| Content Description | Acknowledges receipt of Wich's letters; instructs Wich to continue to relay all intelligence which he can obtain, particularly as relates to the movements of the Swedish and Russian armies; will be able to send by the next post an answer regarding the lighthouse on Heyliogoland [Heligoland]; refers to the privateers who have impressed 'our merchants'; supposes that Wich has taken great care to assure that the 'complaints were well founded, and supported by sufficient evidence'.
Old Style dating on letter.
This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. |