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George Stepney to Sir William Trumbull [secretary of state]: the [grand] pensionary...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/1/139

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This record is about the George Stepney to Sir William Trumbull [secretary of state]: the [grand] pensionary... dating from 1696 Dec 01 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/1/139
Date
1696 Dec 01
Description

George Stepney to Sir William Trumbull [secretary of state]: the [grand] pensionary has told him to go to Frankfurt [am Main] to prepare the artillery. Count Trizen will embark for England, where he will argue in the name of Prince Louis of Baden and the circle, contrary to what the pensionary proposes to Baron Görtz. Requests more detailed instructions for his mission to Germany. The landgrave of Hesse is co-operating with the diet of the circles of the upper Rhine. Callières has still acknowledged the king only verbally. Dated at The Hague. ff. 238, 239

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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