Title based on contents.
NLW MSS 2521-2598, 4877-4880 formerly known as Pennant 1-82; NLW MSS 12706-12720 formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 1-15.
Thomas Pennant, naturalist, antiquary and traveller, was born on the Downing estate in Flintshire. He was educated at Wrexham and London before entering Queen's College, Oxford aged eighteen. Thomas developed a love of the natural world at school and began travelling whilst at Oxford; in the following years he travelled widely throughout Britain and Europe. The Outlines of the Globe was Thomas's most ambitious literary project. The work originally took up twenty-two volumes but only four of these were published - two by Pennant himself and two by his son, David.
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Papers, [1500x1912], mainly of Thomas Pennant and his son, David, and comprising accounts of tours in Britain and Europe; geographical, topographical and historical notes and transcripts, as well as notes on natural history; accounts of David Pennant; correspondence of Thomas and David Pennant; annotated printed works of Thomas Pennant, including copies, with manuscript and other additions and related papers, of Outlines of the Globe, a work in four volumes by Thomas Pennant published between 1798 and 1800; and papers relating to the Downing estate and to Flintshire.
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2521-2598, 4877-4880, 12706-12720, 23412-23415.
NLW MSS 2521-2598; Earl and Countess of Denbigh; Purchase; 1912
NLW MSS 4877-4880; Acquisition; 1922/3 (originally separated from the main group)
NLW MSS 23412-23415; Maggs Bros Ltd; London; Purchase; 1993
NLW MSS 12706-12720; Purchase; July 1938
NLW MSS 12706-12720 : Formerly housed at Downing Hall, co. Flint. They were purchased for the National Library of Wales in 1938, when part of the library of the earl of Denbigh at Newnham Paddox, co. Warwick, was offered for sale. They had probably been removed from Downing Hall subsequent to the marriage in 1846 of Louisa (1828-1853), daughter of David Pennant, junior (1796-1835), and great-grand-daughter of Thomas Pennant, to Rudolph William Basil Feilding, aft. 8th earl of Denbigh.
Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943); Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951); Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);
See also NLW Downing Estate deeds.
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943), Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951), and Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Formerly known as Pennant 1.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2521B.
Published
An incomplete transcript of 'Antiquitates Parochiales ... De Paraeciis et Villulis Maene' by Henry Rowlands, author of Mona Antiqua Restaurata ... (Dublin, 1723).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 2.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2522B.
Published
Historical, topographical, and genealogical notes relating to North Wales written by Richard Thomas, curate of Llanegryn.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 3.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2523B.
Published
An account by David Pennant of tours to the Lake District, 1789, and from London to Chester, 1792, with a list of pictures at Burleigh, a seat of the Marquis of Exeter.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 4.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2524B.
Published
Historical and topographical notes on parts of France and Spain, mainly transcribed from printed sources by David Pennant, and a receipt, April 14, 1788, relating to his journey from Seville to Madrid.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 5.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2525B.
Published
Notes by Thomas Pennant on Lincoln, with a letter, March 29, 1776, to him from T. Sympson.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol.. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 6.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2526B.
Published
An index by David Pennant to the plates included in some of his father's publications and a rough index showing the arrangement of some classes of books in the library [?at Downing].
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 7.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2527B.
Published
A note book by Thomas Pennant labelled 'Western Tour 1787. Wells. Longleate ...'
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 8.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2528B.
Published
Notes by David Pennant on parts of Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 9.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2529B.
Published
A copy of Cary's New Itinerary : Or, An Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads ... throughout England and Wales ... (London, 1798), with details by David Pennant of journeys and tours made by him in various years between 1799 and 1839, including his bills at inns and posting houses.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 10.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2530A.
Published
Notes by Thomas Pennant on a tour in Lancashire, 1772, a list of drawings made by Moses Griffith, his Welsh artist, during their tour to Scotland, 1772, and of others presented to Pennant on that journey, and notes made by David Pennant, junior, grandson of Thomas Pennant, during a tour through parts of North Wales.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 11.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2531A.
Published
Notes on a tour through parts of Belgium, northern France, and southern England, and memoranda.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 12.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2532B.
