Morris writes to his Leeds business partner Thomas Wardle about avoiding excess lead in wallpaper. He does not believe that the amount of arsenic used in dying is harmful.

declines commission on grounds of principle

describes signatures he has collected to protest a planned hanging of young men

ff. 1-5 Fragment of poem beginning, “Why do they make these lists in the great square..” ff. 9-15 Early draft of “The Man born to be king” beginning, “It is well said among wise men …” ff.17 Prose fragment titled, “The Green Summer” ff. 19-20…

Contents listing by C. F. Murray at beginning. ff. 1-10 Poem (83 quatrains) beginning, “A time there was in days long past away …” f. 11 Poem (4 quatrains) beginning, “We have done all that men could do” ff. 12-16 Poem beginning, “Once my fell foe…