Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 688
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 16/27 Feb. 1704/5
Date	27 February 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is unable to send any further instructions as he has not been in communication with the Queen; says that the session is being wound up and that the 'affairs of commerce' [with France?] should be settled the following day; discusses the worsening relationship between England and the 'States' which the queen is attempting to maintain; believes that the machinations of the French lie at the base of this problem; says that the queen has intelligence of the naval preparations of the French; instructs Stanhope to acquaint the Pensionary with the news that their own naval forces will need to be increased in order to counteract the actions of the French. Part 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	trade, embargoes, against France
	navies, French, augmentation of
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	intelligence, reports
	parliamentary business, bills, French embargo 1705
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
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