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1. Add MS 61369-61408

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Add MS 61369-61408
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A. Section XIV. ENTRY-AND LETTER-BOOKS 61369-61408. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCLXIX-CCCVIII. A series of bound volumes, consisting chiefly of entry- and letter-books relating to army administration; 1702-[1739?], n.d. With the exception of 61408, all have uniform 19th cent. half-bindings in brown calf, gilt-stamped on the spine, 'Marlborough Papers', and numbered in a series 1-39. This order has been retained. As noted in the following descriptions, many volumes in this series have their own...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1702-[1739?]
Extent:
40 items

2. Add MS 61381-61393

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Vols. CCLXXXI-CCXCIII. Letter-books, containing copies of letters signed by Marlborough, but mostly composed by his secretary, Cardonnel; 1702-1712. Partly French and Latin. Each volume has an alphabetical list of addressees; 61393 consists of two volumes bound together, each with its own index. Printed, but with many omissions, in The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, ed. Sir G. Murray, 5 vols., 1845. Among the omissions are two letters to Godolphin, May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1702-1712
Extent:
13 items

3. Add MS 61380

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCLXXX (ff. iii+34). (1) 'Alphabeticall List of Half Pay Officers', consisting of separate lists of captains and field officers (ff. 1-7b), lieutenants (ff. 8-14b), cornets, second lieutenants and ensigns (ff. 15-21b), and staff officers (ff. 22-24b). Details include name, former regiment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1701-1703
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 61394-61402

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Vols. CCXCIV-CCCII. Letter-books, containing copies of letters of Adam Cardonnel, chiefly as Marlborough's secretary, and relating to army administration; 1702-1712. Partly French. Each volume has an alphabetical index of addressees (the index of 61399 for N and 0 is misplaced at f. 253). See also Add. MSS. 61411-61413 below. Nine volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1702-1712
Extent:
9 items

5. Add MS 61403

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCIII (ff. iii+ 177). Entry-book containing copies of the official bulletins or circulars describing the operations of the Allied army under Marlborough's command, compiled by his secretaries and issued to the Secretary of State's Office and to English envoys abroad; 1706-1711. Printed, wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1706-1711
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 61378

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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCLXXVIII (ff. iii+124). Two lists (the second a partial copy of the first, with numerous additions and deletions) of applicants for commissions as field officers (1-5b, 59-64b), captains (ff. 7-19b, 66-77b), lieutenants (ff. 23-30b, 82-87b), ensigns (ff. 37-42, 97-103), and staff officers ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1705
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 61404

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1703-1740
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 61374-61375

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1706-1711]
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 61379

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Vol. CCLXXIX (ff. iii+136). Daily lists and accounts of medicines issued to patients in British military hospitals at Ghent, 14 Sept.-30 Oct. 1706 O.S. (ff. 1b-68), and Maastricht, 15 May-24 Aug. 1706 O.S. (ff. 70b-135). Most patients are named, and in some cases their units are identified. The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1706
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 61406

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Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1702-1710
Extent:
1 item