Gordon to The Lord Stanley , M. P, September 2, 1868

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My Lord: In compliance with the instructions contained in your lordship’s dispatch marked circular, of the 11th instant, I made the necessary inquiries in order to ascertain the state of the Würtemberg law with regard to the nationality of children born of alien parents within this kingdom, and the following is the result which I am now able to transmit to your lordship.

According to Würtemberg law all children born of alien parents in this kingdom are considered as inheriting the nationality of their parents; that is to say, all legitimate children the nationality of their father, and illegitimate children that of their mother; and the fact of a child of alien parents having been born on Würtemberg territory does not, according to the laws in force here, exercise any influence whatsoever upon the question of its nationality.

I have the honor to inclose the accompanying translation of a note from Baron Freydorf to Mr. Bailie, respecting the Baden law on this subject.

I have, &c.,