Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1329
Title	Letter from Charles Whitworth [later Baron Whitworth of Galway], Mosco[w], Russia, to Mr Paunceforth; 14/25 Jan. 1707/8
Date	25 January 1708
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses the attempts of Admiral Apraxin to speak with him on the orders of the Czar; says that the admiral left without doing so and that he cannot understand why; discusses his desire to return home and explains why he feels useless and unable to continue; suspects that Apraxin was ordered to recommend an (English) gentleman whom the Czar wishes to send to England; includes an extract [not present] from a letter to Mr Harley regarding his request to return to England.
Term	diplomacy, with Russia

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
NA6169	Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)	1672-1725
NA30018	Apraxin; - (fl 1708); Admiral; Russian; diplomat?	fl 1708
NA30006	Whitworth; Charles (1675-1725); Baron Whitworth of Galway; envoy-extraordinary to Russia 1704-10; cr. 1721	1675-1725
NA30017	Paunceforth; - (fl 1708); Mr; brother of Charles Whitworth	fl 1708