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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 1140
Title
Translation of a letter from Monsieur van der Dussen, Hague, Netherlands; 30 Aug. 1712
Date
30 August 1712
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Says that the information in the recipient's letter regarding the 'discovery' of the Italian Count d'Assurini is false and provides the correct details of the affair; relates the details of his meeting with Bornwall at Utrecht; says that Bornwall's companion Chevalier d'Assurini [son of the Count] had orders from the French regarding the Pretender's supposed voyage to England to gain the throne; reports d'Assurini assertion that his father had given weapons to the Lord High Treasurer [Earl of Oxford] and Lord Bolingbroke to secure their passage to the King of France; says that he suspected Bornwall's honesty and refused to meet with him again.
Term
diplomacy, with Netherlands
royalty, succession
Scottish affairs, Jacobites
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA29963
Assurini; - d' (fl 1712); Count d'Assurini; Italian; attempted to implicate Oxford and Bolingbroke in Jacobite plot
fl 1712
NA18922
James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766); Prince of Wales; 'the Old Pretender'; son of James II; also known as Chevalier de St George
1688-1766
NA432
Louis XIV (1638-1715); King of France; (the Sun King)
1638-1715
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
NA19002
St John; Henry (1678-1751); 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; statesman
1678-1751
NA29964
Bornwall; - (fl 1712); -; attempted to implicate Oxford and Bolingbroke in Jacobite plot
fl 1712
NA29965
Dussen; - van der (fl 1712); Monsieur; diplomat?; of the Hague
fl 1712
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