== Secret letter to Charles II of Jan. 1672 == 

 My hair stood on end when I read " Meanwhile, William had written a secret letter to Charles in January 1672 asking his uncle to exploit the situation by exerting pressure on the States-General to appoint William stadtholder" in the section "Conflict with republicans." Since when did the States-General appoint stadtholders? I looked at the citation given (Troost, pp. 65-66) and indeed no such claim is made there. In the quote from the letter, William speaks of "the States," which has to refer to the States of Holland, his most-persistent opponents. Troost does not make the claim that "States-General" is intended here. I have deleted "-General" which leaves the ambiguous "States" from the letter. No need to change or challenge the citation. 

 I have made a number of other edits (some of which regrettably "anonymous" because I forgot to log in) to dot a number of other 'i's. For instance, the Act of Seclusion itself was not in the secret annexe with the Treaty of Westminster (1654) (which article I have recently rewritten), but was required by it. De Witt was quite capable of drafting the text of the Act, without having it dictated to him -) I don't think the provinces suspended the stadtholderate (Friesland certainly did not and left uncle William Frederick in place), but most left the office vacant.