Note 1 — Chapter XIII
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[The Prussian Crown retained, by the Treaty of Vienna, rights of sovereignty over the Swiss Canton of Neufch�tel, and appointed a Governor there. In other respects the Neufch�telese enjoyed all the rights and liberties of Swiss citizens. This anomalous state of things naturally gave rise to friction. The King of Prussia derived no sort of advantage from his nominal sovereignty; but as a matter of dignity he declined to renounce it, and even threatened a military occupation of the Canton, which the Swiss Confederation would have resisted.]