Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 705
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 31 Jul./11 Aug. 1705
Date	11 August 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has no new orders; comments that the 'people' are beginning to comment about those who are hindering the Duke of Marlborough from fighting; says that the news from Portugal means that the command of the forces under Lord Galway must be settled or any advantage will be lost; comments on the progress of the negotiations with Mr Vryberge; states that they know littl of England who believe she will surrender her Mediterranean trade to the power or custody of the French. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	armies, Anglo-Dutch, command of
	naval actions, Portugal 1705
	trade, Mediterranean
	diplomacy, with Netherlands

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA973	Ruvigny; Henry Massue de (1648-1720); 1st Earl of Galway; succ. as 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny 1689; cr. 4th Viscount Galway 1692; cr. 1st Earl of Galway 1697; commanded troops in Portugal and Spain 1704-1710	1648-1720
NA29467	Vryberge; - (fl 1705); Mr; representative of Grand Pensionary of Holland?; diplomat?	fl 1705
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