Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 710
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 24 Aug./4 Sep. 1705
Date	4 September 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Relays an account from the Queen relative to Lord Galway having command of the next campaign in Portugal; says that the Queen has agreed that in case of the death or sickness of Lord Galway the command should be 'regulated by the treaty'; introduces a merchant from Amsterdam named Mr Pierre Tettas who wishes to discuss the issue of 'Bills of Exchange with France'. 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 Netherlands
	naval actions, Portugal 1705
	armies, Anglo-Dutch, command of
	currency, Bills of Exchange, France

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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
NA29474	Tettas; Pierre (fl 1705); -; merchant from Amsterdam	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