Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800

Artes Hollandicae detectae ex particula literarum Sueci cujusdam, ad amicum Anglum scriptarum : Mense Februario 1659.

[“Missive from London, May 24, 1701.”] 1) King William III responds to a Parliamentary resolution. He thanks the Parliament for their support and pledges to support freedom (religious?) in Germany. Parliament then voted unanimously to send 5,000 Irish troops to Holland. The English public, including merchants, supported going to war as “more useful than the current peace”. The largest fleet was in Spithead with 20 ships; it was ordered for them to set sail within 24 hours. 2) The House of Lords responded to the King in Kensington: they agreed to join the States General (Dutch Parliament) in an alliance. They further ask the King to join in an alliance with the (German) Kaiser as per the 1689 treaty.

Proposals from Mr. Stanhope to Mons. D’Avaux on March 22, 1701. Original in French. Regarding the succession of the Spanish king who died without issue. Proposals include the withdrawal of all troops from the Spanish Netherlands. (War of Spanish Succession)

Copy of two letters: 1) “Memorial presented at the Hague by Mr. Stanhope (Envoy Extraordinary from His Majesty of Great-Britain) to the Count d' Avoux Ambassador Extraordinary from the most Christian King.” Signed by Alexander Stanhope, 1701. Regarding the Treaty of Petition (War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714. Fought over who had the right to succeed Charles II as King of Spain. 2) “Extract out of the Register of the Secret Resolutions of their High and Mightiness the States-General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.” First letter is signed at end: Alexander Stanhope; second is signed: Fagel. Both letters dated at the Hague March, 22. 1701.

Concerning the developments in the negotiations between the Netherlands and England. The letter is dated and signed: At the Hague, the 13th of May, 1701 [new style]. . I S Wichers. By order of the States, J. Fagel.

King William’s speech sought to reassure the Lords that he sought peace for the kingdom. The Lords responded with a generic letter full of platitudes.

Correspondence regarding the loss of a battle during the Nine Years War (England, Spain, Netherlands vs. Jacobites, 1688-1697) and the damage to the naval fleet.

Copy of a letter from William III, King of England to the Lord General of the United Netherlands. Generic correspondence upon the ascension of William III to the English throne to the Netherlands. Translated from Dutch to German; Whitehall, February 23, 1689. Proclamation by Parliament blessing the ascent of William III & Mary to the throne of England and wishing them many happy years of reigning. Signed by John Brown, Parliament clerk, sent February 22, received March 2, 1689. Letter to the Lord Deputies of England; regarding Princess Anna of Denmark’s visit to Whitehall. Signed by Nicolaes Whitson (statesman and mayor of Amsterdam), W. of Nassau (Dutch soldier and diplomat under William III of England, 1st Earl of Rochford), Everhard van Weede. London, Feb. 22, 1689. William III's letter to the States General gives an account of the proclamation in Parliament of William and Mary as King and Queen of England. Includes letters (22 and 23 February) from Dutch envoys in London, N. Witsen, W. de Nassau, and E. de Weede, to the States General. Also a list of the horse and foot regiments which had accompanied William III to England and which will now be sent back to the Netherlands.

Early peace negotiations to end the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-78. As this letter was in 1675, it was not successful and the war lasted until the Treaties of Nijmegen (Netherlands), in which peace between the Dutch and the French was established, France gained much territory in exchange for ceding Maastricht and the Principality of Orange to William III (Dutch Stadtholder and King William III of Great Britain).

Offering safe passage of any Dutch subjects to the Kingdom of England due to the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). Also promised are the freedom of religion and equal treatment as other English subjects.