Published
Notes by Thomas Pennant concerning a tour in North Wales, with additions and corrections by him and by John Lloyd, Caerwys.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 13.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2533B.
Published
Notes on a short tour in North Wales.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 14.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2534B.
Published
Notes by David Pennant on Swedish mines, with an outline of a proposed tour to Denmark, Germany, and Sweden, 1793, and particulars of lead, lead ore, copper, and brass 'sent from the Port of Chester both Foreign and Coastwise in the year ending January 5, 1792'.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 15.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2535B.
Published
Notes by David Pennant on Germany, France, and Hungary, and tables of mineral products.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 16.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2536B.
Published
An index by Thomas Pennant to his account of Africa and notes by him on European reptiles not found in Great Britain.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 17.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2537B.
Published
Advice and instructions to a person about to visit Germany to study mineralogy, and lists showing what minerals are found in different parts of the country.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 18.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2538A.
Published
An interleaved copy of the third edition (London, 1770) of John Trusler : Chronology : or, the Historian's Vade-Mecum ..., with notes by Thomas and David Pennant.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 19.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2539C.
Published
Notes on Clynnog Fawr and Raglan Castle and extracts from Thomas Dineley's manuscript of the Duke of Beaufort's 'Progress' through Wales, 1684.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 20.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2540B.
Published
Notes on logic.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 21.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2541B.
Published
Notes on rhetoric.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 22.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2542B.
Published
Notes on poetics and ethics.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 23.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2543B.
Published
Notes on crystallography and fossils.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 24-26.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2544-2546B.
Published
Notes by Thomas Pennant on British zoology and ornithology, accounts and lists of subscribers to his British Zoology, and details of zoological specimens received by him.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 27.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2547B.
Published
Notes by David Pennant on fishes.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 28.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2548B.
Published
Ichthyographical notes and lists of British animals and birds by Thomas and David Pennant and 'An Account of such Fish as are either Natives or that frequent The River Wye Herefordshire' by 'Doctr. Roberts'.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 29-30.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 2549-2550B.
Published
Notes by Thomas Pennant on zoology, ornithology, etc., and an account of expenses incurred in connection with his study of natural history.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 31.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2551B.
Published
Lists of plants, shrubs, and trees planted at Downing by Thomas Pennant, David Pennant, and David Pennant, junior.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 32.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2552B.
Published
Lists, in the hand of Thomas Pennant, of the flora of Barbary, Senegal, Guinea, Ethiopia, the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 33.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2553B.
Published
Indexes to some of Thomas Pennant's works on natural history.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 34.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2554E.
Published
Miscellanea, including lists of illustrations for Pennant's tours in Wales and Scotland.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol, 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 35.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2555D.
Published
Miscellaneous notes on botany, zoology, topography, etc., mainly by Thomas Pennant.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 36.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2556E.
Published
A classified and illustrated list by Thomas Pennant of fossils and fossil shells, with lists and notes sent to him by British and continental correspondents.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 37.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2557C.
Published
An account of cures for gout effected by Dr. Le Febrve, Liège.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 38.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2558D.
Published
Translations of medical works in Latin by Thomas Willis, M.D., published at the Hague, 1659, medical prescriptions, and a discourse on Philippians, ii, 12-13.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 39.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2559B.
Published
Notes by David Pennant on Spain and Spanish painters, coins, flora, and grammar, with a few notes on the population of France.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 40.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2560B.
Published
A play entitled 'Micio's House', 'Played when I was at School in Fulham. T[homas] P[ennant].'
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 41.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2561B.
Published
Meteorological records kept at Downing, 1784-1793.
Records for 1793-1894 are kept in the National Meteorological Library, Bracknell.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 42.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2562B.
Published
Extracts from F. Gregoire de Rostrenen : Dictionnaire francais-celtique, ou francais-breton ..., 1834, with a few explanatory notes in Welsh.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 43.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2563D.
Published
A list of reproductions of sculptures at the Museo di Cristiane Dehn, Rome.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes to Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 44.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2564D.
