IX.A.2.

The manuscript consists of 8 sheets of double-spaced typewritten black ribbon top (original) copies; the versos are blank.

The collection of notes is headed "The History of Hitchin." on p. [1] and there is also the heading "The Manor.", the title of book’s first chapter; p. [3] is headed "The Church"; p. [4]: "The Priory."; p. [5] "The Poor."; p. [6] "The Highways and Byways."; p. [7] "Merchants of Bristol." and p. [8] is headed "Pirates.".

The manuscript measures 27.0 x 20.9 cm.

As the only continuation of notes from a previous page, p. [2] is numbered "- 2 -"; the other sheets are not numbered.

The manuscript contains notes prepared for Joyce from Reginald L. Hine’s The History of Hitchin (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927). The extracts are preceded by the page numbers from Hine’s book. Joyce transcribed the notes from here in Buffalo MS VI.B.29.126(f)–127(c).

This typed extract of notes was probably prepared for Joyce in mid 1929.

There are additions on pp. [3] and [4] in black ink.

This manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 3.394–401. Also see The ‘Finnegans Wake’ Notebooks at Buffalo VI.B.29, edited by Vincent Deane, Daniel Ferrer and Geert Lernout, particularly pp. 8, 125 and 126.

There is a perforation in the upper left corners of all the sheets, where the sheets were held together by a fastener; the fastener has been removed for conservation purposes and is no longer with the manuscript. There is light foxing on all of the sheets and rust stains from a paper clip on p. [7].