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Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her tiredness after riding with "Papa" [Leonard Jerome] ; his occupation with a party at Blenheim; and [Clara Jerome's] sorrow at the loss of a portrait [in the sinking of the Ville de Harle]. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] apologising for not writing the previous day, reprimanding him for going to London with a cold especially while [Helene] Standish is there and discussing a dinner at which [Charles, Comte de] Fitzjames and Helene [von Hatzfeldt] were present. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: a visit to Versailles; her pleasure at his letters; discussion of Lachand's defence [in the trial of Bazaine]; agreement to meet with [Lord Blandford, later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough]; the possibility of attending one of the Moultons' balls with him and gossip about her. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she expresses disappointment at not receiving a letter from him and says that she has a headache as she has been shopping all day.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her hope to go skating as [Prince de] Sagan has sent tickets; a scolding from "Mama" [Clara Jerome] for walking with "H" [Helen von Hatzfeldt] although she argues that "it is not a great crime!"; discussion of the result of the trial [of Bazaine]; delays in moving into a new apartment; music and a warning to him not to speak to Mrs [Strange] Jocelyn. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: skating and the people there; her irritation with [Baron Christian] Waldner who behaves as though she was not engaged; playing the piano with Mr Sartoris; and [Leonard Jerome's] disappointment at not being able to see Randolph again. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her enjoyment of skating; comments about ?Lambertyre; and her feelings of guilt at skating or talking with other men.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her stiffness from skating; dinner with Mr Bennett; disappointment that [Thierry] D'Alsace is going to Africa; and boredom with [Count de] Fenelon. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her dependence on his letters and her habit of writing "blue" letters when she is worried about something; her worry that her feelings for him may be a "passing fancy"; and concern for their future and her belief that they will have a happy marriage despite public opinion. Envelope present.

Letter from Blanche [Lady] Airlie (Airlie Castle, Clythe [Scotland]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] congratulating her on WSC's engagement to Clementine [Hozier, later CSC] and commenting on her fondness for Clementine.

Copy of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (31 Dover Street [London] to [Charles, 9th] Duke of Marlborough and [4th] Lord Howe [earlier Lord Curzon] asking them to consent to H Woodhouse being appointed as receiver in place of [Edward] Manistry, explaining that this would save her money and that her affairs are being settled due her separation from George [Cornwallis West]. Unsigned typescript.

Letter from "Clemmie" [CSC](Admiralty, Whitehall) to "B M" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she says that the children have bronchitis, expresses sympathy that she has influenza, comments "as for poor Winston [WSC] his sorrows & anxieties are known to you by the halfpenny Press" and says hat she hopes that she is enjoying her stay with Madame van Andre.

Letter from Shelagh [Duchess of Westminster, formerly Shelagh Cornwallis West] (Eaton, Chester) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] wishing her a happy new year and commenting on the generosity of her behaviour towards George [Cornwallis West, a reference to granting him a divorce].

Postcard of a photograph of a man with two children in which the sender wishes Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] a happy new year.

Letter from F E [Smith, later Lord Birkenhead](70 Eccleston Square [London]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that her case [her divorce from George Cornwallis West] would not have attracted attention but for public interest in her personality and wishes her success with her play ["The Bill"].

Letter from Edmund Wheater [business partner to George Cornwallis West] (Springfield, Northaw, Potters Bar [Hertfordshire]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he discusses business and financial affairs, commenting "George does very little in the way he should and much in the way best left undone", and promises that he will inform her of anything which may help her [with her divorce from George].

Letter from "Montie" [Montagu Porch](R M S Mendi) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he describes his travelling companions, a soldier servant and a puppy, discusses his hopes for his stay in Nigeria, asks for a photograph of her and a copy of her essay on friendship and says that he hopes to win her friendship.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: objection to his comment that men "forget themselves" with her; his reliance on their correspondence when he is bored at Blenheim; the steadiness of her feelings towards him; the end of the skating season; the trial of Bazaine; and the possibility of a war with Cuba. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: apologies for her previous "cross" letter; playing the piano with Sartoris; her acquaintance with Madame de Rothschild; her headache; and the departure of [Thierry] D'Alsace to Africa. Envelope present.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she discusses her disappointment at not receiving a letter from him, says that she would like to accept an invitation from [Prince de] Sagan to go hunting and that she hopes that he has not forgotten her.

Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: disappointment at not receiving a letter from him; her decision to go hunting with [Prince de] Sagan and concern whether he would approve; the difficulty of refusing attractive invitations from men and her desire to see him.