Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 675
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 18 Jul./29 Jul. 1704
Date	29 July 1704
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Acknowledges receipt of Stanhope's letters; is sorry for Sir Harry Wrigfield? who has made a mistake by plotting with 'Scotch and Irish malecontents'; asks that Stanhope give a pass to the servant of the Duke of Shrewsbury so that he may 'come over'; says that the Queen wishes Stanhope to set up a contingency plan should his conferences regarding Danzig, the 'affair of Lubec' and the desired 'peace in ye north' fail; says that nothing more can be said until the 'proceedings in the Danube' are heard as they are of 'so great influence'. 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
	crimes, high treason
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	foreign policy, Danzig
	foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29301	-; - (fl 1704); only refereed to as 'sir'	fl 1704
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29456	Wrigfield?; Harry (fl 1704); Sir; conspired with Scotch and Irish malcontents	fl 1704
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