Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1170
Title	Copy of letter from [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford, to Mr W[illia]m Van Heels [Huls]; 15/25 Jun. 1711
Date	25 June 1711
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that Heels' letters show him to be a 'true patriot' and a man 'entirely devoted to the good of mankind in general' especially with regard to England and Holland; refers to the peace negotiations with France; complains that whilst events in England have been communicated openly to the Pensionary, the same is not true of reports from Holland to Queen Anne; asks Heels to inform the Pensionary of this problem and to tell 'no soul living'; says that he will never sacrifice the best interests of Britain.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, between France and Netherlands
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
	diplomacy, with France

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29941	Huls; Carel Willem van (fl 1663-1714); Dutch; diplomatic channel between 1st Earl of Oxford and Pensionary Heinsius	fl 1663-1714