Preface

Preface

This Volume has been edited and passed through the press on behalf of the Historical Manuscripts Commissioners by Mr. M. S. Giuseppi, who has also written the Introduction. The abstracts and copies of the letters and papers included in it were made by various hands, and in cases of uncertainty during printing, reference to the original has been made by the help of the Rev. G. W. L. Stanhope-Lovell, the Librarian at Hatfield House. The Index is the work of Miss Marjorie Giuseppi.