Crewe Manuscripts

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4 Accounts of the expenses of the French Revolution Item c. 1800
ff. 2–27 Account headed ‘Depenses de la revolution du 10 août’ Part c. 1800
5 Copies of letters relating to the early career of Jean-Paul Marat Item 1784?
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. 50r Print captioned ‘The Burning and Plundering of Newgate and Setting the Felons at Liberty by the Mob’ Part 1 July 1780
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. 53r Letter from —— to George Bremmer Part 1780s?
f. 58r Return of the writ on f. 57r, by James Walker, Marshal of the Marshalsea, [Dec. 1787]; endorsed with a direction from Francis Buller committing Gordon to Newgate gaol, 13 Dec. 1787 Part Dec. 1787
f. 62r 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. 65r Part of a letter directed on one side to Lord George Gordon and on the other to George Bremmer, both at Newgate Part 1780s?
ff. 66–77 Leaves from The Third Book of the Chronicles of London for 1780 Part 1781
f. 12r Print of Charles Green, lithographed by G. P. Harding from his own drawing from the life. Published by Harding himself Part 9 July 1839 View
f. 25r Printed leaflet entitled Prospectus de la cinquante-unième ascencion de l’aéronaute Blanchard Part 1800 View
f. 26r Print of (Jean-Pierre) François Blanchard, engraved by F. W. Bollinger. Published at Zwickau by Schumann Brothers Part c. 1800 View
f. 47r Cuttings from the London Chronicle, containing an account of the dying testimony of Lord Ferrer’s steward Part 31 Jan.–2 Feb. 1760
f. 49v Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing a report of the commencement of Lord Ferrers’s trial Part 15–17 Apr. 1760
f. 50r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing details from the printed account of Lord Ferrers’s last day (An Account of the Execution of the late Laurence, Earl Ferrers) Part 13–15 May 1760
loose after f. 50 Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of Lord Ferrers’s journey from Leicester to London Part 12–14 Feb. 1760
ff. 51, 54–6, 58–63, 65, 70 Leaves from Genuine Memoirs of the Life, Family, and Behaviour of Laurence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers Part 1760
f. 53r Print captioned ‘A Perspective View of the Execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the Murder of his Steward’ Part 1760
ff. 73v Frontispiece of The Female Amazon, or, A Genuine Account of … the Life of … Miss Fanny Davies, by Mr Thompson Part 1786
loose after f. 131 Cutting from the London Evening Post, containing a report of a rape and burglary at the house of Colonel James Des Romains Part 25–27 Oct. 1733
f. 133 Print captioned ‘Anthony and Emanuel de Rosa, and William Fullagar, Murdering Mr William Fargues in the Night near the Barking Dogs by Hoxton’ Part 1768
f. 3r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 21 Nov. 1822
f. 13r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 12 Nov. 1824
f. 22r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 21 Oct. 1825
f. 27r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 23 Mar. 1826
f. 37r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 6 June 1826
f. 41r Letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 5 Jan. 1827
f. 42r Postcript of a letter from E. H. Barker to F. T. Maxon Part 15 Jan. 1827