Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 717
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 28 Sep./9 Oct. 1705
Date	9 October 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that there will be better news from Barcelona when the mail arrives; says that it has been delayed by 'contrary' winds; has heard rumours that there is 'much confusion in the ranks'; encloses a copy [not present] of his answer to a memorial by Count de Gallas 'upon three powers'; hopes that the Count de Goesson? has obtained an answer from the Pensionary regarding the 300 crowns [intended to enable the Emperor to march troops to Italy]; says that a response is necessary as England needs to plan to make the first payment; wishes the treaty with the King of Prussia for his troops in Italy to be 'renewed without delay'. 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
	postal service, international
	military campaigns, Italy 1705
	diplomacy, with Holy Roman Empire
	diplomacy, with Prussia

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29438	Joseph I (1678-1711 ); Holy Roman Emperor; ( styled King of the Romans until 1705)	1678-1711
NA1085	Heinsius; Anthony (1641-1720); Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1688	1641-1720
NA29476	Gallas; Johann W. (1669-1719); Count von Gallas; ambassador of Holy Roman Empire to England?	1669-1719
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