Record

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

Persons

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