Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1334
Title	Letter from Charles Whitworth [later Baron Whitworth of Galway], Gerard Street, London, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 12 Jun. 1714
Date	12 June 1714
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Encloses 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.
Term	expenses, diplomatic, Charles Whitworth
	patronage, thanks for
	disputes, financial, Whitworth v Crown

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6169	Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)	1672-1725
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