Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 996
Title	Letter from Pitt, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 5 Jan. 1712/3
Date	5 January 1713
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Contains a 'plaine' account of 'what passes'; says that the Whigs are 'almost at their last gasp' in attempts to maintain their custom of 'raileing'; discusses the advantages enjoyed by the French over the English relative to trade in Cadiz; speculates as to the probable negative effects should a new counsel be sent; refers to the diplomatic skills of Lord Galway; claims that his [Pitt's] enemies are against him because of his reputation of being a 'violent Tory'. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	political parties, Whigs, customs
	political parties, Conservatives, prejudice against
	trade, with Spain
	diplomacy, with Spain
	treaties, Utrecht 1713
	politics, national

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA973	Ruvigny; Henry Massue de (1648-1720); 1st Earl of Galway; succ. as 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny 1689; cr. 4th Viscount Galway 1692; cr. 1st Earl of Galway 1697; commanded troops in Portugal and Spain 1704-1710	1648-1720
NA29819	Pitt; - (fl 1713); Conservative	fl 1713
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724