Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 736
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 19/30 Apr. 1706
Date	30 April 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers Stanhope to his previous letter as the mail is yet to arrive; provides a brief report on the state of the English fleet; directs Stanhope to continue negotiations regarding their obligation to provide their quota of ships. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	navies, English
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands

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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