Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 759
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 16/27 Aug. 1706
Date	27 August 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is not writing to Lord Halifax as he is expected to return to England with the 'first fair wind'; requests a dispatch on the treaty of the succession and the 'compensation' for P[rince] Charles [of Denmark]; thinks that Charles must be 'contented with what the States wil give him for their part'; says that Mr Vryberge has been informed of the number of ships will make up the English winter quota; hopes that the States will 'joyne their quota'; hopes to hear good military news from Spain, Italy and the siege of Menin; says that the fleet 'passd Plimouth on Monday'. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	weather, wind
	navies, Anglo-Dutch, size of
	sieges, Menin 1706
	foreign policy, pensions, Prince Charles of Denmark
	navies, English, manoeuvres
	diplomacy, with Denmark
	diplomacy, with Netherlands

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
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