Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 666
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; n.d. [c.22 May 1704]
Date	22 May 1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to the City of Darthig; says that her [Majesty] intends to employ the 'best officers' for 'pretecting that Citty'; asks that Stanhope confer with the 'Pensioner' and the Ministers of the Kings of Denmark and Prussia to see if 'their respecting Masters' concur in a representation to the King of Sweden; asks that any resolution be transmitted to Mr Robinson who has orders to agree to such measures to be concerted with the Ministers at The Hague. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. This document is undated; the range provided is based on that of related correspondence. Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
Term	diplomacy, with Denmark
	military campaigns, Danzig 1704
	foreign policy, Danzig
	diplomacy, with Sweden
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Prussia
Related Material	Pw2 Hy 667 copy

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
NA29447	Charles XII (1682-1718 ); King of Sweden; (acc. 1697)	1682-1718
NA29448	Robinson; John (1650-1723); Bishop of London; Lord Privy Seal 1711-13; appointed first English plenipotentiary at peace conference at Utrecht	1650-1723
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29446	Stanhope; Alexander (1638-1707); Mr; English Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands 1700-6; father of 1st Earl Stanhope	1638-1707