| Repository | Cheshire Record Office |
| Level | Item |
| Reference | DDS/Add.1 |
| Title | Diary; sundry memoranda in a diary concerning letters received and arrests suffered by Peter Downes in the matter of his debts. |
| Date | 21 Oct 1783 to 31 Dec 1783 |
| Description | Diary; sundry memoranda in a diary concerning letters received and arrests suffered by Peter Downes in the matter of his debts. An interesting account of his arrest by bailiffs & his conveyance in their custody to Chester 21 October 1783; and of his flight by night in a post-chaise to Manchester to escape another arrest 17 November 1783; and of another arrest on his return (to Butley) 31 December 1783 |
| Physical Description | Paper notebook: 13 sheets folded once & stiched, 42 pp. 4" wide by 6½" (but there are 5 half-sheets cut out, leaving only 32 pp.) |