| Description | Commonplace book, used from front and rear. Front of the volume inscribed "James Nesbit's Common Place Book", Berwick, on a hand-drawn title page. Contains poetry and prose in a single hand, some copied (and attributed) but some possibly original compositions. Includes copies of several works by John Mackay Wilson and James Wilson.
Rear of the volume inscribed "James Nesbit, Manchester, 1842" on the pastedown, followed by notes on the sizes of paper, notes on the size of machine parts, and technical drawings of machinery, including one designed by William Fairbairn for the Canal Works, Manchester. |