Letter from W Baines to Thomas Manning from Denver Sluice, Norfolk. He writes for Manning to send him Flowers' paper and as many of the London ones as he can. He writes about returning hooks to Grubb but when he returns to Cambridge. Then he writes that he will take the advice of Horace rather than the Cicero quote Manning had sent him. He asks for an introduction to Manning's brother. At the base of the page are a couple of cartoon drawings: one of a man sat at a table/desk, the other of a man with many cartoons bubbles issuing from his mouth with mathematical statements. A postscript asks for Manning to send some Cottingham cheese Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 page. Dated June [1790]

Letter from W Baines to Thomas Manning from Denver Sluice. He has just arrived at Denver Sluice, Norfolk, but has forgotten to bring things from Cambridge. He asks Manning to go to Grubbs to buy hooks, the types and style of which Baines specifies and illustrates. He also asks Manning to send Izaac Walton's Complete Angler. He asks that Manning sends them by the next coach. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides. Dated 10 June 1790

These are draft letters from Thomas Manning to Edward Charles Donne. They are newsy letters about Manning's new home in Redbourn, Hertfordshire.

Draft letter from Thomas Manning to Edward Charles Donne. Manning writes about Donne's admiration for Norwich as the centre of Norfolk's activities. He writes about Donne visiting London and buying shoes for himself, spectacles for Mrs Donne and a geographical toy for William, his son (William Bodham Donne (1807–1882) was an English journalist, known also as a librarian and theatrical censor) Dated 2 February 1819 from Redbourn, St Albans Hertfordshire. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

There are 4 letters from Baines to Manning, 2 from Norfolk when Baines is on holiday and 2 from London, when Baines has taken up a new position. All date from 1790.

These are a mixture of personal and official letters from Manning's return to England in 1817 until his death. Highlights include correspondence with the East India Company concerning possible employment of the Chinese men that Manning had brought back with him, letters regarding spying in the Napoleonic Wars and letters of introduction for Manning's time in Italy