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VOL. I. Correspondence between Lord Carteret and John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Commander-in-Chief of the army in the Netherlands and Germany; May, 1742-Oct. 1743. Interspersed are various military plans of operation, French and German accounts of the battle of Dettingen, etc.; with the following original letters and papers: 1. [Colonel] Humphrey Bland to Lieut.-General Philip Honywood; Brussels, 8 May, O.S., 1742. Holograph. f. 1.

2. [Major-General] T[homas] Howard to Lord Carteret; Ostend, etc.

10 May, O.S.- ²⁰/₃₁Oct. 1742. Holograph. To the last letter is appended a plan of the French works at Dunkirk, ff. 3, 5, 24, 34, 62, 64.

3. [Lieut.-General] P[hilip] Honywood to Lord Carteret; 13 May- 17 Aug. 1742. Holograph or signed. ff. 7, 9, 22, 26, 28.

4. Military memoirs, etc., in the hand of General [John] Ligonier [afterwards Viscount and Earl Ligonier]. Fr. ff. 13, 21, 50, 433.

5. [John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of] Stair to Lord Carteret; Hague, 27 Aug. 1742-Mentz, 14 Sept. 1743. Holograph or signed. ff. 30, 36, 38, 40, 91, 117, et passim.

6. [Francis Howard, lst Earl of ] Effingharn to the same; "Mary" yacht, Ostend, 4 Sept. 1742. Holograph. f. 32.

7. [Colonel] Thomas Lascelles to the Earl of Stair; n.d. [autumn of 1742]. Holograph. f. 42.

8. "Mémoire, sign'd by [Leopold Philip Car1] Duc d'Arenberg [Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands], Velt-Marshall [Wilhelm Richard Graf von] Neipperg [Neuperg], Lord Stair, and Gen. Ligonier; Hague, 5th Sept. N.S. 1742." Followed by another "Mémoire," signed by the same, with the exception of Neipperg; endorsed, Oct. 1742. Fr. ff. 44, 48.

9. "Le Duc d'Arenberg" to Lord Carteret; London, ¹⁵/₂₆ Oct.-3 Nov. O.S. 1742. Fr. Signed. ff. 58, 60, 68, 74, 77.

10. [Ignatz Johann, Baron de] Wasner [Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Hungary to England] to [Lord Carteret]; ⁶/₁₇ Nov. 1742-²⁰/₃₁ Mar. 174²/₃. Fr. Holograph. ff. 85, 201.

11. "Memorandum," in favour of Colonel Gardiner and others, sent to Lord Carteret, signed by the Earl of Stair; n.d. [end of 1742], f. 93.

12. Reports of the accommodations for British troops in the Duchy of Juliers, etc., signed by Colonel Humphrey Bland, as Quartermaster- General. Enclosed in the Earl of Stair's dispatch to Lord Carteret, of the 26 Dec. 1742. Fr. ff. 131, 135, 137.

13. [Lieut.-General] Jasper Clayton to Lord Carteret; Ghent, ¹⁵/₂₆ Dec. 1742. Signed. f. 139.

14. "Le duc d'Arenberg" to the Baron de Wasner; Brussels, 9 Feb. 1743. Fr. Signed. f. 185.

15. Suggestions for military movements, and for regimental regulations, in the handwriting of Lieut.-General Jasper Clayton. Endorsed, 18 and 22 Mar. 174²/₃ , ff. 207, 228.

16. Opinion in support of the Earl of Stair, urging an "immediate march of the Head of the Army into Germany." "Sign'd by all the Gen^IOfficers present, James Campbell, John Cope, J. L. Ligonier, H. C. Hawley, John Huske, Cha. Frampton, Hum. Bland;" dat. Aix la Chapelle, 23 Mar. 1743, f. 240.

17. Plan for the allied armies' crossing the Rhine, and invading France by way of the Moselle, in a letter from Thomas Cole to Lord Carteret; 21 July, 1743. Holograph. f. 328.

18. "Marshal Neipperg's Memorial concerning military operations, etc. Wachenbüchen [near Hanau] 13th July, 1743;" together with another "Memorial" by the same; dat. "30 July, 1743." Signed "Neipperg." Ger.; with Eng. translation. ff. 353, 369.

19. [Brigadier-General] Humphrey Bland to King George II.; Bergen, 26 July, 1743. Holograph. f. 367.

20. "G[uillaume] M[aurice], Comte de Nassau [Auverquerque]," Commander of the Dutch contingent, to Lord Carteret; [ ? 1 Sept.]- 22 Oct. 1743. Fr. Holograph, with one exception. ff. 389, 391, 457, 461, 463.

21. [Baron] I[sac] Cronström, a General of Swedish birth in the Dutch service, and subsequently, in Sept. 1744, successor to the Comte de Nassau's command, to Lord Carteret, enclosing military memoir.; 9 Sept.-3 Oct. 1743. Fr. Signed. ff. 393, 417 [with seal], 429, 443, 445.

