Manuscripts

Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, letters

Description: A series of letters written by Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, to Mr. Waller of Lincoln's Inn Fields. The letters concern legal, financial, and estate matters. Some of the letters are written by Christopher Lofft, private secretary to Her Grace, the Duchess, on her behalf. A majority of the letters are damaged, with loss of text, but are repaired. The letters are written from Wimbledon, Marlborough House, and London, England.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1737-1740
Call number: mssHM 16600-16635
Creator: Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill (1660-1744)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: purchased from Mary Benjamin, February 1949.; gift of Mary W. T. Dickinson, March 1949.
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Associated people: Lofft, Christopher,
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