Chetham's Library MS A.2.34

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Moule, Morriss, Gypp at Christ's College, Cambridge: [Diary of] A Tour through the Counties of Huntingdon, Northampton, part of Lincoln, and Nottingham, York, Durham, Northumberland, Berwic[k] Town and County, East Lothian, Haddington, Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Stirling, Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancaster, Derby and Leicester.

Notebook bound in brown calf. Text on paper watermarked 1795 and 1797.

56 leaves 18.5 x 11.8 cms. First two leaves unnumbered. Pagination in ink pp. 1-107. 108 blank.

On first leaf is pasted small piece of blue paper and on it is written: By | Morriss Moule | late Gypp | to Christ College | Cambridge | & this is his journal | in a tour with J. | [overleaf] Hutton Esqre of | ____ nr Richmond | Yorkshire. | & given to Mr Parker | at Christ College by Mr | Moule Himself in 1799. Th. Lister Parker Jany 10th 1857.

Verso blank.

Recto of next leaf blank. Verso: four lines of verse, written as a footnote to heading of text.

p. 1 Scribimus indocti doctique. Then title - as above.

Text follows. From it it would appear that the author travelled with a Mr. Wright, not with J. Hutton.

p. 61 from Liverpool, on Earl of Charlamont paquet to Dublin (The boat was sunk the second voyage after this).

p. 87 returned to England. Back to [Cambridge?] ... 'this Journey was performed in something more than three months...'

May be a fair copy of a diary written in 1792. Page 24 mentions seeing Powell (Foster Powell, 1743-93 who walked to York in 1792).

p. 7: Lord Harewood - formerly Edward Lascelles [created 1790].

Provenance: ? Crossley collection.

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