Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1218
Title	Copy of letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr Buys; 6/15 Nov. 1705
Date	15 November 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Acknowledges receipt of Buys' letter; believes that the 'plan' (regarding the war with France) which Buys described did not come from France, but rather from 'particular persons' wishing to end a 'bloody and expensive war by a safe and desirable peace'; discusses the peace terms which England may be willing to accept and the relationship between England and the Netherlands; hopes that they may never have to accept just any terms which the enemy may present and refers to the relative power of the three nations.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with France
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29481	Buys; Willem (1661-1749); -; Pensionary of Amsterdam 1693-1725	1661-1749

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