Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 18 Notes on politics, etc. Part early 18th c.
ff. 19–24 Table of subjects for prayers, sermons, lectures, and orations, some listed under the headings ‘Wednesdays’ and ‘Sundays’ Part early 18th c.
ff. 38–9 Tables of subjects for addresses Part early 18th c.
ff. 52–3 Two lists of sermons, by John Henley Part 17 Jan. 1725
ff. 64–5 Scheme for the establishment of a chapel by subjscription, headed ‘Chapters’ Part early 18th c.
f. 67 Lists of residents in Old Bedford Row and New Bedford Row Part early 18th c.
f. 68 Letter from Jonathan Hoddle(?) (to John Henley?) Part c. 1730
ff. 70–3 Responses to objections made by Jews to the claims of Christianity Part early 18th c.
f. 76 List of newspapers and printers Part early 18th c.
ff. 77–8 Sheet marked ‘A Medley-Oratio[n]’, otherwise blank Part early 18th c.
ff. 85–8 ‘Objections in the history of Church and State answ’d’ Part early 18th c.
ff. 107–11 Notes on divinity, etc. Part early 18th c.
f. 127 Notes on human physiology Part early 18th c.
ff. 128–9 Notes on Giulio Alberoni Part early 18th c.
f. 131 Notes on William Cave’s Primitive Christianity (2 vols., 1672) Part early 18th c.
ff. 132–4 Notes on various substances Part early 18th c.
f. 139 Notes on René Aubert Vertot’s History of the Revolutions in Sweden, translated by John Mitchel (1696) Part early 18th c.
ff. 140–5 Notes on botany, spices, and other natural substances Part early 18th c.
ff. 146–9 Notes on architecture Part early 18th c.
ff. 150–9 Tables of books read, books to be read, etc., with notes on the ‘Arts of a Meer Politician’ Part early 18th c.
ff. 15–20 Leaves from Memoirs of the Life of Benjamin Starkey (1818) (pp. iii–iv, 5–14) Part 1818
ff. 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37 Autograph memoir of Benjamin Starkey, entitled ‘A Short Account of the Writer of this Narration’, concluding with a letter from him to Mr Humble junior, 14 Nov. 1811 Part 1811
ff. 41r–42r Cuttings from the Every-Day Book (1825), containing a letter to the editor (William Hone) from C. L. (Charles Lamb), headed ‘Captain Starkey’ Part 1825
f. 46r Print of Lord George Gordon Part c. 1781
f. 47r Print of Lord George Gordon Part 12 Aug. 1783
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. 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
p. iii Title: ‘A Book of Poems. The First Part.’ Part