Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1137
Title	Letter from William Van Heels [Huls], to [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford]; 1 Aug. 1712
Date	1 August 1712
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Acknowledges receipt of Oxford's letter; says he would not have tarried to travel to 'towne' to hear his commands if he did not have 'a little touch of the gout'; offers to write to the Pensionary and his friends in Holland on the subject of their attempts to recover Queen Anne's 'favour and Protection'; believes that they are 'near to come into the cessation of arms'; reports that Holland wishes it had accepted this before the 'unhappy action of Denain' which has caused 'severe reflections'; encloses a letter [not present] from Lord Albermarle who is under considerable obligation to Oxford. Adds in a post script that he will wait on Oxford as soon as he is recovered from the gout.
Term	medical conditions, gout
	battles, Denain 1712
	diplomacy, with Netherlands

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29944	Keppel; Arnold Joost van (1670-1718); 1st Earl of Albemarle; member of Nobles of the States General	1670-1718
NA29941	Huls; Carel Willem van (fl 1663-1714); Dutch; diplomatic channel between 1st Earl of Oxford and Pensionary Heinsius	fl 1663-1714
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724