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- 1829 (Creation)
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i, 19 ff. ; c. 190 x 120 mm.
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Forum Auctions; London; Purchased at auction, lot 149; 23 March 2023; 994627510202419.
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A manuscript account of an excursion to North Wales and Cheshire, 3-[6] September 1829, by Elizabeth Bower, [of Broxholme House, Doncaster], travelling with her husband John Seddon Bower (f. 1-19).
The couple left Crosby on 3 September and boarded the Prince Llewelyn steam packet at Liverpool (f. 1 verso), sailing along the North Wales coast (ff. 2-5) to Beaumaris (ff. 5-6 verso). They crossed the Menai Bridge (ff. 7-9) and proceeded to Bangor (ff. 9-10 verso), Conway (ff. 12-13 verso) and Chester (ff. 14 verso-18), returning to Liverpool and then Crosby on the [6] September (f. 19). Included are descriptions of Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (f. 11 recto-verso), and Eaton Hall, Chester (ff. 16-18).
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- English
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English.
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Loose leaves (ff. 2-5) reattached at NLW, April 2024.
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'Mrs Elizth Bower wife of John Seddon Bower' (in pencil on f. i)
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- Bower, Elizabeth, 1785-1858 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Bower, John Seddon, -1841 (Subject)
- Penrhyn Castle (Gwynedd, Wales) (Subject)
- Eaton Hall (Chester, England) (Subject)
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November 2023.
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Description compiled by Rhys Jones