Crewe Manuscripts

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ff. 16–17 Notes on the savings made by Sir Robert Walpole by paying off the expenses of ships which had been laid up in harbours since 1696 or 1697, after peace had been concluded between England and France Part early 18th c.
ff. 47–50 Scheme for the establishment of a chapel by subscription Part early 18th c.
ff. 54–7 Rough texts of sermons Part early 18th c.
ff. 61–3 ‘List of Books to be written’ Part early 18th c.
ff. 64–5 Scheme for the establishment of a chapel by subjscription, headed ‘Chapters’ Part early 18th c.
ff. 91–106 Records of financial transactions, etc., by John Henley Part 1728
ff. 112–16 Notes on Edmund Gibson’s Four Sermons on Several Subjects (1719) Part early 18th c.
ff. 117–22 Notes on Humphrey Prideaux’s Directions to Church-Wardens (1701) Part early 18th c.
f. 131 Notes on William Cave’s Primitive Christianity (2 vols., 1672) Part early 18th c.
f. 139 Notes on René Aubert Vertot’s History of the Revolutions in Sweden, translated by John Mitchel (1696) Part early 18th c.
ff. 150–9 Tables of books read, books to be read, etc., with notes on the ‘Arts of a Meer Politician’ Part early 18th c.
f. 173 Notes on biblical subjects, currency, etc. Part early 18th c.
f. 1r Cutting from a sale catalogue Part mid-19th c.
f. 12 Copy of a letter from — Guerard (commissary at Honfleur) to Pierre-Jean Lévêque Part 19 Apr. 1796
f. 14 Extracts from reports by the commissary at Falaise to Pierre-Jean Lévéque, 2 and 11 May 1796 Part 2-11 May 1796
f. 17 Copy of a letter from — Fluard (‘commandant au 2e Battaillon des chouans’) to Louis Cordier and Jacques Le Lievre Part Feb. 1796
f. 24 Extract from an anonymous letter sent to Pierre-Jean Lévêque Part c. Mar. 1796
f. 27 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles Dugua Part 14 Mar. 1796
f. 9r Copies of four newspaper articles about Benjamin Starkey Part 1815–22
f. 11r Etching of Benjamin Starkey, from a drawing by Stephen Humble Part c. 1818
f. 13v Frontispiece of the Memoirs (1818), bearing an etching of Benjamin Starkey, with a facsimile of his signature Part 1818
f. 14r Title-page of the Memoirs (1818), signed by Benjamin Starkey and dated by him 14 June 1821 Part 14 June 1821
ff. 15–20 Leaves from Memoirs of the Life of Benjamin Starkey (1818) (pp. iii–iv, 5–14) Part 1818
ff. 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37 Autograph memoir of Benjamin Starkey, entitled ‘A Short Account of the Writer of this Narration’, concluding with a letter from him to Mr Humble junior, 14 Nov. 1811 Part 1811
ff. 39v–40v Cuttings from the Every-Day Book (1825), containing an article headed ‘Captain Starkey’ Part 1825
ff. 41r–42r Cuttings from the Every-Day Book (1825), containing a letter to the editor (William Hone) from C. L. (Charles Lamb), headed ‘Captain Starkey’ Part 1825
f. 43r Cutting from the Every-Day Book (1825), containing a letter to the editor (William Hone) from W. G. T. of Newcastle-on-Tyne Part 1825
f. 4r Sketch, incorporating part of a photograph, of a pilgrim and his wife, with notes on the same Part c. 1853
f. 10r Coloured plan of the Temple at Mecca, by ‘some Indian artist’, with pencil annotations by Richard Burton Part 19th c.?
f. 11v Card authorising Sheikh Abdullah to draw upon the Royal Geographical Society Part 30 Mar. 1853