Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1333
Title	Letter from Charles Whitworth [later Baron Whitworth of Galway], London, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 2 Jan. 1713/4
Date	2 January 1714
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Wishes Oxford a 'happy new year and many of them'; discusses the duty of '20 sots' paid on English commodities over an above that paid by all other nations; says that this is due to an edict of the French king made 6 Sep. 1701; explains which clauses of the 'Treaty of Commerce' this relates to.
Term	taxation, French, on English goods
Term	treaties, with French, of commerce

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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

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