Add MS 74014

Walpole Papers. Vol. ccxlv ( ff.). Bound vol., " Polit. Tracts/ MSS "; vol. II; according to a note at front of the volume, " taken from No XX / Pamphlets." " I believe " added on pencil. Papers in the hand of Walpole, Samson, Robinson, Weston (?), etc.; end - papers watermarked 1807, as vol. I; on back cover, proceedings of the House of Lords, printed, late eighteenth cent. [?]; 1716 - 1748, n.d. :-.

1. Reply by Walpole to a pamphlet by the Earl of Chesterfield and E. Waller, 1743: " The case of the Hanoverian Forces "; probably part of what became The Interest of Great Britain steadily pursued..... ; 1743.

2. Despatch, annotated: " News Hague, August 10th "; sent apparently on the 10th to Harrington. Account of news from Dantzig that the Polish nobles had sworn an oath of loyalty to the Elector of Saxony; 10 Aug. [ 1734? ].

3. Paper in Walpole's hand; probably an early rough draft of a pamphlet, concerning the number of foreign troops to be employed in the year; marked as a duplicate by Coxe and numbered 10; possibly related to ( 1 ) above; probably imperf.; [ aft. June 1743; early 1744? ].

4. Paper in Walpole's hand on the " State of affairs in Europe/ Oct[o]b[e]r 6 1733 "; imperf.; 1733.

5. Paper, in Walpole's hand, on the reasons why the French were ready to make peace in 1748; pp. 1 - 4 missing; possibly a draft of his paper, " A Letter to a Friend who desired my Thoughts upon signing the Preliminaries "; apparently unpublished; imperf.; see Coxe, Memoirs, pp. 370 - 371; see also vol. below; [ bef. July ] 1748.

6. Anon. paper, on transactions abroad from the Treaty of Seville to the Treaty of Vienna, and later ratifications, up to 21 Sept. 1731; the author had earlier written a consideration on the part played by Great Britain circa 1724 -1730 ; Nov. 1729 - 21 Sept. 1731; fair copy; [ aft. 21 Sept. 1731; misdated slightly by Coxe ].

7. Rough list, roughly chronological, by Walpole of letters or despatches to and from Townshend, 1 Nov. 1723 - 8 Apr. 1724; with brief comments and/ or details concerning them; n.d. [ bef. 1730 ? ].

8. Paper by Walpole, endorsed by him: " Foul draft of considerations for renewing an allyance wth France"; headed in a third hand: " Inclose [ sic. ] in No. 17 Pamphlets "; see also above, under Fleury; dated 1736 or 1737 by Coxe; a duplicate according to Coxe; [ 1737? ]

9. Paper, possibly by Walpole and perhaps linked with 8, though not in Walpole's hand; entitled in another hand: " Reflexions about making an allyance wth France "; see also above, under Fleury; n.d. [ 1737 ? ].

10. Pamphlet entitled by Walpole: " State of facts relating to the expeditions for America "; endorsed by Coxe: " From IV Pamphlet "; number " 14 " on first folio and back cover; draft, mainly in secretary's hand, but with passage added by Walpole on slip tipped in, and corrections and additions in at least two other hands; a defence, with dates and details given, of the Government's policies concerning the navy; with particular reference to the Americas; n.d. [ aft. 26 Oct. 1740 ].

11. " Projet d' un Memorial"; memorial on behalf of George I to the States - General on the defeat of the Pretender, seeking its agreement to a general allied guarantee in favour of the existing governments, to protect the Protestant Succession; probably the project of a memorial mentioned in Walpole to Townshend 21, 25, and 28 Feb. 1716; see John J. Murray, An Honest Diplomat at The Hague, 1955, pp. 153 - 162; French; imperf.; rough draft by Walpole, with corrections by another; see also Add. MSS 74013, 74015; [ circa 21 - 25 Feb. 1716 ].

12. Declaration by the States - General [?] of their approval of the services of Walpole as minister at The Hague; French; copy; 22 July 1722.

13. Anon. paper: " Dates of the Plenipotentiaries' Letters either joynt or Seperate [ sic. ] N.S."; chronological list of dates with summary of contents; in fact a history of the proceedings of the Congress of Soissons, for which see above; 4 June - 7 Dec. 1728.

14. Paper annotated by Sir Robert: " State of Negotiations with some Reflections " ; note added by Walpole and by Coxe, that paper sent to the former, 9 Sept 1735; a report on the state of negotiations between the Emperor and France; in Samson's hand; additions to one or two notes by Walpole; [ bef. 9 Sept. 1735 ].

