Note 515 — Chapter XV · THE DUTCH CRISIS (1786, 1787)

For details see Luckwaldt, op. cit. On a similar plan, Harris had written to Carmarthen on 3rd January 1786 that the idea of France keeping the Stadholder in his position and England then aiding him is so monstrous that Frederick “must think us mere novices in politicks” (B.M. Add. MSS., 28061).