Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1212
Title	Translation of letter from Anthony Heinsius; 30 Jan. 1713
Date	30 January 1713
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Acknowledges receipt of a letter; expresses his pleasure that Oxford continues his protestations of 'constant freindship for me' and his inclination to restore the former good relations; says that the 'affairs between England and the States are finished'; discusses the appearance of letters about the 'treaty of Barriere' in English news papers; complains that these letters were communicated to the 'members of the Regency' on 'oath of secrecy' and should not have become public; believes that some 'malitious and disaffected people on both sides' are attempting to sabotage the negotiations; agrees with Oxford's words regarding the ways in which the Roman Catholic priests 'accomodate differences between themselves' and upon the 'new rupture of the Turks'. Hopes that the Duke of Shrewsbury will move forward at Utrecht as the sooner the treaty is complete, the 'greater the opportunity will be to give quiet to all Europe' and restore prosperity after a 'bloody war'.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
	foreign policy, Turks
	religions, Roman Catholicism
	publications, newspapers, English
	treaties, Utrecht 1713
Related Material	Pw2 Hy 1211 original

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA18622	Talbot; Charles (1660-1718); 1st Duke of Shrewsbury; styled Lord Talbot; succ as 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 1668; created Duke of Shrewsbury 1694; son of the 11th Earl of Shrewsbury of the 2nd creation	1660-1718
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720