Document Reference | Pw2 Hy 674 |
Title | Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 11 Jul./22 Jul. 1704 |
Date | 22 July 1704 |
Extent | 2 ff |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Discusses reports of the discussions at [The Hague] regarding the affairs of Danzig and Lubec and the [prohibition] of trade [with France]; says that Queen Anne has come to several 'resolutions' regarding the 'warr' in Portugal; says that there are to be no changes in recruitment practices; reports on a discussion between Lord Galloway and the Queen regarding the deployment of 'Dragoons'; mentions the possibility of raising troops of Dragoons made up of French Protestants; comments on arrangements for providing horses for English and Dutch troops; discusses the Queen's attitude towards the rest of the war and her hopes for the co-operation of other European states.
Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford.
Old Style dating on letter. |
Term | trade, embargoes, against France |
diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl |
armies, English, Dragoons |
armies, English, horses |
armies, English, Dragoons, French Protestants |
armies, English, recruitment |
diplomacy, with Scotland |
diplomacy, with Netherlands |
foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of |
foreign policy, Danzig |
wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714 |
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Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA18608 | Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland | 1665-1714 |
NA19007 | Stewart; James (-1746); 3rd Baronet; of Burray Orkney | -1746 |
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 |
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