Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 764
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 6/17 Sep. 1706
Date	17 September 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that he has no letters from Stanhope to reply to, no news from Spain? and that the fleet has still been unable to sail; refers Stanhope to his earlier instructions regarding the negotiations in which he is engaged; hopes that the House of Brunswick and other concerned princes will 'exert themselves upon this occasion' to hinder the incursions of the Swedes into Germany; directs Stanhope to consult Lord Marlborough should he encounter any difficulties. 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
Term	diplomacy, with Brunswick

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
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