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Notes on English grammar and the substantive form. Handwritten 2 pieces, 6 sides
Notes on Greek language and on the use of a singular word to convey the substance of many phrases. Mention…
Notes on Tartars dress; on Europe and Chinese books – often banned by authorities for Chinese soldiers to carry books….
Notes and Thoughts on a book (possibly Poverty of Spirit. Dr Hammond’s Practical Collections) concerning “Implicit Faith belongs to fools…
Notes on Homilies and the Roman Catholic Faith. Handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides
Draft ?poem on copper and the Power of Steam. On reverse Manning’s address at Redbourn, St Albans. Handwritten 1 piece,…
Uncovered handmade notebook containing draft of a conversation with “James” about an extraordinary walk in Cambridge, possibly fiction. With small…
Notes on Oliver Cromwell’s speech entitled His Highness Answer of the Conference at Whitehall April 13, 1657. Handwritten, 1 piece,…
Drafts of speeches read out at Cambridge concerning the merits of two princes. One claims it was read in contradiction…
Rough draft of “Revolutionary Song of Freedom” in 10 stanzas. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
“Written in the early times of the French Revolution” – a poem in 10 stanzas. Later added in pencil “Foolish…
“Part of Song of Passionate Man” Script/song in two parts + Drafts of other poems. Handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides
“Strange verses and mock titles”. Draft of a poem concerning the death of a man on a scaffold. List of…
Copies of verses and quotes. Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides
Notes on “The danger of Passion” involving Antonio and his wife, Frederic, Julio, Narcipa and Balthezar. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1…
Two copies of a draft concerning the beauty of Liberty and Freedom. There is mention of William, so possibly was…
Draft advertisement from the guardians for a widow lady to care for a boy and girl; preferably situated in the…
Notes “On the particle par”. Notes on linguistics. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 11 sides
Notes on Catholic and Church of England faiths. Small handmade notebook, 12 sides
Notes on Pepys diary. Handwritten, 1 folded piece, 5 sides
Notes on moral and Newtonian systems; sheet of handwritten notes, 1 piece, 2 sides
“Observations on the Consumption of Tea in Bootan, Tibet and Tartary; and on the practicability of advantageously furnishing that article…
Notes on Manning’s failed attempt to reach Peking by becoming European Physician and assistant Astronomer to the Emperor. Handwritten notes,…
Notes on the Social History of Quakers. Small handmade notebook, 8 pages
Draft of a letter from Thomas Manning. He seems to be leaving some Chinese translations with the recipient in case…
Assortment of notes on scraps of paper. Handwritten, 14 pieces
“Collect. Inquirend”. Notes on Chinese life, culture and language. Handwritten notes, strung into folder, 4 sheets, 15 sides
“Notes” Notes made by Manning during 1807 from his reading, and on observations in Canton. Handwritten notes, strung into folder….
Neat Drafts of seven letters “On Catholic Restrictions” concerning the restrictions in place on those of the Catholic faith. [1825]…
Earlier draft of Letter III “On Catholic Restrictions” [1825] Handwritten, 2 pieces, 2 sides
Newspaper cuttings: Newspaper edition of The Times for 2 March 1825 in which is a report of the Parliamentary Discussion…
Notes on Catholicism created into sections D2, D3, E1-4, F1-3, G1-5, H1-4. Handwritten, 18 pieces, 18 sides
Notes on Catholicism, 28 leaves of a notebook, binding and cover lost. Handwritten, 28 pieces.
Various loose sheets on which Thomas Manning has written notes concerning Catholic Emancipation. Handwritten 14 pieces, 30 sides
Notebook containing notes on Tibetan vocabulary. Also some Latin notes and notes on events and people in China; grammar notes;…
Chinese notebook, small green cloth covered, including original pencil. Contains Chinese vocabularies; 2 sketches of Dalai Lama; shopping lists and…
Chinese notebook, small green cloth covered. Contains notes of a linguistic nature in Latin, English and French. Inserted are several…
Chinese notebook, small green cloth covered. Contains notes on Chinese grammar and language with comparisons with English language; comments on…
“Translation of a Chinese Prescription” and notes regarding a complaint of the liver, stomach and kidneys. Dated 22 September, 1815….
Label for “Memorandums of the Factories, Residents at Canton & Macao. For Amusement”. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Drawing of Chinese Gentlemen with some Chinese characters. Pink paper with evidence of previous insect damage (宋=Sòng 生=Mister 行=to go…
“Goldsmith. An Almanack” for 1825. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages including on the price of rhubarb,…
“Goldsmith. An Almanack” for 1826. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages on Catholicism, Chinese, Literature, Publications, quotes…
“Goldsmith. An Almanack” for 1831. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages including book titles, Polish Consonants, politics….
“Goldsmith. An Almanack” for 1832. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages including literary quotes, notes on Greek,…
“Goldsmith. An Almanack” for 1833. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages including Chinese symbols, weather recording, Greek…
Exercise book containing riddles. The riddles are numbered but not consecutively. The final page has a list of anagrams. Undated….
