Metternich, "Mems.," vol. i., ch. iii.
Hanover, along with a few districts of Bavarian Franconia, would bring to Prussia a gain of 989,000 inhabitants, while she would lose only 375,000. Neufchâtel had offered itself to Frederick I. of Prussia in 1688, and its proposed barter to France troubled Hardenberg ("Mems.," vol. ii., p. 421).
Gower to Lord Harrowby from Olmütz, November 25th, in "F.O. Records," Russia, No. 59.