| Content Description | Instructs Stanhope to inform the Pensioner of Queen Anne's instructions with regard to transports for the troops which are to act on England's behalf with the fleet; hopes that the States will do the same and not place their own troops aboard their 'men of warr'; says that the Queen does not intend to make any payment to the King of Prussia until the troops are actually in place; hopes that the French naval preparations will encourage the Provinces to 'expedite their fleet'.
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This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford.
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