Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 745
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 21 Jun./2 Jul. 1706
Date	2 July 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that the transports 'are gon over to Sir Stafford'; hopes that the siege will not continue for much longer; hopes to hear of the success of Stanhope's negotiations 'about the Quarrantee for our Protestant Succession' and that the recompense for P[rince] Charles of Denmark has been settled. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	sieges, unspecified 1706
	navies, English, transports
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Denmark

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29492	Charles (1680-1729); Prince of Denmark; (4th son of King Christian V of Denmark)	1680-1729
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