Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 754
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 30 Jul./10 Aug. 1706
Date	10 August 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that Lord Halifax has arrived and that the States have 'declared themselves upon the head of ye succession' and given an answer in favour of Prince Charles of Denmark; hopes that the States have been discussing the treaty with the 'Hungariary' with the Imperial court as he has mentioned it to them many times; asks for a report on the state of the affair of Münster. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	royalty, succession
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	foreign policy, pensions, Prince Charles of Denmark
	foreign policy, Hungary
	foreign policy, Münster

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29197	Montague; Charles (1661-1715); 1st Earl of Halifax; cr. Baron 1700; cr. Earl 1714	1661-1715
NA29492	Charles (1680-1729); Prince of Denmark; (4th son of King Christian V of Denmark)	1680-1729
NA29438	Joseph I (1678-1711 ); Holy Roman Emperor; ( styled King of the Romans until 1705)	1678-1711
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