Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/7
Title
Chapbooks, prints, and other papers relating to Lord George Gordon
Date(s)
- 1780-93 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (39 x 29 cm), containing 78 leaves. Folios 5-44 and 67-77 have printed sheets mounted on them, the sheets being inserted into spaces cut out of the leaves. Folio 2, 4, 45-66, and 78 have printed sheets, prints, and other papers and documents pasted to them. Half-bound.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Binder’s stamp of J. Leighton, Brewer St. The armorial bookplate of Robert, Earl of Crewe, is pasted inside the volume, and his heraldic ‘garb’ is stamped on the front.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the spine are stamped ‘Trial of Lord George Gordon’ and (at the foot) ‘London 1781’.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Foliated 1–78. The documents on ff. 59–63 have been damaged by damp and are rather fragile.