Memoirs of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough

About this eBook

Author

Thomson, A. T., Mrs., 1797-1862

Title

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne Vol. 1 (of 2)

Credits

Richard Tonsing, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65780

Release Date

July 6, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MEMOIRS OF SARAH DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH, AND OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. — CHAPTER I. From 1660 to 1678.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. COURT OF CHARLES II. —1677 to 1681.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. 1684 TO 1687.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV.
7. 7.CHAPTER V.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. 1697, 1698.
12. 12.CHAPTER X.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV.
18. 18.APPENDIX. — Letter from Mistress Wittewronge , daughter-in-law of Sir John Wittewronge, Bart. of Rothamsted Park, Herts, to the Duchess of Marlborough , referring to Mrs. Jennings . — Extract from “An Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough. 1742. ” — FROM THE QUEEN TO HER SISTER THE PRINCESS ANNE. — THE PRINCESS ANNE’S ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING LETTER. — FROM THE PRINCESS ANNE TO THE QUEEN. — Two Letters of kindness from the Princess of Denmark to Lady Marlborough. — THE PRINCESS ANNE TO LADY MARLBOROUGH. — TO LADY MARLBOROUGH FROM THE PRINCESS ANNE. — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO THE QUEEN. [506] — Extract from the Duchess’s Letter to Mr. Hutchinson. ( This passage relates to the Duchess accepting two thousand pounds out of the privy purse: a sum, which she had formerly refused from the Queen. Taken from the Coxe Manuscripts, vol. xliii.) — Extract from a Letter written by the Duchess of Marlborough, vindicating herself from the charge of selling places; and touching also upon other matters. —Taken from the Coxe Manuscripts, vol. xliv. p. 2. — Extract from a work called “Sylva, or the Wood,” published in 1788; describing the limited education of the Duchess, and the manner in which she delivered the Vindication of her Conduct, so often referred to in this Volume, to Mr. Hooke. [507] — An Inventory of the Jewels belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. —Copied from the Coxe Manuscripts, vol. xlviii. — Dated December the 30th, 1718, from a book of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough’s. —Additional Catalogue. — An Account of what the Grant of Marlborough-House has cost the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. [509]

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