Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 749
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 12/23 Jul. 1706
Date	23 July 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that they have no news from Spain, Portugal or Stanhope due to the adverse weather conditions; directs Stanhope to continue to negotiate a favourable settlement for Prince Charles; says that the treaty [Articles of Union] between England and Scotland is to be signed soon and that it is monopolising his time. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	postal service, international
	treaties, Articles of Union 1706
	diplomacy, with Scotland
	unification, Great Britain
	foreign policy, pensions, Prince Charles of Denmark
	weather, wind

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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