Add MS 4948 A

(1) 'A Letter to Sir Wm. Windham', written in several different hands (i, pp. 1-106). ff. 3-45b.

(2) Letter in French 'From the Earl of Stair ... to James Craggs junior' (i, pp. 106-108). f. 46.

(3) 'Reflexions upon Exile' (i, pp. 109-128). if. 47-64b.

(4) 'Some Reflexions on the Present State of the Nation' (iii, pp. 143-179). ff. 65-81.

(5) 'A Letter occasioned by one of Archbp. Tillotson's sermons' (iii, pp. 255-308). ff. 82-106b.

(6) 'The substance of some Letters ... writ originally in French about the year 1720 to Mr. de Pouilly' (iii, pp. 181-254). ff. 107-140.

(7) 'Letters or Essays addressed to Alexander Pope'(iii, pp. 309-347). ff. 141-158.

(8) 'Fragments or Minutes of Essays', occupying, with an 'Advertisement', the whole of vol. v; with a few corrections in Bolingbroke's hand. ff. 159-417.

An 'Advertisement' for the Works in Mallet's hand, not included in the published version, occurs at the beginning of 4948 A (f. 1). Some additional material headed 'Miscellaneous Papers, chiefly concerning the Publication of Lord Bolingbroke's works' is contained at the end of the same volume, ff. 418-463. This includes original and copy letters (the names of the writers of which may be found in the Index of the present Catalogue) and the

following items:— (a) Accompt for secret service. f. 434;— (b) List of a few followers of the Pretender (?). f. 435;— (c) Note of the action won by the 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke against Mons. de Montmorin; 2 Mar. 1752. French. f. 436;— (d) 'A Familiar Epistle to the most Impudent Man Living', i.e. from Bolingbroke to William Warburton, afterwards Bishop of Gloucester, n.d. (published in 1749). f. 443;— (e) Note by Mallet, defending himself as literary executor to Bolingbroke, n.d. f. 447;— (f) 'Advertisement (? to the Letters on the Study and Use of History, 1735), not published by Mallet; with corrections apparently in Bolingbroke's hand. f. 449;— (g) A Short State of the Case, with Relation to a Claim made by Richard Francklin, Bookseller, on David Mallet; aft. 3 Apr. 1754. Printed. f. 451;— (h) Epitaph composed by Bolingbroke upon himself, in Mallet's hand. f. 453;— (i) Proof sheets of two leaves of A sketch of the History of Europe, apparently from the privately printed edition of 1735. ff. 455, 463;—(j) Notes made in 1745, evidently for insertion in a new edition of no. iii of the Letters on the Study and Use of History; but only the last was actually incorporated in the 1752 edition. ff. 456, 459, 461b.

Circ. A.D. 1754.

includes:

• ff. 46 (copy), 428 John Dairymple, 2nd Earl of Stair: Letter to J. Craggs: circ. 1717.
• ff. 419, 420 (copy) Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to D. Mallet: 1745, 1749.
• f. 426 Edmund Gibson, Bishop of Lincoln and (1720) of London: Letter to -: 1699.: Imperf.
• f. 427 David Mallet, formerly Malloch; author: Letter to Lord Bolingbroke: bef. 1751.: Draft.
• ff. 428-435 Jacobites: Papers rel. to movements, etc.: 1717, n.d.
• f. 432 John Dairymple, 2nd Earl of Stair: Letter to -: circ. 1716.: Fr.
• f. 436 de Montmorin: Note rel. to action won against him by Lord Bolingbroke: 1752.
• f. 437 W. Lee: Letter to D. Mallet (?): circ. 1752.
• f. 438 Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury; son of Henry, 4th Earl of Clarendon: Letter to D. Mallet: 1752.
• f. 440 William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd 1767: Letter to D. Mallet: 1752.
• f. 442 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.
• f. 446 William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester 1759: Note rel. to D. Mallet: circ. 1749.
• f. 448 J. N: Letters to D. Mallet: 18th cent.: Copies.
• ff. 451-452 Richard Francklin, printer, bookseller and publisher, of London: Statement of his case against D. Mallet: circ. 1754.: Printed.