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[See also SP 105/165].
Catalogue reference: SP 105/208
Date: 1802-1825
[See also SP 105/165].
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Folio 170. [Frederick III] elector of Brandenburg to [John William] elector palatine....
Catalogue reference: SP 105/87/170
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- SP 105/87/170
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1696
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 170. [Frederick III] elector of Brandenburg to [John William] elector palatine. Refers to the dissensions between Hessen-Cassel and the rest of the circle of Upper Rhine which have arisen from the accession of the electorate palatine, declared at Frankfurt on Aug 24/Sept 3 [1696] [Not copied here] to the agreement [between the estates] made at Limburg a/d Lahn [Hessen-Nassau] on June 6/16 [of the same year] in which the circle gave itself a [new] martial constitution. The common weal demands the raising by the circle of an efficient striking force of trained troops including the experienced Hessians, not a motley assortment of units which could only have most undesirable consequences in that it might well cause the many 'unarmed' estates of adjacent circles to stop furnishing their contingents to the circle forces currently raised. Stresses the necessity of an army ready for battle on the Upper Rhine at this juncture, when, after the peace of Savoy, France commands an unlimited manpower. Entreats the elector palatine not to deny the landgrave of Hessen-Cassel the usual contribution re-sanctioned by the Emperor for this year. Draft. [Termed 'concept' on dorse].
Date and Place: 1696 no date [after Sept 3] no place [?Berlin]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- For the dating and interpretation of this document, faultily copied and transsumpted out of its context - the Limburg acts to which it refers have been omitted here - the department is indebted to Dr Heinz Duchhardt, professor of modern history in the university of Mainz.
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- German
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