Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 2v Cuttings from the Leeds Mercury, containing an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address at the Co-operative Congress at Leeds Part 8 June 1881
ff. 3r–3v Cuttings from the Leeds Mercury, containing notices of a conversazione to celebrate the opening of the Leeds Liberal Club and an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address on the occasion Part 27 Apr. 1882
f. 4v Cuttings from the Pontefract Telegraph, containing an account of the opening of the Knottingley Horticultural Show by R. O. A. Milnes, and of his ad-dress on the occasion Part 5 Aug. 1882
f. 5r Letter from W. E. Gladstone to Lord Houghton Part 1 Aug. 1882
f. 5r Letter from Lord Granville to Lord Houghton Part 5 Aug. 1882
f. 5v Cuttings from the Pontefract Telegraph, containing an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address at a meeting arranged by the Pontefract Liberal Association to express confidence in the borough’s MPs Part 7 Oct. 1882
f. 6r Cuttings from the Pontefract Telegraph, containing an account of the selection of R. O. A. Milnes as a Liberal candidate for the next parliamentary elec-tion Part 26 Jan. 1884
f. 7v Cuttings from The Guardian (Crewe), containing an account of the opening of the new schools at Crewe Green by Lord Crewe, and of R. O. A. Milnes’s address on the occasion Part 16 Sept. 1882
f. 8r Cuttings from The Express, containing an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address at a meeting of constituents addressed by the MPs for Pontefract Part 21 Jan. 1882
f. 9r Cuttings from The Express, containing an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address at a Liberal meeting at Knottingley Part 7 Apr. 1883
ff. 10r–10v Cuttings from the Pontefract Telegraph, containing an account of ad-dresses by Lord Houghton and R. O. A. Milnes at a Liberal demonstration at Ponte-fract Part 10 Nov. 1883
f. 12r Cuttings from the Leeds Mercury, containing an account of R. O. A. Milnes’s address at a meeting at Knottingley addressed by H. C. E. Childers, MP Part 22 Oct. 1884
f. 12v Cuttings from the Wombwell Express, containing an account R. O. A. Milnes’s address at a meeting of the Wombwell and Darfield Liberal Association Part 27 Feb. 1885
f. 13r Cutting from a newspaper, containing a note on the word ‘caucus’ Part [c. 1885]
ff. 15v–16r Cuttings from the Barnsley Chronicle, containing a letter from R. O. A. Milnes to W. E. Raley accepting his selection as the Liberal candidate for the division, and an account of the meeting of the Barnsley Liberal '200' at which the selection was made Part 18 Apr. 1885
f. 17r Cuttings from the Barnsley Chronicle, containing a letter to the editor by R. Bury, 19 Apr., headed ‘Mr Bury on the Liberal Candidates, etc.’ Part [25 Apr. 1885]
f. 19r Cutting from the Barnsley Chronicle, containing an article commenting on a misleading report that R. O. A. Milnes is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Salisbury Part 2 May 1885
f. 20r Letter from Lord Ripon to Lord Houghton Part 17 Feb. 1886
f. 20v Cuttings from the Leeds Mercury, containing a letter to the editor from Lord Houghton headed ‘Mr Gladstone’s Irish Policy’ Part 20 Apr. 1886
ff. 23v–24r Cuttings from the Bradford Observer, containing an account of Lord Houghton’s address at the annual soirée of the Bradford Mechanics’ Institute Part 29 Sept. 1886
f. 24v Cuttings from the Leeds Mercury, containing an account of a speech by Lord Houghton [at the annual conference of the National Liberal Federation] Part [4 Nov. 1886?]
f. 1r Engraved title-page of The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life, by Jeremy Taylor (London, 1657) Part 1657
f. 4r Engraved title-page of The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (London: Richard Evans, 1812) Part 1812
f. 5r Engraved title-page of Opera philosophica, by René Descartes, 4th ed. (Amsterdam, 1664) Part 1664
f. 12r Frontispiece of The Horseman’s Sure Guide and Complete Horse Doctor (c. 1780) Part c. 1780
f. 13r Frontispiece of Les Lettres de Mr de Voiture, Vol. II Part 18th c.
f. 13v Printed explanation of the title-page on f. 14r, in verse, headed ‘The Frontispiece Explained’ Part 1633
f. 15r Engraved title-page of A Collection of the Works of … Thomas Jackson, D.D. (London, 1653) Part 1653
f. 18r Engraved title-page of D’Edelste Verlustiging der Leer-en Lees-Gierige Gemoederen, by Simon de Vries (Amsterdam, 1681) Part 1681
f. 24r Frontispiece of Telluris theoria sacra, by Thomas Burnet (1681 or later) Part 1681 or later