Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letters and remarking on [a letter] from WSC. He also discusses: the future marriage of [Lord] Curzon [later 4th Lord Howe] to "Georgie" [Lady Georgiana Churchill, later Lady Curzon and Lady Howe] which he describes as "brilliant"; his poor health; and his opinion that it would be undesirable for her to have dinner with Mrs Beauclere alone; and arrangements for moving into a house.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (29 St James' Place [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the annoyance of [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] at [Lady Randolph] attending a ball; his approval of [his new footman] Frederick; a fight between [20th Lord] Shrewsbury [and Talbot] and [Alfred] Mundy; a planned visit to the zoological [society] by Elizabeth Everest, WSC and [John S Churchill]; and Lord Randolph's opinion that WSC is bored of his holiday.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Government House, Bombay [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: birthday greetings; comments on the "adventures" had by WSC; arguments between Leonie [Leslie, earlier Leonie Jerome] and the Leslie family; his opinion of Parsee practices; descriptions of his social engagements and those he has met, who included leading native politicians; his itinerary and a request that she should tell "Winnie" [WSC] that he has received his letter.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Residency Lucknow [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: thanks for her letters and a request that she thank "little Winny" [WSC] for his letter which Lord Randolph describes as well written; his annoyance at a letter from [Sir Henry Drummond] Wolff; his poor opinion of the English in Lucknow; and observations on a meeting with the natives of Lucknow.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Hotel Bristol [5, Place Vendome, Paris, France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: description of his voyage; the names of those he has seen [in Paris], who included the Rothschilds; Henry James' opinion of an affidavit prepared by [Lord] Blandford [later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough] which is described as "vicious".

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union League Club, Madison Avenue corner of 26th Street [New York, United States] to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his opinion that her "disposition to please those about [her]" should ensure her future success; his plans to visit her at school [near Paris]; and his disappointment in the opera at the academy where Offenbach is "all the rage". Envelope present.

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Villa Forgues, Paris [France] to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his decision that she should not travel to Paris during her holiday; compliments on her letters and opinion of the importance of letter-writing; the progress of her studies and encouragement to write to him more often.

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union Club, Fifth Avenue and 21st Street [New York, United States]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] enclosing a letter from [Manton] Marble [see CHAR 28/1/42 ]. He says that he will be ashamed to see Marble on his return to the United States as [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] had not seen him despite a letter of introduction written by [Leonard Jerome].

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Victoria Hotel [Monte Carlo, Monaco]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] instructing her to write on [Lord] Randolph [Churchill's] behalf to Travers thanking him for the Madeira wine and to "make what excuses you can think of for R's neglect".

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he suggests that she should persuade her mother [Clara Jerome] to let her write to him more often; that Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales have spoken of how much they liked her; and that he is waiting for her father's [Leonard Jerome] response [concerning their proposed engagement].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is looking forward to seeing her in London. He describes his pain at her not being allowed to write to him; informs her that his parents [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] have consented to their engagement; and speculates on her father's [Leonard Jerome's] response.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his father's [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough's] displeasure over his letter [in which Randolph stated that he would refuse to wait for a year before marrying her]; the incessant friction [at Blenheim Palace] and the ill health of the pug. He asks her to write and describe her life in Paris [France].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including a report of an interview with his father [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough] in which his father had stipulated that they must provide proof of their feelings by waiting before marrying, and the news that his pet pug dog has died.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his future journey to Paris [France] to see her; his joy at her father's [Leonard Jerome's] consent to their marriage; his duties as a magistrate at Woodstock [Oxfordshire]; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales' interest in them and Randolph's future visit to Paris.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Bedford Hotel, Brighton [East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] expressing his distress that WSC's fever has returned, enclosing a telegram [not present] and including directions for [Dr Robson] Roose as to where he is staying.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Welbeck Abbey, Worksop [Nottinghamshire]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including the names of those present at the party and those he met at the races on the previous day and reports concerning [Lord] Blandford [later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including the end of excitement in the French Chamber at the election of the new president; a meeting about the unemployed in [South] Paddington [London] which resulted in the establishment of a relief fund; his intention to see WSC when he visits Brighton [East Sussex] and an outline of his planned itinerary.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Tarbes [France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his impressions of Tarbes, [the Marquis de] Breteuil's unease at the possible effect of the arrival of Jeanne Granier, a French actress, on the local electorate; his desire that WSC should read during his school holidays and his outrage at the marriage of the Duke of Montrose.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Tarbes [France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including his impressions of the area, his hope that she may be able to see [Marquis de] Breteuil in Egham [Surrey] at the end of August and a request that she should send his love to [WSC and John S Churchill].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo [Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes the company of "Johnny" Willoughby and [Archibald] Merry, his gambling record and the politicians who are present and who include [Aretas] Akers-Douglas [later Lord Chilston] and Henry Bonsor, and makes observations about the affairs of [Lady] Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Wilson] whom he describes as a fool.