Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1376
Title	Copy of letter from [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford, to [Thomas Thynne] 1st Viscount Weymouth; 2 Oct. 1713
Date	2 October 1713
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says it is easy to distinguish between true congratulations and 'those who are otherways'; says that his last letter was a 'sort of prophecy'; reports that he showed the letter to Lady Harriot when he was in Cambridgeshire and that she was glad to 'find so good and great a man in the number of my friends'; promises to devote himself and his family to the interests of the country. Copy of letter from [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford, to [William Legge] 1st Earl of Dartmouth, 2 Oct. 1713; thanks the earl for his friendship and support; promises to return the kindness in any way that he can; has given Lord Strafford's letter to 'our friend' Lewis; comments on his opinion on the dispute; reports that they are at last 'in earnest demolishing Dunkirk'; says that 'our young politicians' will find by the French post that 'they do not know quite so much as they fancy to themselves'; reports that his wife and Lady Henrietta were 'extremely obliged' to Lady Dartmouth for her 'civilitys at Windsor'.
Term	disputes, Lewis v Earl of Strafford?
	administration, Dunkirk 1713, demolition of
	family relationships, 1st Earl of Oxford
	personal relationships, 1st Earl of Oxford and 1st Viscount Weymouth
	personal relationships, 1st Earl of Oxford and 1st Earl of Dartmouth

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1048	Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford	1694-1755
NA29827	Legge; William (1672-1750); 1st Earl of Dartmouth; cr. 1711; secretary of state for the south 1710-3	1672-1750
NA30061	-; Harriot (fl 1713); Lady Harriot; of Cambridgeshire	fl 1713
NA30062	Lewis; - (fl 1713); friend of 1st Earl of Oxford and 1st Earl of Dartmouth	fl 1713
NA29956	Wentworth; Thomas (1672-1739); 1st Earl of Strafford; succ. as Baron Raby 1695; 1st Earl of of 2nd creation; cr. Earl 1711; ambassador to Hague 1711-1714	1672-1739
NA1145	Harley; Sarah (-1737); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer	-1737
NA30063	Legge; Anne (-1751); Countess of Dartmouth; m. 1st Earl of Dartmouth 1700; née Finch; 3rd d. of 1st Earl of Aylesford	-1751
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29791	Thynne; Thomas (1640-1714); 1st Viscount Weymouth; cr. 1682; M.P.; Warden of Forest of Dean 1712	1640-1714