture of Saxony, dated Dresden,May 6, 1870;in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting tho Tenure of Land in the several Countries of Europe.’ Part III. Fol. London, 1871.

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  • Report by Mr. Consul Ward, on the trade, population and finances of Bremen, dated Bremen, April 15, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. II. 1872. 8, London, 1872.

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  • Report by Mr. Consul Hertslet, on the history of the German Zollverein, dated Königsberg,March, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. III. 1872. 8. London, 1872.

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2. Non-Official Publications

  • Engel (Dr. Ernst), Dìo Gemeinden und Gutsbezirke des Preussischen Staats und ihre Bevölkerung nach den XJrmaterialien der Volkszählung von 1S71. 8. Berlin, 1872.

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  • Engel (Dr. Ernst), Die Verluste der Deutschen Armeen im Kriege gegen Prankreich 1870 und 1871. Pol. Berlin, 1873.

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  • Gothaischer genealogischer Hof-Kalender auf das Jahr 1875. l12’ Jahrgang. 32. Gotha, 1874.

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  • Kolb (G. Fr.), Handbuch der vergleichenden Statistik, der Völkerzustandsund Staatenbunde. 8. Leipzig, 1871.

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  • Neumann (G.), Das Deutsche Reich in geographischer, statistischer und topographischer Beziehung. 2 vol. 8. Berlin, 1872–74.

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  • Petermann (Th.), Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistischen Bureaus, 19 Jahrgang. 4. Leipzig, 1874.

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  • Wagner (Dr. H.), Die Entwickelung des Deutschen Eisenbahnnetzes. In Dr. A. Petermann’s ‘Mitteilungen.’ No. VI. 1873. 4. Gotha, 1873.

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  • Waitz (Georg), Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte. 2 vols. 8. Kiel, 1871.

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Martin, F. (1875). Germany. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253049_5

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