Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 651
Title	Draft of letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr Poley; 24 Aug. 1705/4 Sep. 1705
Date	4 September 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that Poley has not been prevented from writing due to ill health; has heard from Hamburg and Berlin that the Duke of Cel is dead; suspects that there may be some 'disturbance' regarding his successor. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	nobility, succession, disputed

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29421	Celle; George William (1624-1705); Duke of Celle; succ. 1665	1624-1705
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29422	Poley; - (fl 1705); Mr; diplomat?	fl 1705