Suffolk an den Erbprinzen von Hessen.
(S. P. O. German States, Vol. 104.)
St. James, May 14. 1776.
Sir,
I am too deeply penetrated by the notice Your Serene Highness is
pleased to take of me, not to beg your acceptance of my humble
acknowlegdments for your great condescension. The experience I have
had of your Serene Highnesses sincere and affectionate attachment
to the King has impressed indelible marks of gratitude and
veneration on my breast. But proud as I shall be to show them upon
all occasions, I am happy to assure your Serene Highness from a
perfect knowledge of his Majesty's sentiments, that there is in
this country a more powerful supporter of Your Serene Highnesses
interests and a better advocate for any object you can recommend
than any minister, be he ever so zealous, whom Your Serene Highness
may honor with your commands.
Your troops, Sir, than which none can be finer or in a more
complete condition, will certainly meet with every degree of
protection and encouragement, and I make no doubt under the
Blessing of God, share the high reputation of having preserved the
lustre of that crown from which you are descended, the glory of
that Monarch to whom in blood and principles you are so nearly
allied, and the welfare of that nation of whose language your
Highness has in so flattering and so accurate a manner shown your
hereditary knowledge.
Permit me, Sir, to repeat the profound respect with which I have
the honor etc. etc.