Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1356
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr Howe; 2/18 Jul. 1706
Date	18 July 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Awaits 'three posts from Holland', but believes that Lord Halifax must have left Howe by now; thinks that the P[rince] of Prussia [later Frederick William I] will visit his army before 'consumating his marriage'; hopes that the Queen's letter to the Electress on the occasion has arrived; hopes that those harbouring 'ill designs' against their friendship will not renew their efforts following Lord Halifax's departure; does not doubt that Howe will be able to discover any such intrigues; says that the Queen is doing all she can to secure the succession and that the Treaty of Union with Scotland is only the 'first thing'.
Term	diplomacy, with Hanover
	marriage, royal, Frederick William I of Prussia
	treaties, Articles of Union 1706
	royalty, succession

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29197	Montague; Charles (1661-1715); 1st Earl of Halifax; cr. Baron 1700; cr. Earl 1714	1661-1715
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA30036	Sophia (1630-1714 ); Electress of Hanover; (mother of George I King of Britain)	1630-1714
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29378	Howe; Emanuel S. (-1709); Esq.; Envoy Extraordinary to Hanover 1705-9	-1709