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Ten holograph letters, August-September 1813, from [Lady] M[aria] J[osepha] S[tanley] from Parkgate and Winnington, to [her husband] Sir John Tho[ma]s Stanley, [7th] bart. [later baron Stanley of Alderley, co. Chester], at Chester and Penrhos, co. Anglesey (personal and family news, news of acquaintances, financial matters, the appointment of [Robert] Southey as poet laureate, references to the war in Europe, e.g., the Austrian manifesto, the wounding of General Moreau, a proposed blockade of Tortosa, affairs in Sicily, etc., an invitation to recipient to attend a meeting at Manchester in connection with a society for converting Jews).

An interleaved copy of Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata ... (Dublin, 1723, ESTC T139797), with manuscript notes by two former owners, Lewis Morris, [1740s], and Sir J. T. Stanley (later 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley), [1840s].
The notes are to be found on additional leaves inserted at the beginning of the volume (ff. i-ii, pp. 1-84 passim), at the end (pp. 85, 166-168) and on the interleaves, with annotations on some of the original printed leaves by Lewis Morris. The volume also includes a number of pen and wash drawings by Lewis Morris of churches, houses and other objects, including churches at Rhospeirio, Llanrhuddlad (pencil draft), Amlwch, Holyhead, Llanddona, Penrhôs Lligwy, Llanelian (pencil draft), Llanerchmedd, Bodedern, Llanfechell, Llanynghenedl, Llanfflewyn, Llanvair yn Neubwll, Llanddausant, Aberffraw and Bodewryd, the village of Llanfechell, and the seats of Brynddu, Caerau, Bodowen, Bodorgan and Penrhos; these are mostly to be found on the additional leaves at the end of the volume (pp. 85-143 passim).