Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 951
Title	Letter from E. Hawell, Gibraltar, to [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford]; 14 Jan. 1712
Date	14 January 1712
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that he has been delayed as he was obliged to take 'our papers' out of the hands of their secretary Mr Murray; says that 'we have much reason not to trust him any more in anything of consequence'; explains that Mr Murray has concealed certain important details regarding the financial irregularities of the Agent Victualler from them; expects that when they reach Lisbon, they will be able to show 'abuse in relation to remittances from thence'. Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
Term	bribery and corruption, Lisbon 1713
	bribery and corruption, Gibraltar 1713
	financial affairs, irregularities

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29752	Murry; - (fl 1713); Mr; removed from position as secretary to E. Hawell	fl 1713
NA29753	Hawell; E. (fl 1713); investigated financial irregularities in the Iberian Peninsular	fl 1713
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724