Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1105
Title	Encoded letter from William Van Heels [Huls], Hague, Netherlands, to [Robert Harley, later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 25 May 1711
Date	25 May 1711
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that he has recovered from the gout and has resumed his interviews, which are going well; discusses the state of the [peace] negotiations with France; says that there is 'no doubt of a good and honourable peace, and perhaps much sooner than expected'; discusses various interviews and refers to the participants and places by code numbers.
Term	diplomacy, with France
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	intelligence, cypher
	medical conditions, gout
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29941	Huls; Carel Willem van (fl 1663-1714); Dutch; diplomatic channel between 1st Earl of Oxford and Pensionary Heinsius	fl 1663-1714
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724

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