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.