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DCC - Crewe (Cowper) Collection - 1509-1904

1 - Original works by William Cowper, or items which are numbered ' C C ' in Cowper's hand

1 - Brief notes of the Antiquity of the famous City of Chester with the succession of the Mayors since Sir John Arneway was first Mayor. (1328 - 1633). (C.C. no. 6.) - 18th century

2 - Chester collections by William Cowper - 18th century

3 - Chester collections by William Cowper, containing an account of the Mayors and Sheriffs of Chester (1242 - 1645) - 18th century

4 - Collections relating to the ecclesiastical affairs of Chester, by William Cowper - 18th century

5 - Chester collections by William Cowper, containing an account of the Earls of Chester to 1684 - 18th century

6 - Collections relating to the ecclesiastical affairs of Chester, by William Cowper - 18th century

7 - Collections relating to Broxton Hundred, by William Cowper. Index of Names - 1760

8 - Historical verses composed by Richard Bostock of Tattenhale in Cheshire, gentleman, who was buried in that Parish Church, 21. April 1663. - 18th century

9 - Historical papers vol. I, containing works by, or collected by, William Cowper - 18th century

10 - Historical papers vol. II, containing works by, or collected by, William Cowper - 18th century

11 - Manuscripts, containing works by, or collected by, William Cowper - 18th century

12 - Manuscripts, containing works by, or collected by, William Cowper - 18th century

13 - Manuscripts, containing works by, or collected by, William Cowper - 18th century

14 - Folder entitled 'Cowper (Thomas) letters and papers 1641-42', and containing the following items, accumulated during Cowper's term of office as Mayor of Chester - 1641-1642

15 - Folder entitled 'Antiquities of Cheshire', containing original deeds and papers evidently collected by William Cowper, with notes on Cheshire history by Cowper and others - 1509-1815

16 - Folder entitled 'William Cowper (Dr.). Correspondence, poetry, miscellanea and Cholmondeley Papers', containing a series of newspaper wrappers and loose items - 1699-1782

2 - Works evidently collected by William Cowper, or which formed part of the Condover (Cholmondeley) Collection listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission

3 - Works not included in the Historical Manuscripts Commission Report on the Condover (Cholmondeley) Collection, and probably collected by the Crewe family

4 - Printed Works

5 - Condover (Cowper) Collection - 1569-1642