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Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 719
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 5/16 Oct. 1705
Date	16 October 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that an 'express' arrived from Barcelona in '29 days'; supposes that Stanhope has heard the particulars; says that the letters state that the Prince of Hesse? was 'killed in the first attaque'; refers briefly to the progress of the war in Spain; has no new orders at this time and is awaiting news from Holland. 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
	travel, Barcelona to England
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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

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