Add MS 73773

Walpole Papers. Vol. iv. ( ff.):

1. Letters to Walpole from James Stanhope, during the latter's accompanying George I to Hanover; for Stanhope see also below; 1716.

2. Papers of Walpole rel. to George I's wishes concerning the Succession to the British throne and to his German dominions; 1717.

3. Correspondence of Walpole, mainly with Newcastle, concerning George I's will; with nineteenth century annotations; partly copies and drafts; 1727.

4. Letters to Walpole from John, Lord Hervey, Vice - Chamberlain to George II; 1735, 1736.

5. Miscellaneous papers rel. to the appointment of persons to govern under the Great Seal during King George II's absence abroad; see also 12 May 1740.

6. Extracts from Royal Speeches to the Houses of Parliament, and subsequent transactions, relating to foreign treaties; copies; with final section: " Proceedings relating to demolishing Dunkirk " ( 1729 ); see also later, under France; 1718 - 1731.

7. Paper: " Proceedings on the King's Speech, etc., 1733 "; summary of Parliamentary proceedings on the King's Speeches ; according to Walpole's endorsement, the speeches concern the war between the Emperor and France; for other royal speeches see also later; 1733 - 1738.

8. " Relation de la Solennite des noces du Prince de Galles avec la Princesse de Saxe - Gotha "; account, in Sansom's, hand of the wedding of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta, Princess of Saxe - Gotha; with related paper; French and Dutch; [ aft. 9 May 1736 ].

9. Royal speeches to the Houses of Parliament and some replies; partly printed; the first, a draft, was sent to Sir Robert Walpole; [ circa 1735 - 1736?; probably Jan. 1735 ]; see below, general foreign and diplomatic papers; 1736; 1740, 1741.

10. Miscellaneous accounts of royal expenditure, domestic and foreign; consisting of accounts of the Lord Steward, extracts from the Civil List, and an abstract from the accounts of the Great Wardrobe; the last is signed by Christopher Tilson, Undersecretary at the Treasury, and the Civil List extract is in his hand; 1740 - [ circa 1742? ].

11. Papers concerning the Duke of Cumberland: Walpole's first letter to the Duke; and a memorandum of their conference; annotated by Coxe; both items are noted by Coxe as being the original manuscripts; drafts; the former text is printed in part in Coxe, Memoir of Lord Walpole, pp. 324 - 325, apparently from a later version; a later version of the memorandum appears in ibid., pp. 343 et seq.; 29 Nov. 1746; 20 Dec. 1747.