Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 182r Engraved printer’s device of Henricus Wetstenius or Wetstein Part late 17th or early 18th c.
f. 185r Woodcut decorated initial ‘C’ Part 17th c.?
f. 188r Woodcut printer’s device Part 17th c.
f. 10 Print captioned ‘The European Race Heat IId. Anno Dom. MDCCXXXVIII.’ Part 26 Nov. 1738
f. 14 Print captioned ‘The C–rd–n–ls Master-Piece, or Europe in a Flurry’ Part Oct. 1741
f. 15 Print captioned ‘A Parliamentary Debate in Pipes’s Ground’ Part 1743
ff. 18-21 Printed pamphlet, entitled The Prince of Wales his Dream, presaging the Death of Queen Carolina his Mother: in Latin, French, and English verses, London Part 1738
ff. 26-9 Printed pamphlet entitled The Late Gallant Exploits of a Famous Balancing Captain: a new song, to the tune of ‘The King and the Miller’ Part 1741
ff. 30-3 Printed pamphlet entitled Britannia, or the Contrast between Robert W— and William P—: a pastoral dialogue by way of allegory Part 1741
f. 38 Printed list of ships abroad in the service of the United East India Company, with a list of ships arrived back in the ports of the Channel since the last year’s list Part 29 Apr. 1738
f. 39 Printed list of ships abroad in the service of the United East India Company, with a list of ships arrived back in the ports of the Channel since the last year’s list Part Apr. 1739
ff. 111-32 Printed pamphlet entitled Letters which passed between Count Gyllenborg, the Barons Gortz, Sparre, and others, relating to the design of raising a rebellion in His Majesty’s dominions, to be supported by a force from Sweden Part 1717
ff. 176-85 French translations of articles in the London Gazette, 16-19 May 1741 and 16-20 June 1741, reporting news brought from Carthagena de las Indias by Captain Laws and Captain Wimbleton Part c. 1741
f. 235 Description of the next item, in French Part 1743
f. 2 Print of Thomas Horner and his accomplices in the house of Daniel Clewen Part 1795
loose after f. 4 The Penny London Post Part 9–11 Jan. 1751
f. 25r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of the penitence expressed by Théodore Gardelle, now in Newgate Part 7–10 Mar. 1761
f. 25v Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a brief account of the inquest into the murder of Mrs King, which Gardelle admits Part 3–5 Mar. 1761
f. 27r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s offer to sign a confession Part 10–12 Mar. 1761
f. 50r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing details from the printed account of Lord Ferrers’s last day (An Account of the Execution of the late Laurence, Earl Ferrers) Part 13–15 May 1760
ff. 51, 54–6, 58–63, 65, 70 Leaves from Genuine Memoirs of the Life, Family, and Behaviour of Laurence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers Part 1760
f. 93v Print captioned ‘A Perspective View of the temporary Gallows in the Old Bailey’ Part 1784
ff. 112–27 Leaves from A Circumstantial Account of that Unfortunate Young Lady Miss Bell, otherwise Sharpe, who died at Marylebone on Saturday, October 4 (1761) Part 1761
f. 3r ‘A Dialogue between two Brothers’ (author unknown) Part
f. 4r Toasts in verse (author or authors unknown) Part
f. 6r Untitled verses, by John Grobham Howe? Part
f. 8r Untitled verses (author unknown) Part
f. 9r Untitled verses (author unknown) Part
f. 10r ‘To Sir William Scot Baronet | The Bee | Essay’d in English’ (author unknown) Part
f. 11r Imitation of Horace, Odes, IV. i (author unknown) Part