MARLBOROUGH | autograph letter signed, to an unnamed correspondent, 19/30 July 1701

MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO "SIR"

DISCUSSING DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS AS EUROPE PREPARED FOR WAR ("... I ... hope in a very litle time to acquaint you with what has pass'd concerning the Treaty with the Emperour; I am asured that upon munday this State will give an answer to the Memoriall, and in it show their desire for the Continuance of the Confirencys..."), with a postscript noting the enclosure of two other letters ("...a leter to lady marlbrogh another for Mr Guy..."), 1 page, 4to, integral blank, docketing, the Hague, 19/30 July 1701 

A LETTER BY MARLBOROUGH ON THE DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS THAT PAVED THE WAR FOR THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION. Marlborough had sailed for Holland with William III on 1 July 1701 in order to negotiate with the Dutch and the Holy Roman Empire to re-establish the Grand Alliance - as well as to try and reach an agreement with the French and avoid war. In this letter Marlborough expresses confidence that the alliance would be renewed. He was proved correct: negotiations with France failed, a treaty of alliance was signed on 7 September, and Europe embarked on an exhausting 13-year war. The years that followed were of course to see Marlborough oversee a series of spectacular victories against the French, which established him as one of the greatest generals in British history. 

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