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1712.1124.Ta



Addressed:
M^r Prior


Whitehall 13. Nov:^r 1712.

Sir

I have endeavoured to inform my self as fully
as I could concerning the State of the french prisoners
of War, in order to furnish you with an answer to
Mons.^r Torci on that head, but there seems to me to
have been no agreement made between Us & Holland,
excepting only that the prisoners should remain in y^e
power of that Nation by whoſe Troops they were taken,
pursuant to this some of 'em had paſses from the
Duke of Marlborough to go into England, others were
aſsign'd some place in Holland,¹ thus far the point is
clear enough, but as there are several caſes wherein
the Deputys of the States and the Governours of Towns
have interfer'd, the whole affair is become so perplex'd,
that it cannot easily be settled unleſs the Dutch come
into the Truce which I hope will soon happen,
in the mean time thoſe who have ever been in
England or claim'd by Us are undoubtedly at their
liberty.

I am &c.^a

Dartmouth

I desire you will endeavour to
support the Interests of our Merch^ts &c.^a
whoſe Caſes are set forth in the enclosed
petitions as far as poſsibly you can.

The papers herewith sent you are²

• The Petition of W.^m Browning & Company Owners of y^e Ship fforrester of Appledore.³
• The Pet.ⁿ of y^e Owners & ffreighters of y^e Ship Nightingale.
• The Pet.ⁿ of several Merch.^ts trading to Hamburgh & Bremen relating to
  one Hamburgher & two Bremen Ships taken by y^e ffrench.
• And the pet.ⁿ of two English men in y^e Gallys at Marſeilles.
Notes
1.
This comma should perhaps be a semicolon, but the evidence is ambiguous.
2.
The following list with this introductory clause begins at the far left margin of the page. The scribe seems to have been attempting to include every part of this particular letter on a single side of paper. Copies of the various petitions follow in SP 104/26: 23-25v (orig. pp. 43-[48]).
3.
"Appledore" was written above the line and marked beneath by a caret, but this appears to have been to keep this item in the list on one line and does not seem to indicate a later addition by the scribe.

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