Add MS 74045

Walpole Papers. Vol. cclxxvi. ( ff. ):-

1. Papers rel. to the Dutch treaty of neutrality with France for the West Indian islands of St Martin and St Bartholomeus, and the harmful effect that war would have on British trade; with covering letter from Harrington to Walpole, 4 April 1735; for Harrington see also above, Add. MSS 73919 - 73923; copies; 1734, 1735.

2. Papers rel. to French and British shipping disputes; found in C. Wyck folder; for other papers rel. to Anglo - Spanish shipping disputes, see above, under Spain; copies; 1736, 1737.

3. Papers rel. to the above subject, specially concerning a complaint against Captain William Mathews, Governor General of Antigua [ the Leeward Islands? ]; for Mathews see also Add. MS 38510E.1.; 1737.

4. Miscellaneous notes on notes and currency, with reference to the British West Indies and America; including notes from Locke on the subject; including notes in pencil by Walpole, possibly for a speech [ circa 1740 ] on the subject; possibly all the notes were collected for reference purposes, concerning the speech; n.d. [aft. 1744 ?].

5. Paper in Walpole's hand, marked 10 and ( by Coxe ): " from No. IV Pamphlet ": " Thoughts upon the trade carried or by the Northern Colonys to the [ severall? ] ports in Europe as well as to the French & Dutch Sugar Colonys in America "; found with (4) above; n.d.

6. Miscellaneous papers; according to a covering letter, the property of " another Gentleman " and so to be kept separate; two are annotated: " T.P." [ Townshend or Trevor Papers? ]; [ 1721 ] - 1738.

7. Miscellaneous papers of Walpole rel. to the West Indies and the Americas; 1717 - 1752, n.d.