Add MS 74017

Walpole Papers. Vol. ccxlviii ( ff.). Political writings etc., of Walpole; with two indexes, one by Walpole, and the other possibly by Horace Walpole, with additions by Coxe; both are incomplete and both refer to items no longer in the series; mostly fair copies; partly in Walpole's hand; several annotated by Coxe as having been copied; for 1. and 2. below see Coxe, Memoir, pp. 217 et seq., and Add. MS 74015; 1740 - 1755:-

1. “ Project of a Grand Allyance ....", between George II and the King of Prussia; see also Add. MS 9132; 5 Oct. 1740.

2. " Some thoughts on the Utility of an Alliance with Prussia occasion'd by the approaching Death of that King. 1740. "; see also above and Add. MS 9132; [ circa Oct. 1740 ].

3. Paper [ by Walpole ]: " 1740. Reasons for an Augmentation of Troops "; see also Add. MS 9132; [ 10 Dec.? ] 1740.

4. " Paper Deliver'd to Mr Robinson by Count Sinzendorf 6 May 1741. N.S. wth the Project of a Answer to it. ". Marked as a duplicate by Coxe; see (6) below and Add. MS 74015 above; 1741.

5. " 1741 Political Reflexions against the meeting of the Parliament ". See also 74015 above; 1741.

6. " Paper Deliver'd to Mr Robinson by Count Sinzendorf May 6 1741. N.S. w[i]th the Project of an Answer to it. " An answer to the King of Prussia's attempt to obtain George II's intervention with the Queen of Hungary on the former's behalf; see (4) above; 1741.

7. Walpole: " 1st Letter to his R.H. the D. of C[umberlan]d. Novr. 29 1746. " Marked by Coxe as being a duplicate; parts of 7 - 13 are printed in Coxe, Memoirs of Lord Walpole, chapters 30 - 32, passim; for (7) - (11) see also Add. MS 9132; for Cumberland see also Add. MS 74017.

8. " 2nd Letter to His R.H. the D. of C[umberlan]d Augt. 26 1747. Marked as a duplicate by Coxe.

9. " Thoughts for setting on foot a Negotiation for Peace, in a letter to His R.H. the D. of C[umberlan]d Decr 8th 1747. " Sent to Mr P[itt], 3 Sept. 1747; marked as duplicate by Coxe.

10. " 3rd Letter to His R.H. the D. of C[umberlan]d. Decr. 8th. 1747." Marked as duplicate by Coxe.

11. " Substance of a Conference w[hic]h Mr H.W. had w[i]th His R.H. the D: of C[umberlan]d Decr. 20th 1747/ Odium Veritas parit - "; marked " Copied " in an unknown hand.

12. " Letter from the D: of N[ewcastle] to Mr. H: W. Decr. 17 1747. w[i]th. Mr. H: W.'s Answer Decr. 28th 1747." The correspondence relates to the letters to Cumberland above. For Newcastle see also above; 1747.

13. Letter from Walpole to the Duke of Cumberland, concerning the Peace and the Duke's role in the recent war; draft; 3 May 1748.

14. Paper, entitled by Walpole: " Motives for signing the Preliminarys 1748 / Quod Nemo promittere Divum Andere - ". Addressed to a friend who " desired my thoughts upon the signing of the Preliminarys "; see Coxe, Memoirs, pp. 370 - 371; see also above; July 1748.

15. " Substance of a Speech made in the Committee of Supply March 21 1748 [ 1749 ]....," upon the King recommending consideration of a demand by Maria Theresa for ú100000; marked as being a duplicate; 1749.

16. " Observations upon the present system of forreign affairs 1751 "; sent to the Countess of Yarmouth, who forwarded it to the king, Nov. 1751; with note by Coxe that the paper had been copied; see also Add. MSS 9132, 74015; printed in Coxe, Memoirs, pp. 386 - 396; Oct. 1751.

17. Draft paper: " relating to the king's going abroad "; read at the Duke of Newcastle's house to the Duke, Walpole and others; printed in Coxe, Memoirs, pp. 422 - 424; 12 Apr. 1755.

18. Anon: " Copie d'une Haranque "; copy of a speech made on the author leaving his kingdom; possibly connected to 17; French; n.d. [ 1755 ? ].