| Content Description | Concerns a gentleman named Mr Kelly who believes that he 'has fair pretentions to a post in the government'; says that the Archbishop of York has already spoken to Queen Anne on Kelly's behalf; believes that the Archbishop would not have done so had he known the gentlemen better; comments that everyone who is intimate with Kelly thinks that he 'may prove troublesome'; says that Kelly is an 'intire lover of ye pretender'; suggests that Harley test Kelly by asking him to take the oath of allegiance to the house of Hanover; believes that Kelly would then end his requests for preferment; says that he has observed Kelly having covert meetings and is prepared to gather intelligence; mentions that Kelly has access to 'considerable summs' despite the destruction of his estate by fire.
This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of the bundle and the death date of Queen Anne. |