Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 697
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 11/22 May 1705
Date	22 May 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is glad that Stanhope finds it 'so easy' to settle the contraband issue; conveys the queen's decision that the 'State's subjects may trade with France if they think good'; states the limits of the queen's tolerance upon this issue; hopes that Stanhope can 'hasten' the ships to join Lord Carmarthen. 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
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	naval actions, 1705
	royalty, authority

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29469	Osborne; Peregrine (1659-1729); 2nd Duke of Leeds; succ. 1712; M.P.; vice-admiral; styled Marquess of Carmarthen 1694-1712; styled Earl of Danby 1689-1694	1659-1729
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