Crewe Manuscripts

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
f. 3r ‘A Dialogue between two Brothers’ (author unknown) Part
f. 4r Toasts in verse (author or authors unknown) Part
f. 6r Untitled verses, by John Grobham Howe? Part
f. 8r Untitled verses (author unknown) Part
f. 9r Untitled verses (author unknown) Part
f. 10r ‘To Sir William Scot Baronet | The Bee | Essay’d in English’ (author unknown) Part
f. 11r Imitation of Horace, Odes, IV. i (author unknown) Part
f. 13r Two poems on one sheet Part
f. 14r Three pieces on one sheet Part
f. 18r Imitation of the Latin verses on f. 17r (author unknown) Part
f. 27r ‘Labor ipse Voluptas’ (author unknown) Part
f. 1 Title: ‘Dépenses De la Révolution du 10 août’ Part c. 1800
f. 1v Print of Jean-Paul Marat Part c. 1793
ff. 7–8 Extracts from Lettres, mémoires, et negotiations particulieres du Chevalier d’Eon (1765), in the hand of Thomas Gray Part [c. 1765]
ff. 11–12 Metaphysical notes, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
f. 13 Metaphysical notes, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
f. 48r Print of a group in front of a palace (probably on the Continent), with the motto ‘Bonum est nos hic esse’ in a ribbon Part c. 1700
f. 51r Print captioned ‘An Exact Representation of the Burning, Plundering and Destruction of Newgate by the Rioters on the memorable 7th of June 1780’ Part 10 July 1781
f. 57r Writ of habeas corpus directed to the Marshal of the Marshalsea, instructing him to convey Lord George Gordon to the house of Justice Francis Buller in Lincoln’s Inn Fields Part 28 Nov. 1787
f. 61r Direction from Francis Barlow, clerk in court for the king, and James Fenn and Matthew Bloxam, sheriffs, to the keeper of Newgate, instructing him to detain Lord George Gordon Part 18 Dec. 1787
f. 63r Rule for judgement in the case of the King against Lord George Gordon Part 27 Jan. 1788
f. 2r Printed pamphlet entitled Système rationnel de navigation aérienne, a circulation stable, fondé sur le principe de la séparation des appareils, ainsi que sur l’emploi du point d’appui et pratiqué au moyen d’un propulseur rotatif a effet alterno-continu, by Hippolyte Barnout Part 1857 View
f. 23r ‘Proposal for establishing an Aëronautic Fraternity’, signed by Charles Green (president), F.(?) Green, William Upcott, Edward Spencer, Jacob Henry Burn, and J.(?) Green Part 17 Feb. 1839 View
f. 24r Letter from Charles Green to P. N. Scott, 19 Aug. 1840, with a cutting from the Norwich Mercury, 22 Aug. 1840, containing a letter from Charles Green and a related note Part 19 and 22 Aug. 1840 View
f. 30r Letter from R. M. Milnes to Arthur Hallam, written during an ascent in a balloon on 29 May 1829, with later notes on the occasion of its composition Part 29 May 1829 View
f. 31r Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from G. S. N. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’ Part 31 Mar. 1857 View
f. 35r Cuttings from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Balloon Voyage’ Part 27 July 1859 View
f. 37r Letter from Eugène Robertson to the Queen of the French Part 1 June 1831 View
between ff. 38 and 39 Cutting from the Illustrated London News, containing an article headed ‘The Late Charles Green’, with an engraved portrait Part 16 Apr. 1870 View
f. 21r Transcript of a piece of writing (by Mary Berry), 9 May 1852 Part c. 1852