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Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 670
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 20 Jul./31 Jul. 1704
Date	31 July 1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Orders Stanhope on behalf of Queen Anne to attempt to 'quicken the conference' about Danzig and Lubec; wishes to know if their resolutions are to be put into practice; hopes that the prohibition of trade [with France] will be continued pending an examination of 'whether it be for the advantage of ye French or of ye Confederates'; forwards various documents containing instructions regarding the number of 'winter guards' at Lisbon. Parts of text missing due to damage to document. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	royalty, authority
	trade, embargoes, against France
	diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl
	military campaigns, Lisbon 1704
	foreign policy, Danzig
	foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29446	Stanhope; Alexander (1638-1707); Mr; English Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands 1700-6; father of 1st Earl Stanhope	1638-1707

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