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Stowe MS 751
- Record Id:
- 040-001953584
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00011e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 751
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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ORIGINAL LETTERS Of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Sarah his wife, to James Craggs, Sen. [Postmaster-General in 1715], who was acting as financial secretary to the Duchess; 1711-1718. The Duke's letters are twenty-one in number, and with one exception (f l5), dated "Camp before Bouchain, the 9th Sept. 1711," are holograph. This letter, though dated from the seat of war, contains no military intelligence, but relates to the debt on the building accompt of Blenheim Palace. The remaining twenty, which extend from 11 Apr. 1713 to 18 July, 1714, during which time the Duke was in retirement abroad, relate almost exclusively to the same subject. The letters of the Duchess, seventy-five in number, are all holograph, and comprise the period between the time of her final rupture with the Queen in 1711 and the year 1718. The first letter of the series bears no date, but from the opening sentence, which is as follows, "If you have not been with the Duke of Shrewsbury this will save you the trouble of it, for I have removed most of my things out of St. James's, and all my lodgings, I believe, will be cleard by to morrow night," it must have been written between May and July, 1711 (cf. Coxe, Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough, 1819, vol. iii. p. 357). The Duchess's letters, which are couched in vigorous and at times spiteful language, throw considerable light on the financial side of her disputes with the Queen and Government. At the end (f. 226) is a key to the numerical cyphers used by the Duchess. Paper; ff. 227. Folio.
James Craggs, senior, Postmaster-General: Letters to, from the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough: 1711-1718.
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letters to J. Craggs, sen.: 1711-1718.
includes:
- ff. 15 (copy), 21-27, 32, 37, 52, 58, 67, 69, 73-81, 89, 92, 102, 104, 112 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letters to J. Craggs, sen.: 1711-1714.
- f. 226 Cyphers: Key to cyphers used by the Duchess of Marlborough: n.d.
- f. 226 Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Key to cyphers used by.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953574
040-001953584 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 743-760 : CLASS XVII.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
Stowe MS 751 : ORIGINAL LETTERS Of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Sarah his wife, to James Craggs, Sen. [Postmaster-General in 1715], who… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0017]/036-001953574[0004]/040-001953584
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1711
- End Date:
- 1718
- Date Range:
- 1711-1718
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Churchill, Sarah, wife of John 1st Duke of Marlborough
Craggs, James, senior, Postmaster-General