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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 1334
TitleLetter from Charles Whitworth [later Baron Whitworth of Galway], Gerard Street, London, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 12 Jun. 1714
Date12 June 1714
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionEncloses a certificate of the plate he received from the jewel office on his 'late embassy'; discusses his losses because the government delayed in paying him the ten thousand pounds due to him upon his return to England; says that he saved the government a large amount of money by refusing the Czar's subsistence; requests that the Queen order his 'Indenture to be given up'; thanks Oxford for his patronage.

Enclosure at Pw2 Hy 1335.
Termexpenses, diplomatic, Charles Whitworth
patronage, thanks for
disputes, financial, Whitworth v Crown

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6169Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)1672-1725
NA30006Whitworth; Charles (1675-1725); Baron Whitworth of Galway; envoy-extraordinary to Russia 1704-10; cr. 17211675-1725
NA893Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-17141661-1724
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