BLENHEIM PAPERS. VOLS. XCVII-CIV. Correspondence with Allied military commandants or governors of towns in the Southern Netherlands; 1702-1714. French, Spanish and Dutch. Eight volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CXXXVII, CXXXVIII (ff. 133, 180). Letters from Christoph von Schrader, Hanoverian Minister at Regensburg, as Marlborough's agent for Mindelheim, 1706-1712; followed (61238, f. 179) by a letter from Johann von der Reck, Hanoverian diplomatist, 1714; French and German. Partly signed.
Vol. CCCIV (ff. iii+271). (1) Camp journal of the Allied army in the Low Countries and Germany, giving the place of encampment, password, names of officers on duty, orders for the day and some notes about operations; 10 May 1703-4 Sept. 1712. Copy in a single hand, with some chronological gaps...
Vol. CCXVI (ff. i+17). 'An establishment of His Majesty's guards, guarisons and land forces within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales and town of Berwick upon Tweed and the islands thereunto belonging; with their full pay and entertainment, to commence the first day of January 1683/4', pr...
Vols. CCLXXIV, CCLXXV (ff. iii+254, iii+66). Entry-books containing copies and notes of passes issued by Marlborough and received by him from the enemy, with notes of prolongations. Mostly French. Each volume consists of two separately paginated sections, each with an alphabetical index of names. 61374, ff. 123b-103b and 241b-235 are written reversing the volume. Some passes for 1702-1705 are entered in Add. MSS. 61369-61371. See also Add. MS. 61282 above.
Scope & Content:
Passports and Safeguards: Entry-books for passes and safeguards issued and received by Duke of Marlborough: 1702-1711.: Mostly Fr.