Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 730
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 20 Nov./1 Dec. 1705
Date	1 December 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses plans regarding the campaign in Spain now that Barcelona has been taken and has surrender; says that Lord Galway has recovered and is hopeful that the Portuguese will do 'better next year'; comments that Galway must do 'every thing' since Mr Fagel has 'come away'; is still awaiting further news so that he may issue new instructions to Sir D. Mitchel; says that Mr Vernon has relayed instructions from the King of Denmark that he wishes to 'prolong the terme for Pamenth?'; has agreed and is glad that Denmark wishes to settle the issue by treaty rather than by force; encourages Stanhope to continue negotiations with the Pensionary and the guarantors [of the Treaty of Travendahl]; comments on the recent discussions between 'several Princes' and the Duke of Marlborough relative to the augmentation of the army. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
	diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Denmark
	armies, English, augmentation of

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
NA29488	Mitchell; David (c.1650-1710); Sir; knighted 1694; vice-admiral; lord commissioner of Admiralty 1699-1702	c.1650-1710
NA29377	Frederick IV (1671-1730); King of Denmark; ( acc. 1699)	1671-1730
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
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