Record

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
Term	patronage, requests for

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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