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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 737
Title
Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 26 Apr./7 May 1706
Date
7 May 1706
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Confirms the news of the 'taking of Aleautarx'; comments on the reaction of the French to this news; relays instructions regarding negotiations with the minister of the Duke of Savoy; wishes Stanhope to 'press' the States on this matter.
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
wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
diplomacy, with Savoy
battles, Aleautarx 1706
military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
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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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