British Ambassador to Turin.- Molesworth (John, second Viscount Molesworth, diplomat and government official, as envoy to the court of Savoy at Turin, bap. 1679, d. 1726) Correspondence to and from Molesworth as British Ambassador to Savoy, in English, French and Italian, including: de Fleury. Letter in French of recommendation, "the bearer of this letter wants to work for you and I think you need a servant"; Molesworth (John, second Viscount Molesworth) Draft of a letter to "My Lord", in English, 2pp. with conjugate blank, in English, Turin, 6th June 1722, referring to the Atterbury Plot, a Jacobite plan to overthrow the Hanoverian monarchy and restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the British throne, "... the King my master... did not doubt of the pleasure it would be to His Majesty [the King of Sardinia] to hear this conspiracy was timely discovered..."; Piccolini (H.) Letter signed in English to John Molesworth, 5pp., sm. 4to, Rome, 3rd February 1725, "The Emperour press's the Pope to grant him the Bull of the Crusade for the estates of Italy... . I receiv'd a letter from Turin by one Mr. Ramsay he is one of the greatest Genious, I knew in my life, no part of the most sublime sciences is unknown to him & tho he is of the Pretender's party, I assure you he hates Slavery as much, as the greatest Whig in England"; Giovanni di Molesworth Inviato Straordinario et Plenipotentiario di S:M:Britannica in Italia &c., "Let it be known to all that we, considering it useful and necessary for the service of His Majesty to have an agent in Livorno both to attend to the course of Letters and to serve in other occasions, have elected for this purpose Mr. Daniele le Blanc...", manuscript in Italian, edges torn, 1724; Baldocci (Nonziato) Autograph Letter signed in Italian, 3pp., sm. 4to, Colenso, 22nd April 1724, referring to postal difficulties on Sundays, fears that the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI might delay a planned congress at Cambrai to get guarantees for succession in Italian territories (it failed in 1724), compliments Miss Onslow, speaks highly of Dr Gotti of Pisa etc.; 20 letters in Italian referring to or ?by Camilla Constanza Sazienza, Molesworth's presumed mistress, unaddressed and unsigned, on a wide variety of subjects, including: a pamphlet from the apoithecary Pinadoro being published, lamenting that she is always poor, and that poor Camilla is consumed with desire; continually asking him to pray for her to obtain grace; "the Crucifix you provided us is beautiful"; ending, "goodbye dear goodbye have compassion on those who adore you" etc., together c. 240pp. in c. 75 letters, some with tears where opened, folds, slightly browned, folio & smaller, Rome, Turin, Milan, Geneva & many no place, n.d. & 1710 & 1721-25 (c. 75).