Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 921
Title	Letter from J. Delestrilles Laclide, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 11 Sep. 1711
Date	11 September 1711
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that some time ago he sent Harley some 'secret articles' which would 'show a way to reduce France'; requests an audience so he might explain the articles; says that in 1705 he 'delivered a project' to Harley 'against France' and was rewarded by being sent to Spain after the Earl of Peterborough; discusses his reservations regarding Marquis Guiscard, who was sent by King Charles to the Queen.
Term	intelligence, reports
	foreign policy, towards France
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18610	Mordaunt; Charles (c.1658-1735); 3rd Earl of Peterborough; succ. as Viscount Mordaunt 1675; cr. 1st Earl of Monmouth 1689; succ. his uncle as Earl of Peterborough 1697	c.1658-1735
NA18634	Charles VI (1685-1740); Holy Roman Emperor	1685-1740
NA29717	Guiscard; Antoine de (1658-1711); Abbé de la Bourlie; stabbed Robert Harley; died Newgate	1658-1711
NA29718	Laclide; J. Delestrilles- (fl 1711); Captain; French; conspired against France with England	fl 1711
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724