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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 678
TitleDraft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 28 Jul./8 Aug. 1704
Date8 August 1704
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionHas no news as he has been 'detained' at Harwich; encloses a copy [not present] of the 'case of the Leverpool ship'; asks that Stanhope represent this case 'the harder'.

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.
Termdiplomacy, with Netherlands
legal cases, 'Liverpool ship'

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA893Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-17141661-1724
NA29446Stanhope; Alexander (1638-1707); Mr; English Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands 1700-6; father of 1st Earl Stanhope1638-1707
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