Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 771
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; n.d. [c. 1706]
Date	1706 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is expecting a letter from Stanhope informing him that the contraband issue has been settled 'one way or other' if Lord Sunderland has 'surmounted his difficultys'; hopes to hear that the troops have moved forward to attack the French as Lord Marlborough wishes. 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. This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	trade, embargoes, against France
	military campaigns, Duke of Marlborough 1706

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA28983	Spencer; Charles (c.1674-1722); 3rd Earl of Sunderland; statesman and bibliophile	c.1674-1722
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