Draft note from Thomas Manning to [Napoleon] requesting to visit Napoleon on Manning's return from China. Dated June 1817. Handwritten in French, 1 piece, 1 side

Draft note from Thomas Manning to Sir Hudson Lowe (1769 – 1844), Governor of St Helena, to request permission to send a few articles to Bonaparte and a note to accompany them. Includes the list of items he wishes to send. Written on board H.C.S. Princip Amalia, June 1817. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 2 sides.

Notes regarding the Thomas Manning Archive. These were all in the Thomas Manning Archive at acquisition but have been compiled by a later hand. They are mainly lists regarding the papers.

"Recollections of Napoleon at Saint Helena By Mrs Abell. Murray 1844". Copy of the extract concerning Manning's visit to Napoleon from Mrs Abell's book, "Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon, during the First Three Years of his Captivity in the Island of St Helena". Handwritten in ink, 1 piece, 2 sides.