E. Section IV. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL PAPERS 61678-61680. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXVIII-DLXXX. Financial and related papers of later Dukes of Marlborough; 1728-1821, n.d. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
F. Section III. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF SIR RICHARD STEELE 61686-61688. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXXVI-DLXXXVIII. Correspondence and papers of Sir Richard Steele, supplementing the large holding of Steele material already in the British Library, most notably Add. MS. 5145 A, B, C, which John Nichols presented to the British Museum and on which he based The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, 1787; 2nd ed. 1809. The provenance of the present papers is discussed by C. J. Wri...
Scope & Content:
Sir Richard Steele, author and politician: Correspondence and papers: 1696-aft. 1727, n.d.
CAVE PAPERS. Vols. XIII-XIX. Correspondence and papers as Home Secretary relating to prisoners of war; 1915-1919. Mostly typewritten and printed. Partly French and German. Seven volumes.
Scope & Content:
Prisoners of War: Correspondence and papers rel. to prisoners of war: 1915-1919: Partly Fr. and Germ: Mostly typewritten and printed. England. Home Office: Correspondence and papers of Viscount Cave as Home Secretary: 1916-1918: Mostly typewritten and printed.
BERTIE PAPERS. Vols. III, IV. Correspondence with and on behalf of Lord Salisbury, Lord Lansdowne, etc.; 1894-1902. Partly typewritten. Partly French. Two volumes.
A. COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS 63079-63129. BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-LI. Collections of historical manuscripts acquired by Blakeney; circa 15th cent.-1975. The provenances are various, the largest single group being portions of the archive of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf.; see further under Add. 63079-63082 below. The arrangement by Blakeney in a series of bound volumes (TSB 1-51) has been retained, even though it does not consistently reflect the archival origin of the various c...