Add MS 73840

Walpole Papers. Vol. lxxi. ( ff. ). Bound vol.: " C. Fleuri/ Mr Walpole/ B. Gedda/ 1725 to 1733 ". Correspondence of Walpole with the above and others, with related papers; includes correspondence with Chauvelin, 1732; also included is a paper of 1734 by Walpole, detailing diplomatic moves by the Cardinal and others, and giving dates and prÚcis of letters, noted by Coxe as being the origin of the Secret Convention; see also 73866; another letter from Walpole to Waldegrave, 30 Oct. 1732, relates to the sugar trade in the West Indies and to the pictures planned for Walpole's bed dining room at Wolterton; a few papers relate to the Congress of Cambrai; some cross - references to a bound volume series; at the end of a copy of a letter from Gedda to the Baron de Sparre, 12 May 1725, is an index to papers apparently not in the volume; French and English; partly drafts; partly copies; 12 May 1725 - Jan. 1734.