Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 761
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 23 Aug./3 Sep. 1706
Date	3 September 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers briefly to the surrender of Menin; speculates on when the wind will change and allow the fleet to sail; discusses provisions for the men of war. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	sieges, Menin 1706
	weather, wind
	navies, English, manoeuvres
	navies, English, provisions for

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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