Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1266
Title	Letter in Latin from A. de Matueof [Matveyev], London, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 12 Aug. 1707
Date	12 August 1707
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Thanks him for his letter of 8 Aug. written in his own hand; continues to press for his long awaited reply, it being five weeks since their conference; expresses concern that the Tsar [Peter I] may think the delay due to his own laxness as he is always telling the Tsar that the response is imminent; refers to commercial matters mentioned in [Harley's] letter [indicating his willingness to discuss these?]; follows the Tsar's mandate in requesting a position for Mr Goodwin, observing that there are two vacancies in the diocese of Canterbury.
Language	Latin
Term	diplomacy, with Russia
Term	patronage, requests for

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6169	Peter I (1672-1725); Emperor of Russia; ( succeeded 1682)	1672-1725
NA29998	Goodwin; - (fl 1707); -; patronised by Peter the Great	fl 1707
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