Published
An annotated list, drawn up by Thomas Pennant, of prints, water colours, coats of arms, and other illustrations for inclusion in an extra-illustrated set of A Tour in Wales.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in the Indexes of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 45.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2565C.
Published
A lady's album containing miscellaneous poems and transcripts of poems, some of them by or relating to members of the Downing, Wynnstay, Bodrhyddan, and other North Wales families.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 46.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2566C.
Published
Lists of portraits in a large number of English county country houses and two letters, 1811 and 1820, to David Pennant from G. P. Harding, portrait painter and copyist, enclosing similar lists.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 47.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2567C.
Published
A record of game shot [?at Downing], 1820-1827.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 48.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2568E.
Published
Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Pennant and David Pennant. They include extracts from Thomas Dineley's manuscript of the Duke of Beaufort's 'Progress' through Wales, 1684; copies of epitaphs; lists of prints; a 'cywydd' to Lewis Morris by W. Wynne, and other poems; papers dealing with Flintshire turnpike roads, paupers, etc.; notes on minerals; papers and receipts relating to David Pennant's tour in Spain; receipts of innkeepers; a notification to Thomas Pennant of his election as Fellow of the Royal Society and of the receipt by the Society of presentation copies of some of his works; an appeal sent to Thomas Pennant, October 29, 1792, by the 'Liverpool Cymrydorion Society' for a subscription to enable Welsh services to be conducted in one of the episcopal churches of Liverpool; etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 49.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2569C.
Published
A draft of Thomas Pennant's 'Literary Life', which was published in 1793.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 50.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2570B.
Published
Pedigrees, mainly of English families, and miscellanea.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 51.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2571C.
Published
Letters, 1763-1837, most of them addressed to David Pennant, and mainly dealing with local affairs (Board of Guardians, Flint Enclosure Bill, etc.).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 52.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2572F.
Published
A transcript of the 'Chorographical Description or Survey of Devon' compiled between 1605 and 1630 by Tristram Risdon (1580?-1640).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 53.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2573F.
Published
Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Pennant, David Pennant, and David Pennant, junior. They include personalia, estate and parochial papers, 'The Account of David Pennant with the Poor of Whitford', 1798-1834, a note on Owen Glyn Dŵr, a priced list of illustrations for A Tour in Wales, a circular letter relating to the Talacre Coal and Iron Company, a poem written on the coming of age of David Pennant, junior, January 22, 1817, etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 54.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2574E.
Published
A list of topographical prints of English counties, and a list of gentlemen's houses in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 55.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2575B.
Published
References to documents of Welsh interest included in Thomas Rymer : Foedera ... (London, 1704-1732).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 56.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2576B.
Published
Transcripts of two letters from Lord Lyttleton to his brother Charles, dean of Exeter (and afterwards bishop of Carlisle), written from Brynkir, Caernarvonshire, July 6, and Shrewsbury, July 14, 1755, giving an account of a tour in North Wales, of notes by Dr. William Wynne, Tower near Mold, on ancient religious customs in North Wales, and of observations made during a tour to Snowdon by [Anthony] Champion; and notes by Thomas Pennant.
For another transcript of Lord Lyttleton's letters see NLW MS 2123B.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 57.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2577B.
Published
A history of Wales transcribed from George Owen's treatise of lordships marcher in Wales; copies of a statement made March 10, 1685/6, at New York by Morgan Jones, 'the son of John Jones of Basleg near Newport in Monmouthshire', attesting that he had conversed with American Indians in the Welsh language (see The Gentleman's Magazine, 1740), of a letter, August 14, 1734, on a similar subject sent by Charles Lloyd, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, to a cousin, and of 'Dr. [Robert] Plott's Account [to the Royal Society] of an Antient Discovery of America from Wales'; a list, in the hand of John Lloyd, Caerwys, of 'The names of the Principal men that kept Hardelech castle against Edwd the 4th;' lists of the sheriffs of Flintshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, and Merioneth; transcripts of epitaphs in Mold church; and notes taken from Thomas Carte : A General History of England (London, 1747-1755).
For Morgan Jones's account see The Gentleman's Magazine, 1740. See also NLW MS 2024B, ff. 41-43.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 58.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2578B.
