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Draft of a poem beginning "Quito sigmarila voluto studiare L'Italiano comme". Handwritten in Italian, 1 piece, 1 side

"Ranz des Vaches" A poem/song written in French about friends and family. Ranz des Vaches was a folk tune for calling cows home in French Switzerland. At the bottom of the sheet is a sketch of a woman's profile. Handwritten in French, 1 piece, 2 sides

Drafts of verses. On reverse is written "Supposed album Verses at Harrogate". Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Draft of poem beginning "Underrated by my fellow…". Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Draft of a poem beginning "Times themselves glide…". Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

"Extrait de la Menerve Francaise Mac (Macao) 1819" Passage in French about the French army. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Nonsense verses written in mirror writing. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

"Verses so I [conclude] by T.M." No verses with this title. Handwritten 1 piece, 1 side

Musical notation connecting notes and sound. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Thomas Manning was admitted to Cambridge University to study mathematics. He was very able and though did not graduate, he continued in teaching position at Cambridge for some time beforel he travelled to France to study Chinese. He was keen to develop new theorems. He published a mathematical text and corresponded with other mathematicians.

His interest in mathematics was lifelong - this subseries contains notes made on the back of letters postmarked as late as 1837.

There are both notebooks, one of which appears to be a manuscript for a book, and assorted loose notes and calculations.