Autograph letter signed : Amsterdam, to The Duke of Leeds, 1709 May 21.

Informing the Duke that they have heard that the Marquis de Torcy, secretary of state for war, had been to visit the Duke of Marlborough as soon as the former arrived in The Hague; reporting further that the Duke of Marlborough brought him to see Prince Eugene, who was staying, as Marlborough was also, at the Earl of Albemarle's house, and they remained in conversation there for a quarter of an hour, though it isn't known what they discussed; guessing, however, that the two sides did not come to an agreement, because "both the Marquess & President Roüillé, are to set out to Morrow for Versailles, & both generals the next day after for Brussels"; writing that it seems that the allies have decided not to accept a peace unless it is based on "the treaty of the Pyrenees"; telling the Duke that, when he drew for a hundred pounds on the Duke's credit, the exchange rate was so bad that they lost "45 shillings & 6 pence"; adding that he thought they had an arrangement with Sir Francis Child and a "Monsieur Vernon" whereby, no matter what the exchange rate was, they always received the same amount; asking if the Duke would look into this; mentioning that two German counts who the boys have become friendly with are traveling to England and asking if the Duke would receive them: "the eldest plays better upon the Harpsychords then any gentleman I ever heard & the younger sings very well on the Italian way."