Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 728
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 13/24 Nov. 1705
Date	24 November 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that Stanhope has begun negotiations with the guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl as this may be the only way to prevent the use of force in the 'affair of Lübeck'; believes that the ministers of the Elector of Brunswig [Brunswick], Sweden and Prussia share this opinion; sends extracts [not present] of reports from Portugal; says that Lord Galway is 'like to recover' and that the miscarriage of Mr Fagel is not to be conceded or passed over'. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of
	diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705

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
NA29473	Fagel; François (1659-1746); -; clerk of the court of the States General of the Netherlands 1690-1744	1659-1746
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