Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 540
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Sir Robert Cotton and Sir Thomas Frankland; 18 Aug. 1705
Date	18 August 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Requests that they order a boat to carry a messenger despatched by the Queen to Holland; says that this messenger is to meet with the Duke of Marlborough; asks that it be arranged so that the messenger Mr Nicholas Hill meets with no opposition at Harwich; requests that Hill be granted any intelligence which will keep him safe from the enemy.
Term	intelligence, conveyance of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA29302	Hill; Nicholas (fl 1705); Mr; intelligence messenger	fl 1705
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29300	Cotton; Robert (fl 1690-1708); Sir; postmaster-general 1690-1708	fl 1690-1708
NA29303	Frankland; Thomas (fl 1690-1715); Sir; postmaster-general 1690-1715	fl 1690-1715