96 letters to Mr. Waller (her lawyer), 1737 Jan 2 - 1741 Dec 4.

96 items (ca. 140 p. in 1 box) ; various sizes.

English

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Manuscripts, on paper, of 96 letters from Sarah Churchill to her lawyer, Mr. Waller. Five of the Duchess's letters are unsigned; five are signed by her secretary. The letters discuss her legal and financial affairs and the management of her estates, with references to disputes in which she was engaged. In a letter dated January 2, 1737, for example, she writes to Mr. Waller, "I suppose you have had no answer from Mrs. Walters: For she is a very odd Woman, and seldom makes any answer at all to me. If you should find it necessary to employ an attorney about that Affair, I am told there is a very good one at Tenterden...When will Mrs. Armiger's Affair be finish'd, that I may have the mony I am to pay ready?" In another letter, she writes that a "deed came to be so much damag'd by falling into the Water in a dangerous Passage in that Country. But they dry'd it, and preserv'd it so well, that I am told, it is just the same thing as if the Accident had not happen'd. You will now proceed as fast as you can to finish this Purchase." The collection is accompanied by four letters to Waller from the Duchess's agents: one from Alexander Hume Campbell and three from "J. Stephens."

August 08, 2005

Sarah (Jennings) Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, 96 Letters to Mr. Waller. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Sarah (Jennings) Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, 96 Letters to Mr. Waller. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.