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Churchill, John - First Duke of Marlborough

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Churchill, John - First Duke of Marlborough
<Our item number 98537><B>Churchill, John - First Duke of Marlborough.</B> &#40;1650-1722&#41; 1st Duke of Marlborough; one of England&#39;s greatest generals; ancestor of Winston Churchill. Autograph Letter Signed &#34;<I>Marlborough</I>,&#34; 2 pp, 8¾x6¾&#34;, &#34;<I>Camp at Ganap</I>&#34; [Genappe, France], 11 Aug. 1707. Very good; boldly penned, with some unevenness at left edge lightly touching a few letters on both sides. Marlborough writes to &#34;<I>My Lord</I>,&#34; who, according to Bryan Bevan, author of <I>Marlborough the Man</I> is probably the Lord Treasurer, Sidney, Lord Godolphin, or possibly to Lord Cowper, the Whig, Lord Chancellor &#40;Bevan&#39;s letter is included in this lot&#41;. Marlborough says, in part: &#34;<I>As to what you are pleas&#39;d to mention of the Ecclesiastical preferments…I am intirely of opinion with you, and am persuaded the Queen has so just a sence of your Lordships zeal and Integrity, that she will always have a due regard to whatever you represent to Her Majesty to be for her Service, and therefore I hope you will not be over modest in a matter of this concern</I>.&#34; He goes on to discuss matters during the War of the Spanish Succession, &#34;…<I>our Project in Provence is like to meet with a happy Success. They tell us that the Duke of Savoye had forced the Enemys retrenchment before Thoulon, without any further particulars, but Monsr. de Vandomes [Vendôme] making a Detachment of twelve Battalions, & nine Squadrons seems to me a sufficient confirmation, that their affairs do not go well</I>….&#34; The Churchills enjoyed great favor at court because Marlborough&#39;s wife, Sarah, was Queen Anne&#39;s closest friend; in 1711, however, Sarah&#39;s Whig sympathies alienated the Queen and she was dismissed. The Marlboroughs retired to Blenheim Palace in 1721 and Marlborough died a year later. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,200-1,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 98537<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.n et/liveauction/38jpegs/098537.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "