Briefwisseling en aantekeningen. Deel 1
(1934)–Willem Bentinck– Auteursrecht onbekend
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Den Haag, 14 Febr. 1744.The Brest fleet is to carry over the Pretender's eldest son to Ireland or Scotland ... I own I am very glad of this news, for it is the worst judged step, France could ever take, and the worst timed in every respect. Van Hoey himself owns the thing, and in a letter come to day from him, he gives an account of a conversation with Mons. AmelotGa naar voetnoot1) in which the latter told him that his questions were to no purpose, since the secret of this affair should not be communicated him. |
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