Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 722
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 16 Oct. 1705
Date	16 October 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that Stanhope will receive news from Portugal from the 'office'; hopes to hear directly from Catalonia as to the progress of the military campaign; encloses a copy [not present] of the queen's answer to the King of Denmark on the subject of Lubeck; says that he is to keep it secret until Mr Vernon has received his copy; states that the consequences of 'having a disturbance in those parts wil be so fatal'; directs him to raise the issue with the Pensionary; encloses information [no present] as to the government's view towards the contraband issue. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Denmark
	trade, embargoes, against France
	diplomacy, with Portugal
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29377	Frederick IV (1671-1730); King of Denmark; ( acc. 1699)	1671-1730
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
NA29486	Vernon; - (fl 1705); Mr; 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