Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . ports on the ecclesiastical and financialconditions, respectively. When Joseph was stilla young man these expositions had been read and,to some extent at least, studied by him, thustwenty years before his journey. But he wantedmore. It is the sole region of my Estates, ofwhich I have no local knowledge, he wrote in1781, while he was making active preparations todepart. In January of that year,
Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . ports on the ecclesiastical and financialconditions, respectively. When Joseph was stilla young man these expositions had been read and,to some extent at least, studied by him, thustwenty years before his journey. But he wantedmore. It is the sole region of my Estates, ofwhich I have no local knowledge, he wrote in1781, while he was making active preparations todepart. In January of that year, he took specialpains to be up to date in his knowledge of thenexisting legislation by ordering that all the weeklyand monthly protocols, in re Belgic affairs, issuedfrom the offices at Vienna should be sent to order not to duplicate writing, send me theoriginals, with the corrections just as they inspecting them, I will return them immedi-ately to the department. Many of his prepara-tions were made quietly as Joseph had somequalms about the propriety of a tour so soon afterhis mothers death, but he asked much advice ^•tl nii« • ui— r ? T ** / ft ACE ^-—l^--? Y ? V. ^Jdlfdu BVu^l)nn f
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