Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1302
Title	Letter in French from A. de Matueof [Matveyev], London, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 24 Jan. 1708
Date	24 January 1708
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Concern's the question of the Tsar's inclusion in the Grand Alliance; encloses extract of a letter from the Etats Généraux to the Tsar [Pw2 Hy 1303]; notes also that Sir [Philip] Meadowe, the Queen's minister at the Imperial court has still received no instructions in the matter; requests that he be informed of the Queen's real intentions. Enquires as to [Goodwin's] promotion and requests the return of list of Muscovite sailors. New Style date on document.
Language	French
Term	diplomacy, with Russia
	diplomatic relations, Europe, Grand Alliance 1707
	navies, Russian, apprenticeship of Muscovite sailors

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6169	Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)	1672-1725
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29998	Goodwin; - (fl 1707); -; patronised by Peter the Great	fl 1707
NA29988	Matveyev; Andrei A. (1666-1728); Muscovite Ambassador in London 1707-8; Russian minister at Amsterdam 1700-12	1666-1728
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724