Representing the official archive of two secretaries of state - Sir Charles Hedges and Robert Harley - this volume is largely concerned with the conduct of the War of Spanish Succession and the French support for the Old Pretender, James Francis Edward. The documents calendared were generated in Ireland, Scotland and England and run from April 1704 to October 1705 - a period which saw the capture of Gibraltar (July 1704) and victories at Donauworth and Blenheim as well as preliminaries for the Anglo-Scottish union. No jacket.