Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 734
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 19 Feb. 1705/2 Mar. 1706
Date	2 March 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that the negotiations between the queen and the States will soon have the desired effect in Denmark; sees no other way to settle the affair [of Lübeck?] than to execute the Treaty of Travendahl; has asked Mr Stepney to request that P[rince?] Eugene return from Vienna and to request that court comply with the King of Prussia regarding troops. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
	armies, Anglo-Dutch, augmentation of
	foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Denmark
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29489	Eugene (1663-1736); Prince of Savoy	1663-1736
NA29458	Frederick I (1657-1713 ); King of Prussia; ( acc. 1701; styled Frederick III Elector of Brandenberg until 1701)	1657-1713
NA29490	Stepney; George (1663-1707); Mr; diplomat; poet	1663-1707
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