Briefwisseling en aantekeningen. Deel 1

CLXXXIII.
Willem Bentinck aan de gravin van Portland.

[B.M., Eg. 1713]

Den Haag, 25 October 1746.

(Gisteren op Leeuwenhorst met de baljuw Wassenaer; heden te Leiden voor universiteitszaken.)

If I did dare trust to paper I could entertain you with a great many very interesting particulars, for the situation I am in grows every day more ticklish. You ought to know the new set of people I have to do with to be able to understand me thoroughly. Last week was

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partly taken up with regulating the winter quarters. Two points were carry'd to my great satisfaction. One the desiring Marshall Bathyany¹⁾ to pass the winter here, the other, the not naming the Prince of Waldeck to command this winter as he did the last. This last point met with much opposition. And you will be surprised, I believe, if I tell you that Mr. de Roosendael is as much against the Prince of Waldeck, and as openly as I am. I feel already the good effects of the success of the sollicitation for Mr. Vanderdoes.

1) De Oostenrijksche bevelhebber. Deze maatregel werd noodig, omdat bijna heel de Zuidelijke Nederlanden in Fransche handen waren.