Vols. CCCCXXX, CCCCXXXI (ff. 132, 161). Letters from Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, as Envoy to Vienna and Savoy, and Ambassador at Venice, 1707-1710; including (61531, ff. 79b-80) an engraved plan by P. Coronelli, entitled 'Comacchio, Porto di Magnavacca, e Canale Pallotto', 1708. Partly French, Italian and translations. Much of the material is printed in C. Cole, Memoirs of Affairs of State, 1733.
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Vol. CCCVI (iii+140). Statements of Marlborough's account as commander-in-chief, with Benjamin Sweet, merchant and Paymaster of the British forces in the Low Countries; giving details of Marlborough's pay and allowances, of his 2½% deduction from the pay of foreign troops in British service, of ...
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. XLII-XLIV. Correspondence with George Stepney as Envoy at Vienna, 1702-1707; preceded (61142, ff. 1-31b) by letters from Philip Plantamour, agent at Berlin, 1702, 1703, and followed (61144, ff. 172-177b) by an inventory of Stepney's goods at The Hague, bef. 6 Nov. 1707, and a letter from his sister Frances, 1711. Partly French, Latin and German. Partly copies. See also Add. MSS. 7058, 37155 and 37156. Three volumes.
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BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. LX, LXI (ff. 148, 248). Correspondence with William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, 1703-1716; Partly French. Partly signed and copies. See also Add. MSS. 61351, 61352 below.
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61514, 6I515. Vols. CCCCXIV, CCCCV. Correspondence and papers mostly relating to an investigation into the conduct of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, in Spain; 1705-1720. Partly French and Latin. Partly in the hand of, and certified by, Peterborough's secretary, Arendt Furly.
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Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. LI, LII (ff. 167, 109). Correspondence with John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd, Envoy to Savoy, including (in 61152) correspondence with his brother, William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd, Resident in Genoa; Partly French and Italian. Partly cipher.
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Vols. LXXVII, LXXVIII (ff. 154, 143). General and collective correspondence with the Field Deputies, 1703-1711, followed (61178, ff. 142-143) by 'Minutes for the Conference with the Deputies', 16 Dec. 1705;