Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 768
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 19/30 Jun. 1706
Date	30 July 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Mentions Secretary Hedges and states that letters have been transmitted to the queen; says that the fact that the issues of the passes and the 'contraband' are not settled prejudices the other negotiations with Denmark, Sweden and the Hanseatic Towns; directs Stanhope to press for the 'finishing of this affair'. Parts of text missing due to damage to document. 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 Sweden
	diplomacy, with Denmark
	diplomacy, with Hanseatic Towns
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	trade, embargoes, against France
	foreign policy, passports

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29366	Hedges; Charles (-1714); Sir; politician; lawyer; knighted 1689	-1714
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