Crewe Manuscripts

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
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. 1v Print of Jean-Paul Marat Part c. 1793
f. 1 Title: ‘Dépenses De la Révolution du 10 août’ Part c. 1800
f. 2r Printed pamphlet entitled Système rationnel de navigation aérienne, a circulation stable, fondé sur le principe de la séparation des appareils, ainsi que sur l’emploi du point d’appui et pratiqué au moyen d’un propulseur rotatif a effet alterno-continu, by Hippolyte Barnout Part 1857 View
f. 23r ‘Proposal for establishing an Aëronautic Fraternity’, signed by Charles Green (president), F.(?) Green, William Upcott, Edward Spencer, Jacob Henry Burn, and J.(?) Green Part 17 Feb. 1839 View
f. 24r Letter from Charles Green to P. N. Scott, 19 Aug. 1840, with a cutting from the Norwich Mercury, 22 Aug. 1840, containing a letter from Charles Green and a related note Part 19 and 22 Aug. 1840 View
f. 30r Letter from R. M. Milnes to Arthur Hallam, written during an ascent in a balloon on 29 May 1829, with later notes on the occasion of its composition Part 29 May 1829 View
f. 31r Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from G. S. N. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’ Part 31 Mar. 1857 View
f. 35r Cuttings from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Balloon Voyage’ Part 27 July 1859 View
f. 37r Letter from Eugène Robertson to the Queen of the French Part 1 June 1831 View
between ff. 38 and 39 Cutting from the Illustrated London News, containing an article headed ‘The Late Charles Green’, with an engraved portrait Part 16 Apr. 1870 View
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. 1r Receipt from John Rowe to Thomas Worrall Part 15 Mar. 1730
ff. 6–7 Assignment from John Oldmixon to Jacob Tonson II of the copyright of The Ladies Library, ‘written by a Lady’ (3 vols., 12mo) Part 7 Sept. 1714
ff. 28–9 Articles of agreement (apparently a draft) between Timothy Goodwin, John Walthoe senior, John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, Jacob Tonson I, John Walthoe junior, and John Darby Part 20 July 1716