The papers include:
1. Epilogue spoken after Cupid’s Care, a masque, & the Village Lawyer at (?)Bockhampton: 13 April 1779
2. Chanson faite a Chanteloupe chex M le Duc de Choiseul en 1775 par M de Lille pendant le Ministere de M Turgot
3. Verses by Miss Price on the performance of a Tragedy of the Earl of WArwick, and the Musical Entertainment on Cymon, acted by a party of young ladies at Mr Harris’s in the Close, Salisbury: Nov 1776
4. Mr Jekil on Mr Poore
5. ‘Where Ouze rolls on his swelling tide…’
6. Riddles
7. A heroic charade addressed to H.P. Wyndham Esq
8. The Tear
9. ‘When passions, ungovern’d by reason and art…’
10. The third ode of Anacreon, on Love
11. Verses written by Mr Canning and supposed to be addressed by Lord Boringdon to Lord Granville Leveson: 1790 or 1791
12. Elegy on Billy [corrected to Bidby] Topham, an old superannuated gardener [from Kirby Hall]
13. The 12th of August
14. Fable addressed to my sister, by Louisa M Harris
15. 4 lines on Burke and Ireland, where nature ‘spar’d her venom till she formed a Burke’
16. ‘La noble Caliope…’
17. ‘ROC’ [?Richard Owen Cambridge]: ‘While Olroyd may dream of her beautiful bottom…’ and ‘How drawn by Scotch rebels…’
18. On the modern stile of dress in the years 1794-5, being a parody on Shepherd I have lost my love etc
19. ‘Immitation of Shakespear by Mr Cambridge 1796’: ‘There is a honey moon in things of taste…’
20. To the memory of the Hon Henry Pelham, and of his sister the Rt Hon Lady Sheffield: 16 and 18 Jan 1797
21. My mother
22. How dye do and good bye, by Mr W Spencer
23. ‘A Countess well-known for her treats and her trickings’, preceded by account of background
24. Puns etc on Buonaparte: 1808
25. By Mr William Spencer to Lady [missing] on quitting [ ] Hall
26. Old Rose’s vow to God
27. Lines on the death of Nelson, by the Duke of Devonshire, addressed to Hon Mrs Robinson
28. French verses: Paeodie, and Par Voltaire
29. Toast given on the new administration after Pitt’s death, 1806, and other anecdotes
30. Short paraphrases of a long speech
31. Wife, children and friends, by Mr R Spencer
32. The Lawyer and the Archbishop of Canterbury, being an excellent song to the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury by Walter S[ ]
33. Lines written by Mr Jekyll: ‘I vow to God quoth old George Rose …’
34. Lines written by Capt Morris on the Prince of Wales leaving Lady Salisbury whom he engaged to dance with and taking out the Duchess of Devonshire; also the Nursery of Love; and The Doctor’s Administration
35. Mr Canning’s versification of Mr Whitbread’s speech at Lord Melville’s trial: 1506
36. Games at St Stephen’s Chapel [formation of the Ministry of the Talents after Pitt’s death]
37. Lord Castlereagh and Sir William Curtis

