Memoirs of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, by Mrs. A. T. Thomson

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Author

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

Title

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne Vol. 2 (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. 65781

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.CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. — CHAPTER I. 1703–4.
3. 3.CHAPTER II.
4. 4.CHAPTER III.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV.
6. 6.CHAPTER V.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX.
11. 11.CHAPTER X.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. — SIR JOHN VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [245]
13. 13.CHAPTER XII.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV.
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII.
20. 20.APPENDIX. — The following letter is taken from the Coxe Manuscripts, vol. xv. p. 123. It is referred to by the Duchess, in her Account of her Conduct. — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO THE QUEEN. — A statement written by the Duchess of Marlborough relating to her removal from St. James’s; respecting which many curious anecdotes had been circulated. Taken from the Coxe MS., vol. xv. p. 143. — Papers relating to Blenheim. Description of the Buildings and Gardens at Woodstock. — LORD GODOLPHIN TO THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. [413] — SIR J. VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [415] — SIR JOHN VANBURGH TO THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. [416] — SIR JOHN VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [417] — A Letter respecting a Suit in Chancery, which one Gardiner had commenced against her. — Correspondence relative to the destruction of the old Manor of Woodstocke. — SIR JOHN VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [418] — SIR J. VANBURGH TO LORD GODOLPHIN. [419] — (Endorsed thus by the Duchess.) — Reasons offered for preserving some part of the Old Manor, by Sir J. Vanburgh. [420] — Remarks upon this Letter by the Duchess. — Correspondence between the Duchess of Marlborough and Sir John Vanburgh on the subject of a Marriage between the Lady Harriot Godolphin and the Duke of Newcastle. — SIR JOHN VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [422] — SIR J. VANBURGH TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [423] — LETTER FROM THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO SIR JOHN VANBURGH. [424] — Explanatory Letter from Sir John Vanburgh, concerning his disagreement with the Duchess of Marlborough. [425] — The following Remarks were added by the Duchess to the above Letter. — FROM THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. [426] — LORD CONINGSBY TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [427] — LORD CONINGSBY TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [428] Letters of Lord Coningsby to the Duchess of Marlborough, after the death of the Duke. (Referred to in vol. ii.) — LORD CONINGSBY TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [429] — Letters between Mr. Scrope and the Duchess of Marlborough. [430] — MR. SCROPE TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO MR. SCROPE. [431] — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO MR. SCROPE. [432] — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO MR. SCROPE. [433] — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO MR. SCROPE. [434] — THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO MR. SCROPE. [435] — MR. SCROPE TO THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. [436] — LETTER ADDRESSED BY THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TO THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. — An Abstract of the last Will and Testament of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough. — THE CODICIL.

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