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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 964
TitleLetter from Dr Hutton; 9 Mar. 1710/1
Date9 March 1711
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionDescribes in brief the events leading up to the attack the previous day upon Mr Harley by the 'Marquis de Guiscard'; says that Harley was stabbed in the 'brest with a penknife'; comments on Harley's wounds; says that the Lords of the Council are examining Guiscard at Newgate.

Old Style dating on letter.
Termcrimes, assault
prisoners, interrogation of
government business, Lords of the Council, interrogation of prisoners

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA893Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-17141661-1724
NA29717Guiscard; Antoine de (1658-1711); Abbé de la Bourlie; stabbed Robert Harley; died Newgate1658-1711
NA29773Hutton; John (-1712); Dr; 1st physician to Queen Anne; M.P.-1712
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