containing miscellaneous personal notes and memoranda, including "experimental Observations upon the Effects of certain Meats [and] Drinks", "A List of memorables which have occurred in the Course of my Life", "Hints of Plans for advancing my fortune", dated personal reflections containing repeated exhortations to self-discipline and hard work ("...so long as I shall remain unmarried ... to read or write at least 12 Hours each Day in my Profession, to sleep if I can but 3 Hours ... to Exercise 2 Hours to give not more than 3 Hours or at most 4 to Meals...") as well as more cynical observations notably on the House of Lords, a summary record of personal, familial and financial "Events" from 1787 to 1798, ("...[28 April 1789] Lord Chan Lifford died & left me a Legacy of £100 very unexpected & shews the Folly of quarrelling with any body[.] | [In August 1789] I was advanced to the Title of Viscount Clonmell the Marques of Bath having promised me an Earldom and given me a hollow recommendation to that step..."), with summary annual accounts listing receipts and payments from 1778 to 1797, written from both ends, black and red ink, 61 pages, plus blanks, thumb-index, folio, 1775-98, green boards, loss at spine, hinges weak, stubs where at least five leaves have been excised