Add MS 75737

Althorp Papers. Vol. cdxxxvii.

Unbound. 340 x 220 mm.

1. Invitations received by the Spencers during their tours on the Continent; 1764, n.d. French and Italian. Partly printed.

2. Letters of interest, historical and contemporary, 1645-1806, n.d. Partly French. Mostly copies and extracts. Including an original 5-page letter from Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné to her daughter Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de Grignan, 24 June 1671.

3. Lists of letters: (a) in the collection of William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne (now the British Library Lansdowne MSS), late 18th cent. (b) List and summary of contents by Lady Spencer of letters to Charlotte, wife of William Clayton, Baron Sundon, 1729-1736;-(c) Lists by Lady Spencer of her parents' and her own correspondence, 1714-1800;-(d) List by Caroline Howe of letters written to Lady Spencer from abroad, 1790.

4. `Literature':-(a) Notes on a work entitled `Elizabeth, ou les exilés de Siberie', 18th cent. French;-(b) Notes on the use of `will' and `shall', 18th cent;-(c) Literary quotations applied to friends of Lady Spencer; 18th cent.

5. Military notes: (a) Officers of the Derbyshire militia, 1778;-(b) Plan of the camp at Coxheath, 1778.

6. Miscellaneous notes, including a description of a machine for telegraphing; n.d.

7. Natural history, etc.; (a) Descriptions of animals and birds;-(b) Proper Directions how to mange Bees;-(c) Notes on cultivating fruit and vegetables, etc.;-(d) List of minerals from Cornwall;-(d) Meteorological notes.

8. Estimates for paving and lighting the streets of Northampton; n.d.