Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 936
Title	Letter from Thomas Gordon, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 15 Jan. 1712/3
Date	15 January 1713
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that the restoration and the revolution were 'two happy deliverances from two different tyrannys'; discusses the concept of liberty in relation to these events; sets out his plan to discover the 'intrigues and correspondences of dissenters'; states that he intends to pose as a 'secret agent' of the House of Hanover. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	royalty, Restoration, attitudes towards
	revolutions, English Civil War
	espionage, Hanover
	rights and privileges, liberty

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29735	Gordon; Thomas (fl 1713); Mr; suggested plan by which dissenters' intrigues could be discovered	fl 1713
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724

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