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A holograph letter from H. L. Piozzi, from Brussells, to William Pearson [the poet] in London, 1787 (references to arrangements for the writer's return, to her Continental tour, to Mr. [Willey] Revely's 'Acc[oun]ts of Egypt', etc.); 'Ode from Horace', signed 'H.T.'; and an order, 30 March 1649, from the Council of State for the Admiralty and Navy to the Commissioners of the Navy for the consideration of an enclosed letter. The latter document is signed by Rowland Wilson, junior, Valentine Wauton [regicide], and Jo[hn] Jones [regicide, of Maesygarnedd, Merioneth], and is endorsed: 'Crs. Adm. wth. ye Generalls lre. to them for ye frigotts yt carrie 130 & 150 men to haue Chirurgeons mates'.

Nine letters, 1782-1784, from [the Rev.] E[dward] Owen of Warrington, schoolmaster and translator, to John Blackburne, Chester, mainly concerning points of difficulty in translating Classical Latin authors.
Owen comments on the works of Livy (ff. 1, 3 recto-verso, 5 recto-verso, 7 recto-verso), Horace (ff. 9-10, 12) and Catullus (ff. 12-13, 14-15). He also discusses a variety of subjects including Roman land measurement (f. 1 recto-verso), Roman coins (ff. 1 verso, 3 verso-4), Roman numerals (f. 16) and the arrangement of rowers in Roman ships (ff. 16 verso-17). Although apparently living in Chester at this time, John Blackburne's family owned Orford Hall, near Warrington, and he was elected MP for Lancashire in 1784.