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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 567
Title
Letter from David Edwards, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date
1703-1709
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Explains that his wife 'must actually be the woman'; says that he could not 'persuade my woman to keep at home'; says that his trade is 'dead'; hopes that if 'this be the right woman' that the government will be generous and 'put me into a capacity to be above the insults of my enemies'.
This document is undated; the range provided is based on that of the bundle.
Term
women, attitudes towards
patronage, requests for
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA29329
Edwards; David (fl 1703-1706); Jacobite; printed a seditious memorial of the Church of England; brother of Thomas Edwards
fl 1703-1706
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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