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Notes and Notebooks

Thomas Manning was an inveterate note-taker, making notes about all aspects of knowledge that interested him. These notes and notebooks cover from his early mathematical and poetical musing, through his travels in China and Tibet to later concerns regarding Roman Catholic emancipation. They have been organised into various sections mainly according to their subject manner.Thus:

  • TM/9/1: Notebook with inserts from time at university to later life and covering all topics.
  • TM/9/2 - 5 A series of notebooks from Manning's time in China and Tibet including notes on his travels and language studies
  • TM/9/6 Loose notes from Chinese period
  • TM/9/7 Pocket almanacs with annotations
  • TM/9/8 Poetry and Riddles
  • TM/9/9 Mathematical Notes and Notebooks
  • TM/9/10 Notes on Roman Catholic Emancipation
Manning Thomas 1772-1840
GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/10-TM/9/10/3 · File · [1825]
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

Newspaper cuttings:

  • Newspaper edition of The Times for 2 March 1825 in which is a report of the Parliamentary Discussion concerning Catholic Emancipation.
  • 2 Cuttings for "On Catholic Restrictions, Letter 1 by An Englishman".
  • 1 cutting for "On Catholic Restrictions Letter II by An Englishman".