Crewe Manuscripts

Inventory list
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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. 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?
f. 78r Printed pamphlet entitled Innocence in Eminent Lustre, and Malevolence Confounded: a thanksgiving sermon preached on February the 11th, 1781, on the happy and honourable deliverance of Lord George Gordon, President of the Protestant Association, by W. Augustus Clarke Part 1781
inside front cover Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Henry Coxwell headed ‘American War Balloons’ Part 24 Oct. 1861 View
f. 20 Print captioned ‘The balloon passing over Coblenz’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason Part c. 1838 View
f. 22 Print captioned ‘Descent of the balloon in the valley of Elbern’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason Part c. 1838 View
f. 26r Cutting from an album amicorum, bearing an inscription by Jean-Pierre Blanchard Part 15 Dec. 1788 View
f. 31r Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Wonderful, if True’ Part 27 Jan. 1857 View
f. 36r Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘A Fearful Balloon Voyage’ Part Oct. 1858 View
f. 36r Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Lost Balloonist’ Part 14 Oct. 1858 View
f. 38r Printed pamphlet entitled Air-Navigation by means of the Rotary Balloon, by John Luntley Part 1851 View
between ff. 38 and 39 Cutting from a newspaper, containing a notice of the death of Charles Green Part Apr. 1870 View
f. 4 Print of Mary Berry, aged 86 Part 19th c.
f. 5v Letter from —— to R. M. Milnes Part c. 1852
f. 7r Print of Kirkbridge, Stanwick, Yorkshire, ‘the birthplace of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry’ Part 19th c.
f. 8r Transcript of notes by Mary Berry on her early life Part c. 1852
f. 12r Extract from a letter from Mary Berry to Anne Damer, 1805 Part c. 1852
f. 14r Extract from a letter (by Mary Berry), Oct. 1808 Part c. 1852
f. 15r Transcript of a piece of writing by Mary Berry, 1809 Part c. 1852
f. 18r Transcript of a piece of writing (by Mary Berry), Aug. 1843 Part c. 1852
f. 19r Transcript of a piece of writing (by Mary Berry), 2 Oct. 1843 Part c. 1852
f. 23r Transcript of part of a letter (by Mary Berry) to Lady Douglas, no date Part c. 1852
f. 24r Transcripts of three passages from Mary Berry’s journals, no dates Part c. 1852
f. 25r Transcript of a piece of writing (by Mary Berry), no date Part c. 1852
f. 26r Transcript of verses (by Horace Walpole) headed ‘The Press at Strawberry-Hill to Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry’ Part c. 1852
f. 28r Transcript of the description of General O’Hara (‘to whom Miss Berry was engaged to be married’) in Thomas Hamilton’s novel The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton (1827) Part c. 1852
f. 29r Transcript of an article by Harriet Martineau, headed ‘Novr. 29th. 1852—Miss Berry. A Bequest from the last Century’ Part c. 1852
f. 30r Letter from Jane G. Ferguson to R. M. Milnes Part 2 Dec. 1852?
f. 31r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 30 May (1847?)
f. 32r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 23 Apr. (1851?)