The collection includes:
1. Lise, conte de Voltaire, 1772
2. La Tactique, vers par Voltaire, 1773
3. Prologue spoken by Louisa Harris, c.1776 [see G1140/2 for copy in her father’s papers]
4. Verses with present of a knife
5. Epitre a Mlle de Knesebeck, by Frederick the Great of Prussia, 1779
6. Chanson par M le Chevalier de Lisle, 1779
7. Song sung to the Empress Catherine II by Mr la Keriviere[?], 1780
8. A Justine: Marquis de Verac to his daughter Mme de la Lisle, 1786
9. A new Ballad by Lord Carmarthen, Secretary of State [on the ennobling of 1st Earl], 1788 [printed from a newspaper]
10. ‘While Britain, roused by Gallia’s frantick pride ….’, spoken by Dawkins at Oxford, 1792, made by Canning
11. Unnecessary lamentations, by Mr Bull of Northcourt, Isle of Wight, 1799
12. On Lord Temple[‘s] Lodge between Alresford and Winchester, and Lord Palmerston at Broadlands, [comparing the buildings], 1799
14. The Political Reptile, from Cobbett’s Register, 1805
15. Epitaph on Haugwin, 1806
18. Lord Castlereagh and Sir William Curtis: parody of Bloack eyed Susan by Mr Dent
20. I Tamigi, by Leucippo Egineo (Italian, printed) with note to 1st Earl from author, ‘an old friend of His Lordship’s Reverend Father, whose instructive works he now reperuses’, 1809
21. Lady Lavington to the Ladies Three, 1810
24. Mrs M Carter to the ‘dearest Lord’, 1812
25-26. Two verses attacking Lady Emma Hamilton: ‘I’ll cheer up my lads and forget all my grief / For your hero’s my slave & I am your chief ….’; and ‘Also hige Emma’s name / First in the roll of shame / Loud let us sing …’
27. Lines addressed to Mr Dowman when Lady Clarges was sitting to him for her picture, designed to be presented to the author (Mr Bull of North Court, Isle of Wight)
28. Easter task, Harris: translation of Isiah 34 into Latin verse
29. Epilogue, Author and Friend: Mr T Robinson and Mr Harris, written by R Own Cambridge (refers to Jacobins and the guillotine)
30. Prologue spoken by Lord Grantham, written by Mr Harris
31. Epilogue spoken by Harris minor, written by Lady Mary Fordyce
32. Reponse de My Lady Montaigu a un homme qui lui reprochait son insensibilite, by Mr Guibert
34. La Petite Curieuse: comte par la Princesse Lignonsky
35. Vaudeville: vers faits par Mme Schnerin a l’occasion de la visite du Prince Henry a Tridenchstledt[?]
41. ‘I do remember an Apothecary …’, written by Revd Mr Madan, Rector of Birmingham
47. Epitaph for the present King of Prussia imagined in a dream [in Latin]
49. Epitre a Nonon, par M le Comte de Schouwalow (printed)

The notebook includes a description of the King of Prussia’s person, his manner of life, and court; a letter from Voltaire to Mme Denis, 9 July 1753, and a poem by Voltaire

The first dated 3 January 1814, describes a new acquaintance, Mrs Lewen, and discusses her reading matter. The second, dated 16 January 1813 or 1814, criticises Voltaire; praises Byron; and mentions her seven-year old son, Francis, having drawn a picture of Napoleon and of Portsdown Fair. The third letter is undated, but is a copy of part of 23M93/30/1/18 below. The fourth is a mere fragment, concerning the taking of spa waters, for health. The final one focuses on acquiring a wife and a profession. She recounts an unhappy tale of adultery, faked suicide and murder by a family whose girls were pupils of Mrs Wollstonecraft [Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797]. Then she rebukes him for writing a complaining letter to Lord Clancarty, claiming his father lost a peerage owing to a similar letter to Lord Buckingham. [Accompanied by a copy in the hand of Richard Chenevix Trench, of part of the final letter].

James Harris Jr. writes that he has been in contact with George Pitt, the new ambassador to Spain, Mr Munro, and Mme Very. He then discusses Voltaire’s Siècle de Louis XV and concludes by addressing court movements.

Richard Owen Cambridge begins by offering James Harris advice on how to deal with varnish on a picture befor telling a story involving Voltaire and Sir William Hamilton. He ends with reference to verse published by Jonas Hanway on the death of Lord Lyttelton.

Richard Owen Cambridge notes that Lord North expects to become Chancellor, before commenting on Frederick Calvert, Lord Baltimore’s travel book. He ends with a comment on Voltaire’s L’Ingénu.

William Hole opens the letter with a discussion on Mr Heath’s response to Harris’ views on Euripides’ Medea, before turning to Glover’s Medea. He then comments on a faulty translation of Voltaire, before discussing De Guignes’ essay in which he argues that China was an Egyptian colony. Hole then notes that an obelisk with old Coptic characters on it has recently been dug up in Turin, before discussing Floyer Sydenham’s works and health. The letter ends with an account of the fire at the Duke of Norfolk’s palace in Worksop and of the death of Lord Hardwicke’s wife, and a discussion of politics.

John Upton makes a further request for papers left at Salisbury to be sent to him. He goes on to discuss the Militia Bill and the strict guarding of the Avenues in Paris. He ends by remarking on Voltaire and his justification of Admiral Byng’s actions.