Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 676
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 31 Jul./1 Aug. 1704
Date	1 August 1704
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has had no opportunity to communicate Stanhope's letters to Queen Anne; believes that the Danzig affair requires immediate attention; wishes Stanhope to discover from his meetings at The Hague how 'they mean to protect that place'; believes that if they are to intervene they will also be forced to embroil themselves in the affairs of Lubec and Norhaussen. 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	diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	royalty, authority
	foreign policy, Danzig

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
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