"Silesia is divided into Upper and Lower Silesia and the county of Glatz la Upper Silesia which is the S part the inhabitants are generally Roman catholic speaking the Polish language in the Lower they are almost all Protestants and speak their mother tongue This country was ceJed to the king of Prussia in 1 42 by treaty of Breslaw In 1807 Silesia wu ove run by the French but at the peace of T sit was restored to Prussia Breslaw ii ú capital Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence Author: John Mason Good
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