Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 742
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 7/18 Jun. 1706
Date	18 June 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that Stanhope's preparations for the sieges of Ostend and Newport will 'speedily terminate in ye surrender of those two places'; wishes that the Duke of Marlborough will have the opportunity to show his 'valour' in the face of the French 'brag' that they have 14,000 men; says that the Pensionary's opinion as to Münster is clear; sends copies of the queen's letter [not present] to the chapter of Münster for Stanhope and the Pensionary; says that the queen and the Pensionary concur with regard to the Bishop of Osnaburg; refers to Stanhope's comment that the Palatine minister was left out of 'the Treaty'; regrets that Denmark has cause to complain about delays with regard to Prince Charles. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	sieges, Ostend 1706
	sieges, Newport 1706
	armies, French, size of
	diplomacy, with Netherlands

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
NA29493	Osnaburg; - (fl 1706); Bishop of Osnaburg; favoured by Queen Anne for election as Bishop of Münster	fl 1706
NA29492	Charles (1680-1729); Prince of Denmark; (4th son of King Christian V of Denmark)	1680-1729
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