15. Letter to " Monsieur " [ Walpole ? ] from Abraham van Hoey, Dutch Ambassador at Paris, concerning a conversation with Cardinal Fleury; French; copy by Samson; Paris, 29 April 1735.

16. Paper by Walpole: " Some thoughts upon the Marriages of the Arch Duchesses " [ the Emperor's daughters]; fair copy; sent by Walpole to § ?, Oct. 1735.

17. " Projet Mitoyen "; outline of plan to settle the Polish question for King Stanislaus; and to settle other outstanding problems in Europe; French; n.d. [ but see 18 below ].

18. Paper in Samson's hand: " Observations upon the Cardinal's Plan "; apparently the same plan as 17; with further notes, possibly by Walpole, on the subject of the Emperor, and the possibility of an armistice and peace; n.d. [ 1733? ].

19. Letter from Walpole to Simon van Slingelandt, Grand Pensionary; draft; copy; The Hague, 20 Aug. 1735.

20. Paper, in Samson's hand, on the nature of taxation in Holland; endorsed by Walpole; [ 1735 ].

21. Letter from Slingelandt to Cardinal Fleury; copy by Samson; n.d. [ aft. 30 Apr. n.y.; bef. 1737 ].

22. Paper, in several hands: " Conduct of England "; second part, from the death of Augustus II of Poland; see also below; fair copy; 1 Feb. 1733 - 21 July 1734.

23. " Second Continuation, of the Paper entitled, Conduct of England etc."; copy; July - 17 Dec. 1734.

24. Paper by Walpole [?]: " A Summary Deduction of the Course of Publick Affairs from the delivery of the project of Accommodation by the Maritime Powers, to their Approbation of the Vienna Preliminaries "; fair copy but with some corrections and deletions; 28 Feb. 1735 - 23 Jan. 1736.

25. Paper: " Decret de l' Empereur sur les affaires d' Ost - Frise "; enclosed in despatch from Robinson, 23 Oct. 1734; French; Latin; German; 30 Sept. 1734.

26. Brief anon. note rel.to diplomatic instructions concerning Bergues, Juliers and Oost Frise; probably linked with (28) below; [ aft. 24 Feb. 1736 ].

27. Paper in Walpole's hand: considerations to be borne in mind by the King and the States - General if a definitive peace treaty be proposed, founded on the Preliminary articles recently agreed; see also Add. MS 9131, ff. 130 - 159v; Hanover, 28 Nov. 1736.

28. Paper by Walpole: " PensÚes sur l'Affaire de Bergues & Juliers, et sur celle d' Oost Frise "; French; April 1736.

29. Paper [ by the Duke of Newcastle ]: " Reasons to shew that the General Regulations laid down in the treaty of 1667, between England and Spain, with regard to the Navigation, may extend to the West Indies, as well as to any part of Europe; And that it is for the Benefit of His Majesty's Subjects, that they should do so." Annotated by Coxe to effect that the paper was probably printed; includes a reference to " Chandler p. 160 "; a note by Walpole on back cover ascribes the work to Newcastle, and states that the paper was " by no means conclusive "; probably related to a memorial sent to Spain 1739, F.O., SP/94/129; for related material see Add. MSS 74020, 74038B, 74045, and Eg. MS 3483; fair copy; [ aft. 11 Oct. 1737; 1739 ? ].

30. Paper: " Dates of Transactions from the Emperor's death "; note by Coxe that a duplicate; see also Add MSS 9132, 74015, 74020; a list of dates with a summary of transactions; 9/20 Oct. 1740 - 28 Sept./ 9 Oct. 1741.

31. " Abstract of the Papers from Lord Harrington's Office laid before the House of Lords, 14/25 Jan. 1741/2 "; in a secretary's hand [?]; record of royal and official reactions in England and abroad on the King of Prussia's seizure of Silesia, and to the Queen of Hungary's appeal for help; on the final page are pencil notes [ by Sir Robert? ], apparently concerning a major debate in the Lord's, [ Feb. 1742? ]; names are given of speakers, and a word or two, some barely legible, of or concerning their speeches; annotations in the same hand appear earlier; see also later; [ aft. 25 Jan. 1742 ].

32. " Dates of Facts "; two copies, in Walpole's hand, of a list of dates, with a summary of events; the first. probably imperf., covers the period from the King of Prussia's invasion of Silesia in 1740 to the taking of Brussels in the winter of 1745 [?]. The second, bound inside the first, covers the period 8 Jan. 1745 - 15 Dec. 1747; the first is endorsed on the back by Walpole: " Dates of Facts during the late War "; annotated by Coxe in pencil on the front: " Walpole Papers / To return "; n.d. [ 1748? ].