Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 698
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 29 Jun./10 Jul. 1705
Date	10 July 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has no new directions; trusts that Lord Sunderland has had a 'good voyage' and begun his negotiations with the 'States' before Stanhope receives this letter; believes that the 'continuance of the disorder' in Portugal makes it reasonable to 'apply a speedy remedy so that the future campaign may not be lost'. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA28983	Spencer; Charles (c.1674-1722); 3rd Earl of Sunderland; statesman and bibliophile	c.1674-1722
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