The verses are found in a historical miscellany. A second hand has added a note to the text stating that the true author of the verses is Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel.

Many of the works were written by Adolphe de Circourt.

Includes copies of pieces by Rousseau, Voltaire, songs, political pieces etc.; Extract from Gazetta di Parma, 1743, re Master of Stair.

Extracts from various prose and poetical works, written in the hand of Lady Elizabeth Bridgeman, including:

• Sir Charles Grandison by Richardson
• The works of Alexander Pope
• Remarks on the Oglethorpe family
• Passage on the duties of a wife
• Passage on the death of Eliza
• Various pieces to be read aloud or acted, possibly in the theatre at Weston, including one mentioning acting and marked ‘spoke by Mr B’ and another mentioning Lady Bridgeman
• Note on Voltaire’s writing of Candide in 2 days.