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Draft of the poem "Green was the growth of the Heidelberg Tunnel". Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

"Scraps of English with a Literal Latin translation", Manning has written English phrases and given them a Latin "translation" seemingly based on phonetics rather than accurate meaning. Handwritten 8 pieces, 16 sides

Draft of a poem or just lines ending in rhyme beginning "(When I) I was the [ ] (opening) morn". On reverse is "Monsieur Manning, Homme du Lettre" . Also has mathematical sketches and "virgias Longas pope ballad is torber" Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Draft of a poem beginning "Some have praised emmetts and some have praised bees/ & Lievenhook wrote a whole treatise on fleas". Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Sheet of draft poems, possibly nonsense rhymes. Also some Latin script possibly connected to the printed header. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Drafts of verses. On reverse is printed frontispiece for "A Commentary on the Book of Job in which is inserted the Hebrew Text and English translation with a Paraphrase" by Leonard Chappelow, Arabic Professor. Printed by J. Bentham, Cambridge, 1770

Draft of a poem beginning "By lovely feature graceful form of mind". Dated October 26. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Draft of a poem beginning "There swiftly glide proud vessel to thy port". Second longer draft on the reverse. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Draft of a poem beginning "Dreams of Fr haunt my Slumbers" Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Draft of a poem beginning "The stream that's shivered by this evening breeze". Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side