<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>1699 Aug 1</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>About preparing an answer to the Emperor's letter about his son's marriage; proposing Alexander Skene as Secretary of Barbados; Benbow's squadron in the West Indies. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Holy Roman Empire. 2. Skene, Alexander. 3. Barbados--Politics and Government. 4. Benbow, John, 1653- 1702. 5. Great Britain. Navy. 6. Darien. Scots' Colony.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>