Add MS 74020

Walpole Papers. Vol. ccli ( ff.). Described by Coxe as: " Rough Draughts in Horace Walpole's hand of litle use"; 1712 - [ 1746 - 1747 ], n.d.; contents include:-

1. Small bound volume, paper covers: notes rel. to the dispute or disputes between the House of Commons and the States General as to deficiencies of troops, ships and subsidies, and to the proportion each country should pay towards supporting the War; with extracts from earlier treaties; and notes on motives for the war and on the causes of expences incurred; with a final section summarising the need for England to pay proportionately more towards the war; possibly prepared for a pamphlet; partly imperf.; n.d. [ aft. Apr. 1712 ].

2. List by Walpole: " dates of Facts from 1798 [ sic ] to Sept. 1709 "; in fact 1698 to 13 Sept. 1711; with a continuation on a separate bifolium, 22 April - 18 Nov. 1711; n.d. [ aft. 1711? ].

3. Paper by Walpole: " Conduct of Great Britain or an Abstract of transactions in consequence of the king of Poland's death in January 1733 NS to Novbre 13/24 following with an abstract of the treaty of Vienna "; probably connected with two items rel. to the conduct of England and France in above; [ aft. 24 Nov. 1733 ].

4. A continuation of the abstract of the " Conduct ", in two separate bound parts; " Part 2nd ", 27 Nov. 1733 - 21 July 1734; " Part 3rd ", July - 23 Nov. 1734.

5. Anon. paper: " Points to be consider'd with regard to the Depredations of Spain "; noted as being a duplicate by Coxe; apparently also entitled " Deduction of the State of the Treaties between Great Britain and Spain....."; according to Walpole's endorsement a " Foul Draught "; bound in three separate parts; see also Spanish papers, and Add. MSS 9131, ff. 199 - 250v, 74020, 74038B; Eg. MS 3483; 1738.

6. Trade with Spain; communication from the Board of Trade to Mr Secretary Craggs, 28 March 1718; enclosing a letter or part of a letter from George Bubb, Envoy at Madrid, to Joseph Addison, a Lord Commissioner for Trade, 24 Sept. 1717; copies by Walpole; possibly part of ( 5 ); n.d.

7. Notes by Walpole: dates and states of treaties from 1701 - 1740; no treaty after 1732 is mentioned; n. d. [ circa 1740 ].

8. Bound papers, paper covers: abstract of the King's speech rel. to the war, and asking for Parliament's approval of aid required to help the Queen of Hungary; with the consent of Parliament 8 April 1741, and abstract of the Royal speech of 4 Dec. 1741, concerning the same, with a motion of support from the Commons; with other papers, including dates of transactions since the Emperor's death; for other copies of the latter see Add. MSS 9132, 74013 - 74015, 74067; 20 Oct. 1740 - 28 Sept. 1741; together with account with dates of Vienna's attitude towards the accommodation with Prussia; account, with dates, of steps taken by the King to accommodate matters between the Queen of Hungary and the King of Prussia; 4 Dec. 1740 - 25 Aug. 1741; and account with dates of facts relating to the King's support of the Pragmatic Sanction; for other copies see above; [ Oct. ] 1740 - 25 Aug. [ 1741 ].

9. Miscellaneous papers of Walpole concerning the Convention of The Hague, and the Queen of Hungary; most of the papers are numbered but several are missing; together with some earlier papers; 1741 - [ circa 1746 - 1748 ].

10. Abstract by Walpole of letter from the King of Prussia to George II, 4 Dec. 1740. Probably part of ( 8 ); n.d. [ circa 1741? ].

11. Abstract by Walpole of the treaties of peace and commerce between Britain and France concluded at Utrecht, 11 April 1713, with some related imperf. notes. Possibly part of the " Rapsody"; see below; some notes apparently written in Walpole's late hand; n.d. [ aft. 1713; 1748? ].