Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 766
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 13/24 Sep. 1706
Date	24 September 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that they are still hoping for a change in the [wind] at the equinox; states that they are like 'fish upon the dry land' as they have had no recent news and are unaware of what is 'done or doing'; hopes that the 'storme' which was gathering near Saxony has been dispersed. Parts of text missing due to damage to document. 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
	postal service, international
	foreign policy, Saxony

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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