Stowe MS 248

TRANSCRIPTS of historical papers, viz.

1. " Mr. Harley's Plan for conducting the Business of the Public as proposed to the Queen in a Conference with Her Majesty, October 30^th, 1710 " : an outline of foreign and domestic policy on taking office. f. 1.

2. An Account of what passed at a Conference concerning a scheme for separating the succession to the German possessions of George I. from that to the Crown of England; [1719]. A note by Tho. Astle states that it is transcribed from the original in the hand of Lord Chancellor Maccelesfield (cf. No. 249). f 5. Bound in at the end are :-

3. Extracts from despatches from Secretary Harley to Sir Philip Meadows, Ambassador at Vienna, complaining of the backwardness of the Court of Vienna in the war, 13 May-19 Dec. 1707; also from despatches from Secretary Lord Townshend to [Richard Temple], Lord Cobham, and Mr. [afterwards Sir Luke] Schaub, Ambassadors at Vienna, to the same effect, 11 Feb. 1714 [5]- 14 Feb. 1715 [6]. Paper; ff. 24. In crimson morocco binding, tooled. Small quarto.

Bindings ENGLISH: Morocco, tooled: 18th cent.

includes:

• ff. 1-4 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Plan for conducting public business: 1710.
• ff. 1-4 Anne of England: Harley's plan for conducting public business: 1710.
• ff. 5-21 Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Account of a conference concerning the successions to Hanover and England: [1719].: Copies.
• ff. 5-21 George I of England: Scheme for separating the succession to Hanover from that to the crown of England: [1719].
• ff. 22, 23 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Despatches to Sir P. Medows: 1707.: Extracts.
• f. 24 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Despatches to Lord Cobham and L. Schaub: 1714-1715.: Extr.
• f. 24 Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham; British Ambassador at Vienna: Letter to, from Lord Townshend: 1714.: Extract.
• f. 24 Sir Luke Schaub, Secretary to the Embassy at Vienna; Private Secretary to Lord Stanhope at Paris: Letters to, from Lord Townshend: 1715-1716.: Extr.