Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 687
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope]; 13/24 Feb. 1704/5
Date	24 February 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on the progress of a bill through Parliament the aim of which is to prevent commerce with France; will forward a scheme of the Berlin Treaty; hopes that the King of Sweden will accept this effort of Queen Anne and the 'States'; instructs Stanhope to request that the 'States' convey their troops in their 'men of warr' and to send as many ships as possible in order to foil the French army at sea. Part 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 Sweden
	trade, embargoes, against France
	armies, German speaking states, manoeuvres
	parliamentary business, bills, French embargo 1705
	navies, Dutch, manoeuvres
	treaties, Berlin
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29447	Charles XII (1682-1718 ); King of Sweden; (acc. 1697)	1682-1718
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