Add MS 74016

Walpole Papers. Vol. ccxlvii ( ff. ). Miscellaneous diplomatic papers; copies; [ aft. 1717 ] - 1734, n.d.; contents as follows:-

1. Anonymous paper: " A State of the negociations between the Allies of Hannover and those of Vienna, joyntly or Separately from the opening of the Congress at Soissons on the 14th of June NS 1728 to the 17 of December 1729 "; with list of contents; corrections by Walpole; at least one additional marginal note added in part at a later date ( p. 58 ); main text possibly in his fair hand; n.d. [ aft. 1729 ].

2. Anonymous paper: entitled by Coxe: " Observations on the Conduct of England "; apparently from the Orford papers; 1729 to Sept. 1730; 1730.

3. Anonymous paper: " Observations on the Conduct of France "; apparently also from the Orford papers; note on back: " Copies to be made for Sr R Walpole & sent to Chelsea tomorrow "; 1730.

4. Anonymous paper: " Account of what passed at Vienna relative to the Introduction of Spanish garrisons into Tuscany, and the Admission of Don Carlos to the Fiefs of Parma and Placentia .... as far as it relates to the points abovementioned, Extracted from Mr Robinson's Dispatches "; with notes of incidental occurrences and observations; 16 Mar. - 17 Nov. 1731.

5. Thomas Robinson: " A short State of the Negociations between the Courts of England, Vienna Seville, and Florence, with relation to the Introduction of Six thousand Spaniards into Italy, and the Immission of Don Carlos into Parma and Placentia, during the Year 1731 "; sent to Walpole by Robinson, 1 Jan. 1732; according to a later note, another copy is possibly in the Grantham Papers; endorsed by Walpole on the back; for Robinson see also above; Dec. 1731.

6. Anon. paper: " Deduction of Transactions relating to Don Carlos's Establishment in Italy, from the Arrival of the English, & Spanish Fleets at Leghorn in Octr. 1731 to the Breaking out of the War in Novr. 1733 "; lines and crosses added in pencil ; 1733?.

7. Anonymous paper [ Walpole? ]: " Reflexions on the present State of Affairs "; on the dangerous state of affairs in Europe, in the face of advances by the French and their allies; for two similar papers, one dated Oct. 1733, see Add. MS 9131, ff. 57 - 84v; marked as a duplicate; 25 Dec. 1733.

8. Anonymous paper, in Samson's hand, endorsed by Walpole: " Translation of a project for an answer to the Court of Vienna / never made use of "; French; n.d. [ 1733? ].

9. Paper by Walpole: " Notes of the substance of what passed between Lord H[arringto]n & Mr O[ssorio ]: [ ( Giuseppi d' Ossorio, Sardinian Envoy to England) ] at their first conference.... June 22 & ....24 1734 "; [ circa July ] 1734.

10. Paper by Walpole: " A Deduction of the Communication by....Osorio [sic] ", and of what passed at several conferences between Ossorio and Newcastle, Harrington and Sir Robert; Whitehall, 8 July 1734; with additions and corrections by Walpole.

11. " Paper of Dates "; anonymous list of dates of diplomatic events in Europe, 20 Aug. 1733 - 23 Aug. 1734.

12. Anonymous paper: " Considerations sur la France "; French; imperf.; n.d. [ aft. 1717 ].