The following account, supplied by William Upcott, Esq., from some one of the daily papers of that day, is curious. “Woodstock, June 19. Yesterday being Monday, about six o’clock in the evening, was laid the first stone of the Duke of Marlborough’s house, by Mr. Vanbrugge, and then seven gentlemen gave it a stroke with a hammer, and threw down each of them a guinea; Sir Thomas Wheate was the first, Dr. Bouchel the second, Mr. Vanbrugge the third; I know not the rest. There were several sorts of musick; three morris dances; one of young fellows, one of maidens, and one of old beldames. There were about a hundred buckets, bowls, and pans, filled with wine, punch, cakes, and ale. From my lord’s house all went to the Town-hall, where plenty of sack, claret, cakes, &c., were prepared for the gentry and better sort; and under the Cross eight barrels of ale, with abundance of cakes, were placed for the common people. The stone laid by Mr. Vanbrugge was eight square, finely polished, about eighteen inches over, and upon it were these words inlayed in pewter—_In memory of the battel of Blenheim, June 8, 1705, Anna Regina._” Footnote 367: Coxe MSS., vol. xlvi. Footnote 368: Coxe MSS., vol. xlvi. p. 8. Footnote 369: Coxe MSS., vol. xlvi. p. 8. Footnote 370: In the possession of William Upcott, Esq. Footnote 371: The word is expressed thus + in the original letter. Footnote 372: Coxe MSS., vol. xli p. 14. Footnote 373: For the correspondence on this subject, hitherto unpublished, see Appendix. Footnote 374: Appendix. Footnote 375: Coxe MSS. Footnote 376: Coxe Papers. Footnote 377: Coxe, p. 642. Footnote 378: Coxe MSS., vol. xlvi. p. 74. Footnote 379: Coxe. Footnote 380: Newspapers. Anecdote supplied by W. Upcott, Esq. Footnote 381: Letter from Vanburgh to Tonson. D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature. 1823. Footnote 382: Letter to Mr. Hutchinson, Coxe MSS. Footnote 383: Life of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough. Published in 1745. Footnote 384: Walpole’s Reminiscences, p. 293. Footnote 385: Reminiscences. Footnote 386: Chesterfield’s Characters. Footnote 387: Private Correspondence, vol. ii. Footnote 388: Granger’s Biog. Hist. of Great Britain. Art. Jennings. Footnote 389: Private Correspondence, vol. ii. p. 179. Footnote 390: Life of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough. Footnote 391: Macauley. Footnote 392: Lord Chesterfield. Footnote 393: Biographical Dictionary. Footnote 394: Manuscript Notes in the copy of the Duchess’s Opinions in the British Museum. Footnote 395: Coxe MSS., vol. xliii. p. 123. Footnote 396: He conducted the paper called the “Champion.” His sister Sarah, a literary character also, was the intimate friend of Dr. Hoadly. Possibly, from her name, she may have been a god-daughter of the Duchess. Footnote 397: Reminiscences, p. 308. Footnote 398: