Crewe Manuscripts

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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.
f. 4 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles-François-Joseph Dugua Part 14 Mar. 1796
f. 7 Copy of a letter from — (commissary of Bény) to Pierre-Jean Lévêque Part 22 Mar. 1796
f. 8 Copy of a letter from — Frigaux (municipal agent of Tilly-sur-Seulles) to — Detruissard (commissary of the same) Part 1 Apr. 1796
f. 10 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles Dugua Part 3 Apr. 1796
f. 11 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles Dugua Part 20 Apr. 1796
f. 18 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles Dugua Part 5 Mar. 1796
f. 27 Letter from Pierre-Jean Lévêque to Charles Dugua Part 14 Mar. 1796
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
inside front cover Portion of the kiswah of 1853 Part 1853
f. 4v Photograph of a minaret Part c. 1853
f. 11r Coloured plan of the Temple at Mecca Part 19th c.?
p. iii Title: ‘A Book of Poems. The First Part.’ Part
pp. 37–45 ‘A Dialogue Between Britannia and Raleigh’s Ghost’, by John Ayloffe (and Andrew Marvell?) Part
pp. 45–52 ‘The Chronicle’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 68–72 ‘On Several of the Councel’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 100–6 ‘Thom. of Danby or A Merry New Ballad upon a Lamentable occasion’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 127–8 ‘The Test’ Part
pp. 130–3 ‘A Speech of the King’s’, by Andrew Marvell(?) Part
pp. 140–3 ‘A broadside against Marriage. Directed to that Inconsiderable Animal Call’d a Husband’ (author unknown), 1675 Part
pp. 149–51 ‘Upon The Bishop’s Throwing owt the Bill’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 167–72 ‘Instructions to a Painter, On the Burning the Ships at Chattam’ (author unknown), 1667 Part
pp. 230–2 ‘The King’s Answer’ (author unknown), 1679 Part