The Marquis D'Argenson

Note 314 — IV. NOVEMBER, 1744—JANUARY, 1747. Foreign Politics—D'Argenson's Ministry—1745: The Convention of Augsburg—The Convention of Hanover—The Imperial Election—The Treaty of Dresden—1746: The Negotiation of Turin—The Saxon Marriage—Review.

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Apart from the policy set forth in it, this memoir contains some important critical suggestions: (a) The minister's determination to maintain Frederick in Silesia. (b) His conception of peace as the primary object to which all others must contribute. (c) His perfect knowledge of the real conditions of his negotiations with Augustus. It throws a new light upon the desperate persistency with which he tried to win over the Court of Dresden.

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