22. "Memoire et raisons, pourquioy il vaudroit mieux que l'armée resta en Allemagne." Signed "G[uillaume] M[aurice], Comte de Nassau." Endorsed, 22 Oct. 1743. Fr. f. 467.

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair: Correspondence with Lord Carteret: 1742-1744.

John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret; afterwards 1st Earl Granville; Secretary of State; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Military papers and correspondence: 1742-1744.

includes:

ff. 1, 367 Humphrey Bland, Colonel: Letters to Gen. Honywood and George II.: 1742-1743.
ff. 3, 5, 24, 34, 62, 64 Thomas Howard, Major -General: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1742.
ff. 7, 9, 22, 26, 28 Philip Honywood, Lieutenant -General: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1742, 1744.
ff. 13, 21, 44, 48, 50, 433 John Ligonier, Earl Ligonier: Military memoirs, etc.: 1742-1743.: Fr.: Autogr.
f. 32 Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham: Letter to Lord Carteret: 1742.
f. 42 Thomas Lascelles, Colonel: Letter to Lord Stair: 1742.
ff. 44, 352, 369 Wilhelm Reinhard von Neuperg, Count; or Neipperg; Austrian Marrshal: Memorials on Military operations, etc.: 1742, 1743.: Germ. and Engl.
ff. 44, 48 Leopold Philip Charles Joseph de Ligne, Duc d'Arenberg; Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands: Memoir on the plan of operations, signed by: 1742.: Fr.
ff. 58, 60, 68, 74, 77 Leopold Philip Charles Joseph de Ligne, Duc d'Arenberg; Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands: Correspondence with Lord Carteret: 1742.: Fr.
f. 64 Dunkirk, Nord: Plan of French works at: 1742.
ff. 85,201 Ignatz Johann von Wasner, Baron; Hungarian Minister in London: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1742-1744.: Fr.
ff. 131, 135, 137 Humphrey Bland, Colonel: Reports: 1742.: Fr.
f. 139 Jasper Clayton, Brigadier-General, and Lieutenant -Gov. of Gibraltar: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1742.
f. 185 Leopold Philip Charles Joseph de Ligne, Duc d'Arenberg; Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands: Letter to Baron de Wasner: 1743.: Fr.
ff. 207, 228 Jasper Clayton, Brigadier-General, and Lieutenant -Gov. of Gibraltar: Military papers: 1743.
f. 240 Henry C- Hawley, General: Opinion on an advance into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 Humphrey Bland, Colonel: Opinion on the march into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 Hon Sir James Campbell, KB, Lieutenant -General: Opinion on the advance of the British army into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 Sir John Cope, KB; lieutenant-general: Opinion in favour of a march into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 Charles Frampton, General: Opinion on the march into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 John Ligonier, Earl Ligonier: Opinion on the march into Germany: 1743.
f. 240 John Huske, General: Opinion in favour of a march into Germany: 1743.
f. 328 Thomas Cole: Letter to Lord Carteret: 1743.
f. 367 George II of England: Letter to, from Gen. Bland: 1743.
ff. 389, 391, 457, 461, 463, 467 Nassau - Ouwerkerk, William Maurice, Count of; Field Marshal: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1743.: Fr.
ff. 393, 417, 429, 443, 445, 447 Isaac Cronström, Baron; General in the Dutch Service: Letters and memorials to Lord Carteret: 1743.: Fr.

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Add MS 22511-22545 : Correspondence and papers of John, 2nd Lord Carteret and lst Earl Granville, Secretary of State, etc. They were presented by…
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1742

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1743

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May 1742-Oct 1743

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Names:

Bland, Humphrey, Colonel
Campbell, James, Hon; KB, Lieutenant -General
Carteret, John, 2nd Baron Carteret, afterwards 1st Earl Granville; Secretary of State; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Clayton, Jasper, Brigadier-General, and Lieutenant -Gov. of Gibraltar
Cole, Thomas, of Add MS 22537
Cope, John, KB, lieutenant-general
Cronström, Isaac, Baron, General in the Dutch Service
Dalrymple, John, 2nd Earl of Stair, soldier and diplomat, 1673-1747
Frampton, Charles, General
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760
Hawley, Henry C-, General
Honywood, Philip, Lieutenant -General
Howard, Francis, 1st Earl of Effingham
Howard, Thomas, Major -General
Huske, John, General
Lascelles, Thomas, Colonel
Ligne, Leopold Philip Charles Joseph, Duc d'Arenberg, Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands
Ligonier, John, Earl Ligonier
Nassau - Ouwerkerk, William Maurice, Count of; Field Marshal
Neuperg, Wilhelm Reinhard, Count, or Neipperg; Austrian Marrshal
Wasner, Ignatz Johann, Baron, Hungarian Minister in London

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Dunkirk, France