Folio 28v. To Stratford. Acknowledges letters of June 9 and 13 [n.s.]. Encloses his...

Folio 28v. To Stratford. Acknowledges letters of June 9 and 13 [n.s.]. Encloses his receipt in full for 66,666 Rx 16 gr. of which he has sent copies to Shrewsbury and Blathwayt whom he asked to recommend to the lords of the treasury to reimburse Stratford promptly,'to encourage your exactness and zeal' in the King's service. Bose will shortly let both him and Ham have the appropriate acquittances. He and Ham will still have to agree upon the way in which the 'presents' amounting to 12,000 rixdollars are to be dispensed, i.e. whether they are to be rendered in gold or not, but that question will be resolved before the exchange of ratifications. Requests Stratford to tell him from whom, Jäger or Nortleigh, he is to receive the above amount and, as the sum is payable at Dresden, Stratford may give him credit up to 15,000 rixdollars, 'for perhaps the King may not tye up my hands to 12,000 only'. Confirms what Nortleigh had written concerning count [Philipp Christoph] Königsmarck: he has quitted the service to Hanover and changed into that of the elector of Saxony'.

Date and Place: 1694 June 9/19 Dresden