Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 695
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr {alexander] Stanhope; 20 Apr./1 May 1705
Date	1 May 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that the court is at Newmarket; repeats his information that the French are making all 'imaginable preparations by sea'; believes these reports but does not think that France can do all that they 'talk they wil'; repeats that the 'States' men of warr should not 'go alone to Portugal'; hopes that the 'States' do not misinterpret this suggestion. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	intelligence, reports
	royalty, visits
	naval actions, 1705

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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