John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Or, Twenty Years of a Parliamentary Republic, Volume 2Longmans, Green and Company, 1885 - Netherlands |
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Page v
... sent as ambassador to Stockholm - Guarantee of the treaty of Aix- la - Chapelle - The Act of Triple Concert - Increased weakness of Spain- French negotiations for the cession of the Netherlands - Their danger to the States - General ...
... sent as ambassador to Stockholm - Guarantee of the treaty of Aix- la - Chapelle - The Act of Triple Concert - Increased weakness of Spain- French negotiations for the cession of the Netherlands - Their danger to the States - General ...
Page vii
... sent as ambassador to London - Hoofdt , burgomaster of Amsterdam - Renewed disputes - Proposal to appoint the Prince of Orange captain - general - Impolitic resistance offered by De Witt - The States of Holland split into two parties ...
... sent as ambassador to London - Hoofdt , burgomaster of Amsterdam - Renewed disputes - Proposal to appoint the Prince of Orange captain - general - Impolitic resistance offered by De Witt - The States of Holland split into two parties ...
Page viii
... sent as plenipotentiary of the States to Ruyter - Correspondence of the two brothers - The States - General obliged to remain on the defensive - A league for the defence of Utrecht vainly demanded by De Witt - Insufficiency of ...
... sent as plenipotentiary of the States to Ruyter - Correspondence of the two brothers - The States - General obliged to remain on the defensive - A league for the defence of Utrecht vainly demanded by De Witt - Insufficiency of ...
Page ix
... sent to him - Letter from his grandmother - He is solemnly invested with his office - Great position made for him - Negotiations- Proposals transmitted by De Groot to Louis XIV . - Exactions of the King of France - Report made by De ...
... sent to him - Letter from his grandmother - He is solemnly invested with his office - Great position made for him - Negotiations- Proposals transmitted by De Groot to Louis XIV . - Exactions of the King of France - Report made by De ...
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... sent to Constantinople the former secretary of embassy , Croock , who died on his way out , a victim to the earthquake of Ragusa in 1667. They replaced him by Justin Colyer , a lawyer whose diplomatic abilities left much to be desired ...
... sent to Constantinople the former secretary of embassy , Croock , who died on his way out , a victim to the earthquake of Ragusa in 1667. They replaced him by Justin Colyer , a lawyer whose diplomatic abilities left much to be desired ...
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