BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCLI, CCLII. Correspondence and papers relating to a dispute over investments administered by William, 1st Earl Cadogan, on behalf of Marlborough; 1714-1723. Two volumes.
Vol. CCLII (ff. 88). (1) Forms of discharge and powers of attorney from Marlborough and his executors to Cadogan; 1715-1723. Partly French. Mostly drafts and copies. Preceded (f. 1) by a copy of Cadogan's original receipt for the investments; 1714. ff. 1-22b. (2) The case against Cadogan, as...
Vol. CCLIII (ff. 257+218*). Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough with Sir John Vanbrugh, Samuel Travers, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Henry Wise and others, concerning the building and gardens; including many copies and annotations made in connection with the law-suits (see Add. MS. 6135...
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCLIII-CCLVI. Correspondence and papers relating to the building of Blenheim Palace; 1705-1742. See also Add. MSS. 19591-19618, and 61468 and 61473 below. Four volumes.
Vol. CCLIV (ff. 167). Proposals, contracts, estimates, accounts, memoranda, etc., concerning the building, furnishings and gardens, including (ff. 126-163) a series of interior elevations, chiefly of rooms on the upper stories; 1705-1737, n.d. Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Plans, accounts, etc., rel...
Vol. CCLV (ff. 18). Oversize items, as follows:- (1) Description by Sir Godfrey Kneller of a projected allegorical painting on the presentation of Blenheim Palace by Queen Anne; commissioned in 1708; reproduced in Green, op. cit., plate 10. ff. 1-2b. (2) Bill with receipt for cleaning and re...
Vol. CCLVI (ff. 214). Papers relating to the law-suits concerning the building; 1712-1742, n.d. The various suits are summarized in Green, op. cit., pp. 150-156. Law OF ENGLAND: Legal papers rel. to Blenheim Palace and Marlborough House: aft. 1710-1742, n.d. Court of Exchequer: Papers rel. to...
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCLVII (ff. 115). Correspondence, particularly with Sir Christopher Wren and his son, accounts, estimates, and narratives of the Duchess, relating to the building and furnishing of Marlborough House; 1710-1715, n.d. The letters of Wren the elder are printed in A. Searle, '...
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCLVIII (ff. 224). Papers relating to:- (1) England, chiefly official and parliamentary; 1682-1712, n.d. Partly printed and copies. ff. 1-66b. (2) France, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire and India; 1689-1715. Partly French, Latin, Dutch and German. Par...