Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1323
Title	Letter from Charles Whitworth [later Baron Whitworth of Galway], Mosco[w], Russia, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 2/13 Jul. 1707
Date	13 July 1707
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses his negotiations regarding Her Majesty's 'permission of the Russian Volunteers'; explains how his efforts were hampered by the actions of Mr Stiles; reports that Stiles has acted in his own favour rather than in that of the friendship between England and Russia.
Term	diplomacy, with Russia
Term	navies, Russian, volunteers

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA30013	Stiles; - (fl 1707); Mr; connected with English merchants in Russia	fl 1707
NA30006	Whitworth; Charles (1675-1725); Baron Whitworth of Galway; envoy-extraordinary to Russia 1704-10; cr. 1721	1675-1725
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724