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List of song titles beginning with "The Burial of Mozart" and ending with "The Gamblers last stake" in the hand of Matthew Crawford

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List of song titles under the heading "Metropolitan" in the hand of Matthew Crawford. With volume and page numbers, most likely referring to those songs of Louisa Crawford's which appeared in the Metropolitan Magazine, published between 1831 and 1850.

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List of song titles under the heading "Metropolitan" in the hand of Matthew Crawford. With volume and page numbers, most likely referring to those songs of Louisa Crawford's which appeared in the Metropolitan Magazine, published between 1831 and 1850.

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List titled "Books Lent," with the name of the individual followed by the book title, in the hand of Matthew Crawford. On the reverse are the names and addresses of several music sellers and publishers, including Chappell, Leader and Cock, J Williams and Boosey and Sons.

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Lyrics for a "Song of Triumph, sung by Moses and the Israelites on the Overthrow of the Egyptians" in the hand of Matthew Crawford. Largely illegible, the first line reads "I will sing unto Lord for He hath triumphed gloriously." The word "Syria" and several military titles are discernable from the surrounding text and the surname "Muddiman" appears in the bottom right corner.

Scope and Contents The quarto manuscript notebook is entitled “Poems and Songs, written at Southwood Hall, by Louisa Matilda Crawford”. On the inner front cover is pasted an engraving of Southwood Hall in Middlesex whilst on the inner back cover is an engraving of Barnard Castle in County Durham. The pages are bound between red wooden covers and hand stitched along the spine. The notebook contains 165 songs and poems arranged into sequences and short collections, such as “Stanzas on Miss Stephens. Now Countess...

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Note debating the concept of infallibility as it applies to the Pope and the law in the hand of Matthew Crawford. The text is fairly illegible and difficult to read.

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Note describing the fate of the Earl of Surrey in the hand of Matthew Crawford. Said to have been "the most gallant soldier, the most accomplished gentleman, and the best poet of his time" he was beheaded in the year 1547 for treason after provoking the displeasure of King Henry VIII. Written on the reverse of a fragment of a letter in a different hand.

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Note detailing the story of Edmond O'Ryan or "Ned of the Hills," an Irish aristocrat who lost his estates after the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and became the chief of a band of lawless bandits or "Rapparees." The note acts as an introduction to a song about the loss of O'Ryan's young mistress due to his reversal of fortunes and outlaw lifestyle. It is in the hand of Matthew Crawford and is written on the reverse of an envelope addressed to him.

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Note discoursing on the illegitimacy of theology as a branch of science in the hand of Matthew Crawford. The first line reads, "I have already said that of all the "ologies," I abominate "theology" the most...and sincerely lament, that it should ever have encroached upon the religious domain at all."