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421. Add MS 61421-61426

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Add MS 61421-61426
Title:
B. Section III. PRELIMINARY VERSIONS OF AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT OF THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH 61421-61426. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCXXI-CCCXXVI. Narratives compiled by the Duchess and various collaborators to vindicate her conduct at Court; 1704-late 1730s(?). Used by Nathaniel Hooke to compile An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, 1742. See also F. Harris, 'Accounts of the Conduct of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough', British Library Journal, VIII, 1982, ...
Scope & Content:
Anne of England: Narratives, etc., by Duchess of Marlborough rel. to her relations with Qu. Anne: 1704-[173-?].: Mostly drafts and copies. Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1704-Late 1730s ?
Extent:
6 items

422. Add MS 61422

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCXXII (ff. 202). A series of narratives and open letters by the Duchess, chiefly describing episodes in her own and her family's loss of royal favour; [1709?]-[1712?], with a few later additions. Autograph and copies, mostly by or dictated to her servants, Charles Hodges and Judith Forste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1709?]-[1712?]
Extent:
1 item

423. Add MS 61423

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Vol. CCCXXIII (ff. 190). (1) Letters from the Duchess to Sir David Hamilton, M.D., physician to Queen Anne, relating to her vindication, and intended to be read to the Queen, including (f. 91) a single note from Hamilton, and (ff. 39-49b) extracts from The Impartial Secret History of Arlus, Fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1710-1711
Extent:
1 item

424. Add MS 61424

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCXXIV (ff. 121). Narratives by the Duchess and Arthur Maynwaring, concerning her conduct in financial matters; 1711-1712, with a few later additions. As follows: — (1) Open letter and notes by the Duchess relating to her method of keeping the Privy Purse and Robes accounts, and her policy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1711-1712
Extent:
1 item

425. Add MS 61425

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCXXV (ff. 149). Vindication concerning the Duchess's conduct in financial matters and her loss of favour; compiled to her instructions at Frankfurt and Antwerp by her chaplain and secretary, Whadcock Priest, D.D. (see her note, f. 146; Priest is incorrectly referred to by Coxe, e.g. f. 14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1713
Extent:
1 item

426. Add MS 61426

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Vol. CCCXXVI (ff. 276). Vindication compiled by Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Bangor, Hereford (1721), Salisbury (1723) and Winchester (1734); with related papers by the Duchess and others; 1715-late 1730s(?). As follows: — (1) Narrative by Hoadly in five sections (ff. 1-50, 51-120, 121-170, 171-21...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-Late 1730s ?
Extent:
1 item

427. Add MS 61427

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Vol. CCCXXVII (ff. 241). [1676?]-1703. includes: f. 25 Elizabeth Moody, alias Mowdie; servant of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: Letter to: circ. 1677.f. 171 Anthony Guidott, alias Guydott; of Lincoln's Inn; solicitor to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letter to: 1703.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1676?]-1703
Extent:
1 item

428. Add MS 61427-61431

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Add MS 61427-61431
Title:
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCXXVII-CCCXXXI. Correspondence with her husband, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough; [1676?]-1715. Partly imperfect. The Duchess's letters before her marriage (61427, ff. 12-66 passim) are autograph copies in her later hand. At the end (61431, ff. 210-231) are extracts from the Duke's letters, made for the Duchess in old age, with a few of her notes. Most of the letters before 1701 and after 1711 have been printed by Coxe, Wolseley, and Churchill in their biographies of M...
Scope & Content:
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence with his wife, Sarah: [1676?]-1715.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1676?]-1715
Extent:
5 items

429. Add MS 61427-61454

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Add MS 61427-61454
Title:
B. Section IV. FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1600-1799]
Extent:
28 items

430. Add MS 61428

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCXXVIII (ff. 210). 1704, 1705.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1705
Extent:
1 item