From Jan Rutgers/Hovråd, Resident to Axel Oxenstierna
Axel Oxenstierna's works and letters
Date
Date
1624-10-14 (Or: st.n.) Haag
Date | 1624-10-14 (Or: st.n.) Haag |
Reg. no
Reg. no
2199
Reg. no | 2199 |
Contents
Contents
Rutgers has got a part of his salary, but finds it difficult to manage. The magnificent generosity of his predecessor, van Dijck, makes it impossible for him to be parsimonious. AO has also sent a draft for 17,000 Imperial thalers for the payment of the ships, but since Monier has departed and the ships have been paid for, Rutgers has asked the merchant Krivitz not to transfer the money for the time being. - The States General have sent two delegates to Rutgers asking for repayment of their loans to Sweden, since the Dutch Republic is in great difficulties and the enemy is powerful. Rutgers answered that Gustav II Adolf, too, is under pressure from Poland and has to maintain a large army. Rutgers does not doubt that the Dutch will prove compliant, but adds that if he had had 10,000-12,000 dalers at his disposition, it would have been easier to act successfully. He lets AO understand that that is how Christian IV does business. - He encloses a treatise on the state of the Dutch in Persia in view of Peenen's case, a letter on the state of the Swiss, some intercepted Spanish letters from Brazil and a booklet from Frederick V, whose consort has given birth to their sixth child.
Contents | Rutgers has got a part of his salary, but finds it difficult to manage. The magnificent generosity of his predecessor, van Dijck, makes it impossible for him to be parsimonious. AO has also sent a draft for 17,000 Imperial thalers for the payment of the ships, but since Monier has departed and the ships have been paid for, Rutgers has asked the merchant Krivitz not to transfer the money for the time being. - The States General have sent two delegates to Rutgers asking for repayment of their loans to Sweden, since the Dutch Republic is in great difficulties and the enemy is powerful. Rutgers answered that Gustav II Adolf, too, is under pressure from Poland and has to maintain a large army. Rutgers does not doubt that the Dutch will prove compliant, but adds that if he had had 10,000-12,000 dalers at his disposition, it would have been easier to act successfully. He lets AO understand that that is how Christian IV does business. - He encloses a treatise on the state of the Dutch in Persia in view of Peenen's case, a letter on the state of the Swiss, some intercepted Spanish letters from Brazil and a booklet from Frederick V, whose consort has given birth to their sixth child. |
Original/transcript
Original/transcript
Orig, egenh.
Original/transcript | Orig, egenh. |
Language
Language
Latin
Language | Latin |
Attachments
Attachments
Bilagorna saknas.
Attachments | Bilagorna saknas. |
Storage/hallmark
Storage/hallmark
RA/Oxenstiernska samlingen Axel Oxenstierna av Södermöre//E 702
Storage/hallmark | RA/Oxenstiernska samlingen Axel Oxenstierna av Södermöre//E 702 |
Print
Print
AOSB II:13, s. 524 ff.
AOSB II:13, s. 524 ff. |
Amended
Amended
2013-05-03
Amended | 2013-05-03 |
Editor of the document text
Editor of the document text
Arne Jönsson
Editor of the document text | Arne Jönsson |
Digital material
Digital material
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Digital material | Full text |
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