Crewe Manuscripts

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
f. 10 Metaphysical notes, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
f. 16 Notes on the concept of property, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
6 Prose pieces in the hand of Thomas Gray Item 18th c.
9 ‘Berryana’: papers relating to Mary and Agnes Berry Item c. 1845–66
11 Papers relating to a loan opened by the French Directory to finance an invasion of England Item 1798–9
21 Documents relating to copyrights of Jacob Tonson and others Item 18th c.
34 Illustrations, etc., collected by Richard Burton for his Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah Item 1853–6
43 History of Charles IX, Books I and II, by Antoine Varillas Item late 17th c.?
45 Chapbooks, prints, and cuttings relating to notable criminals Item 1733–95
46 Visiting book of Robert Burns’s cottage Item 1841–5
49 Transcript of the will of King Henry VII, with an engraving Item c. 1750 and 1622
24A ‘Frontispieceana’, Vol. 1: engravings, woodcuts, etc., mainly from books, 16th–19th c. Item 1816
f. 10r Transcript of part of a letter from Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, July 1796 Part c. 1852
f. 13r Transcript of a piece of writing in French (by Mary Berry) Part c. 1852
f. 27r Small pencil and ink copy of Thomas Lawrence’s drawing of Horace Walpole Part 19th c.
f. 31r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 7 June (1848?)
f. 31r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 2 June (1846?)
f. 32r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 6 June (1845?)
f. 32r Letter from Mary Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 20 May (1847?)
f. 32r Letter from Agnes Berry to R. M. Milnes Part 22 Mar. (1845?)
f. 35r Letter from Caroline Duff Gordon to Lord Houghton Part 24 Jan. 1866
f. 36r Letter from John T. Delane to R. M. Milnes Part 29 Nov. 1852
f. 37r Letter from Lady Eastlake to Annabella Milnes Part 2 Dec. 1852
f. 37r Letter from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe to R. M. Milnes Part 30 Nov. 1852
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