Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1244
Title	Letter in Latin from A de Matueof [Matveyev], London, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 26 May 1707
Date	26 May 1707
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says he has just received letters inviting him to meet the Privy Council the following afternoon and in order to prepare himself wishes to know by return the names of councillors who will be present; says, since the Tsar [Peter I]'s most recent letters strongly reinforce his earlier instructions, he urgently requires a reply that he can send by courier to the Tsar on the question of the recognition of Stanislaw [Lesczynski]; says the Tsar does not believe the Queen [Anne] would approve such a step so damaging to the Tsar.
Language	Latin
Term	diplomacy, with Russia
Term	monarchy, Poland 1707

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6169	Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)	1672-1725
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29993	Stanislaw I Leszczynski (1677-1766 ); King of Poland; ( ruled 1704-1709 and 1733-1735)	1677-1766
NA29988	Matveyev; Andrei A. (1666-1728); Muscovite Ambassador in London 1707-8; Russian minister at Amsterdam 1700-12	1666-1728
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724