A set of ten riddles on slips of paper, numbered 1 -10. Undated, handwritten, 10 pieces, 10 sides
Drafts of a riddle in French “Charade sur le mot mair, Par une Dame Russe”, Undated, handwritten, 2 pieces, 2…
“Riddle. In most rhetorical debate…” Undated, handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
“J. Hudson, Tobacconist to the Royal Family” – small printed advertisement with riddle. On reverse, manning has written “Mr Hudson’s…
Two pieces of papers created into envelopes to contain clues. Labelled 2 & 3 they have messages to direct the…
Four versions of text – possibly translations texts, or creative writing, or notes, Labelled A – U, V, Y they…
Version of text on large sheets of paper – 4 double sheet and one single
Neat version on foolscap paper. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 12 sides
Partial version, handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides
Partial version made into small booklet . Handwritten, 8 written sides with blank cover. Fragile
“Extract of a Narrative affecting the Death of Mr Thomas Manning, Norfolk”. Fictional account of Manning’s death as a youth….
16 Epigrams on the state of the “Bogs” (toilets) at Caius, Cambridge. Undated [1799] Handwritten, 5 pieces, 5 sides
Draft of poem beginning “Go lovely Flower, that with thy sister flowers”. Unrhymed verse. “To Mrs B., greeting from her…
Draft of poem “address to the […der] Pereira asking for the vessel to safely transport a “Jewel of too rich…
Neat version of a poem “After the Stone was Laid” concerning the blessing of a foundation stone. Mentions Queen Victoria…
Drafts of poems “Old friend winter”, Here comes mild May”, and “I’m on tenters and hooks for the Packet of…
Draft of a poem to Miss Hoare by “ignote” (unknown) Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
“Ulysses and the Syren By S. Daniel born in 1579” Copy of poem/script of Ulysses and the Syren. Handwritten, 1…
“To Sir Robert Smyth”, “What is Love?” “Copy of verses by Thos. Paine for Mr Manning”. Handwritten copy of Thomas…
“On a Kiss”. Newspaper Cutting of the poem. Printed material, 1 piece, 1 side
“From the Irish of “Vurneen Declish Val Ma Chree”. A literal translation of the poem by Amintor. Newspaper Cutting, 1…
Sentences which explore the different uses of words such as contrary, about, according to, above, at, before. Handwritten, 2 pieces,…
Draft of the poem “Green was the growth of the Heidelberg Tunnel”. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
“Scraps of English with a Literal Latin translation”, Manning has written English phrases and given them a Latin “translation” seemingly…
Draft of a poem or just lines ending in rhyme beginning “(When I) I was the [ ] (opening )…
Draft of a poem beginning “Some have praised emmetts and some have praised bees/ & Lievenhook wrote a whole treatise…
Sheet of draft poems, possibly nonsense rhymes. Also some Latin script possibly connected to the printed header. Handwritten, 1 piece,…
Drafts of verses. On reverse is printed frontispiece for “A Commentary on the Book of Job in which is inserted…
Draft of a poem beginning “By lovely feature graceful form of mind”. Dated October 26. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Draft of a poem beginning “There swiftly glide proud vessel to thy port”. Second longer draft on the reverse. Handwritten,…
Draft of a poem beginning “[Dreams] of Fr haunt my [Slumbers]” Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Draft of a poem beginning “The stream that’s shivered by this evening breeze”. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Draft of a poem beginning “When hard indifference meets my [Eye]” Handwritten, 1 piece,1 side
“Curious billet” label given to a verse in French. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
Sheets of numbered draft verses/sayings. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 3 sides
Draft of a poem beginning “[Let] him learn – [prinpolarsion pass]. Handwritten I piece, 1 side
Draft of a poem beginning “Quito sigmarila voluto studiare L’Italiano comme” Handwritten in Italian, 1 piece, 1 side
“Ranz des Vaches” A poem/song written in French about friends and family. Ranz des Vaches was a folk tune for…
Drafts of verses. On reverse is written “Supposed album Verses at Harrogate”. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
Draft of poem beginning “Underrated by my fellow…”. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Draft of a poem beginning “Times themselves glide…” Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
“Extrait de la Menerve Francaise Mac (Macao) 1819” Passage in French about the French army. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Nonsense verses written in mirror writing. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
“Verses so I [conclude] by T.M.” No verses with this title. Handwritten 1 piece, 1 side
Musical notation connecting notes and sound. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side
Notebook containing MS of a discussion between questioner B and Answerer A which addresses the questions of Fluxions and limiting…
Notebook with mathematical notes, diagrams and problems. Also contains philosophical musings on man and war, geometrical drawings, notes on Chinese…
Notebook with mathematical notes, diagrams and problems. Also contains draft of a [story] and doodles of a face. Handwritten in…
Notebook with mathematical problems, calculations and theorems mainly on area and velocity. Handwritten in marbled paper cover notebook, 3 loose…
Loose sheets from notebook(s) with mathematical problems and propositions. Includes “of the vibrations of a Mus(ical) String”
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