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D2375 - Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey - [12th-20th cent]
- F - Family and personal papers
  - J - Records of Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet, his wife and children - c.1808-1845
    - 2 - Records of Lady Jane Crewe, wife of Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet
      - 4 - Personal records of Lady Jane Crewe

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2375/F/J/2/4/7
Former Reference	D2375/M/76/58
Title	Commonplace book of Lady Crewe
Date	c.1855-1859
Description	Containing extract of report on death of William Billinge, soldier, aged 112 from Derby Mercury, 3 Feb 1791; copy of a letter from Jeanne, Queen of Navarre to the Cardinal d 'Armagnac; satirical epitaph on Dr Johnson supposed to be by Mr Jenyns; Observations on "The Jew"; "A Bill for the more effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia, and for the securing the Liberty of the Press and for other purposes", with satirical marginal comments about "The Times"; poem: "What is a Puseyite?" from Bells' Weekly Messenger; verse "The Derbyshire Freeholders' Choice"; "Our coast defence" by Cyrus Redding, written in 1848 and circulated privately; Mollhausen on "The Indian Heaven", 1853; extract on "GiantTrees"; extract on Italian Art from letter by Thomas [?] Unwin, 1825; "The Ouvirrandra Fenestralis"; "New Class of Trees" (satirical); "Celebrated modern female artists now living, 1859"; "Antiquities in Brittany"; "Costume of the Peasants of Morlaix", customs etc; "Act for the Reform and Regulating of Female Apparell"; "Lights on the English Channel"; "The Valley of Thebes" Front cover inscribed "Lady Crewe, 1855"
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey

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