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Part 2, Folios 132-133. Letter from Lord Halifax to the Prince of Orange giving his...

Catalogue reference: SP 8/1/96

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This record is about the Part 2, Folios 132-133. Letter from Lord Halifax to the Prince of Orange giving his... dating from 1687 May 31 in the series King William's Chest. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 8/1/96
Date
1687 May 31
Description

Part 2, Folios 132-133. Letter from Lord Halifax to the Prince of Orange giving his opinion and reasons why there will be no meeting of either the present or a new Parliament in November though that is threatened in the belief that it will be made up of dissenters who will comply with whatever shall be expected from them. Halifax comments 'our affairs here depend so much upon what may be done abroad that our thoughts though never so seasonable may be changed by what we may hear by the next post. A war in Germany, and much more if one nearer to us, will have such an influence here that our counsels must be fitted to it and whether or no we shall have an avowed part in it, it is pretty sure we shall have a leaning to one of the parties and our resolutions at home are to be suited to the interests abroad which we shall happen to espouse'.

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Language
English
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