<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>ALS to William Blathwayt, Whitehall</dc:title><dc:creator>Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717</dc:creator><dc:date>1698 Jul 22</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Writing at the end of the first day of polling for M.P.'s in Westminster, Vernon reports a request by Lord Paget for additional supplies and discusses complaints from the French concerning the island of St. Christopher. 1. Great Britain. Parliament-- Elections. 2. Colt, Henry, Sir, d. 1731. 3. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 4. Great Britain-- Foreign relations--France. 5. Great Britain--Colonies--Leeward Islands.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>