Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 714
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 11/22 Sep. 1705
Date	22 September 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is glad that Stanhope has reported that the States General have had a favourable reaction regarding the intentions of the queen towards them; says that the proposal of sending another person on a diplomatic mission to Holland has been 'suspended'; discusses the issue of 'drawing Bills' in an attempt to reduce France to the 'utmost extremity'; says that Mr Vryberge has delivered the States's resolution regarding the Duke of Savoy's 'relief'; is sorry that the reaction to discussions regarding Darthig was 'cool'. 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
Term	currency, Bills of Exchange

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29478	Vittorio-Amedeo II (fl 1675-1720); King of Sicily; Duke of Savoy 1685-1720; King of Sicily 1713-1718	fl 1675-1720
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