Crewe Manuscripts

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ff. 43-65 ‘Memoire sur l’importance du commerce du tabac[,] sur les moyens d’en etablir des plantations dans les Colonies Francoises, la facilité d’y reussir et de supplanter les Anglois dans cette branche de commerce’, by Etienne de Silhouette(?) Part 1739
ff. 66-9 Transcript, in French, of a contract between Clément Huber and the fermiers generaux relating to the importation of tobacco via England Part 4 Feb. 1739
ff. 137-74 French translation of An Address to the Electors and other Free Subjects of Great Britain, occasion’d by the late Secession (by Benjamin Robins) (1739) Part c. 1739
f. 186 Title of the item on ff. 189-213, with an introduction by the translator; in French Part c. 1742
ff. 189-213 French translation of The Groans of Germany, or the Enquiry of a Protestant German into the Original Causes of the Present Distractions of the Empire, 2nd ed. (1741) Part c. 1741
ff. 282-3 French translation of the article on ‘Parliament’ in Thomas Dyche’s New General English Dictionary (first published 1735) Part 1735 x 1743
f. 4v Print captioned ‘Representation of a repreive [sic] brought for a Criminal while on the way to the place of Execution' Part 1768
f. 25v Cuttings from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s examination and committal Part 28 Feb.–3 Mar. 1761
f. 25v Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of Gardelle’s attempt to kill himself by swallowing coins Part 31 Mar.–2 Apr. 1761
f. 26r Print captioned ‘Theodore Gardelle, having murdered Mrs King, burns some parts of her Body and hides the rest’ Part c. 1768
f. 29r Print captioned ‘A Man Publickly Whipped in the Sessions House Yard in the Old Bailey’ Part 1795
f. 46r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing an article headed ‘A brief Account of the Family of Earl Ferrers’ Part 3–6 May 1760
f. 48r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing a report of the passing of sentence on Lord Ferrers Part 17–19 Apr. 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. 74, 76–90 Leaves (pp. 1–32) from The Female Amazon, or a Genuine Account of … the Life of … Miss Fanny Davies, by Mr Thompson Part 1786
f. 75v Print of Fanny Davies(?) Part 18th c.
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. 6r Inscription by Johann Daniel Arcularius Part 1707
f. 13r Painted coat of arms, labelled ‘Bernegger’ Part 17th c.
f. 15r Inscription by Johann Daniel Bilger Part 7 May 1707
f. 16r Painted coat of arms, labelled ‘Wolff Jacob Böckel von Böcklinsau’ Part 17th c.
f. 19r Inscription by Joachim Justus Breithaupt Part 14 Sept. 1691
f. 22r Inscription by Johann Franz Buddeus Part 25 June 1707
f. 23r Inscription by Johann Franz Buddeus Part 28 May 1710
f. 48r Inscription by Johann Philipp Fresenius Part 20 Apr. 1750
f. 49r Inscription by Anton Frey Part 12 Sept. 1618
f. 55r Inscription by Georg Wolfgang Gruber Part 20 Dec. 1666
f. 61r Inscription by Sebastian Hencke von Donnersmarkt Part 5 Sept. 1617 or 1619
f. 62r Inscriptions by (i) Johann Heyman, 17 Oct. 1711, and (ii) Nicolaus Gürtler, 7 Sept. 1711 Part 17 Oct. 1711
f. 66r Inscription by Friedrich Hoffmann Part June 1701