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Part 1, Folios 59-60. Letter dated at London from the Duke of York to the Prince...

Catalogue reference: SP 8/3/31

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SP 8/3/31
Date
1678 Apr 16
Description

Part 1, Folios 59-60. Letter dated at London from the Duke of York to the Prince of Orange that as the bearer Godolphin is fully instructed it is not necessary for the Duke to say much other than to remark 'that all honest men were both surprised and troubled at the States' delay in the matter of the treaty here' which caused Parliament to be adjourned. He hopes that the Prince's going to the Hague will make the States 'take good and vigourous resolutions' for carrying on the war and give van Beuningen the necessary orders before Parliament meets again, it being of the utmost importance as he (the Duke) does not know what may happen if the war does not go on 'considering the temper of the nation and the ill condition his Majesty's affairs must be in for want of money'.

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Language
English
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