Published
Transcripts of notes on Druidism and Scotland, including the Hebrides, sent to Thomas Pennant by _____ Macqueen.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 59.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2579B.
Published
A transcript of 'The number of the Hundreds, Castles, Parish Churches, and Fairs, ... the Names of the chief Lordships, Market Towns, Forests and great woods, Deer Parks, Havens, chief Mountains, and Hills, Notable Rivers, Monasteries, Priories, Frieries, and Nunneries in all the Shires of Wales And also the Names of the divers of the chief gentlemen ... and ... of their Wives and Dwelling places. With brief notes of the nature of the soil, quality of the people ... First collected by George Owen of Henllys in Pembrockshire Esquire Anno domini 1602'.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 60.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2580B.
Published
Notes on the siege of Chester in 1645, etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 61.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2581B.
Published
A list of patients, mainly children, inoculated at Downing against small-pox, 1800, 1802, and 1819.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwythm 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 62-63.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2582-2583B.
Published
An account book of receipts and disbursements kept by David Pennant, 1782-1785, when he was at Oxford.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwythm 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 64.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2584B.
Published
An account book, 1803-1807, kept by David Pennant.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 65.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2585A.
Published
A list of subscribers towards the relief of the poor in the parish of Erbistock, 1795, names of persons relieved, and details of expenditure.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 66-67.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 2586-2587D.
Published
An account of rents received by Thomas Pennant and David Pennant, and papers, including letters from Edward Jones, agent to the Downing estate.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 68.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2588E.
Published
A classified index of birds and lists of some northern animals, prepared by Thomas Pennant.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 69.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2589B.
Published
An interleaved copy of Henry P. Wyndham : A Gentleman's Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales ... 1774 (London, 1775), with comments and notes by another traveller.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 70.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2590E.
Published
Papers and plans relating to the building of a church and a school at Holywell, with many letters to David Pennant from Morris Williams ('Nicander'), Sir Stephen R. Glynne, Edward Jones (agent to the Downing estate), Henry Parry (Llanasa), and others; drawings and estimates for a stained-glass window and a monument in Whitford church, 1829, and papers relating to re-flagging and re-pewing the church; Holywell Poor Law Union papers, including lists of persons to whom free issues of broth, coal, etc., were made; etc.
For further papers, 1864-1865, relating to Holywell Poor Law Union, see NLW MS 6293E.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 71.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2591E.
Published
Letters, mainly to Thomas and David Pennant, the correspondents including Lewis Bagot, (bishop of St. Asaph), J. Drinkwater (Gibraltar), G. P. Harding, Samuel Hearne, Edward Jones (agent to the Downing estate), Richard Jones (printer, Dolgelley), John Latham, John Lightfoot, Thomas Maurice (London), Robert Norris (Richmond), Henry Parry (Llanasa), George Shaw (British Museum), Richard Sillitoe (Bodfari), Joseph Strutt (London), Joseph Cooper Walker (Dublin), and Benjamin White (London).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 72.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2592E.
Published
Miscellanea, including notes on the history of Cheshire, and a copy of Canterbury Notes. Information concerning the ... Settlement of Canterbury, New Zealand (London, 1850) with a letter, April 2, 1850, from James Edward Fitzgerald.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwythm 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 73.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2593E.
Published
Papers of David Pennant relating to turnpike and other roads in Flintshire and including details of an assessment on the inhabitants of townships in the parishes of Whitford, Caerwys, and Tremeirchion towards repairing the high road in those townships.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Penannt 74.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2594E.
Published
Topographical, historical, and genealogical material relating mainly to the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Shropshire, accumulated by Thomas Pennant and including letters or other contributions from Paul Panton, Hugh Davies (botanist), E. R. Owen (Bangor), John Thomas (Llandegai and Beaumaris), John Lloyd (Caerwys), Sir John Cullum (Hardwick), Richard Thomas (Llanegryn), Thomas Bownall (London), Thomas Jones (Caernarvon), George Ashby (Cambridge), John Price (Oxford), Thomas Ford Hill (London), Foote Gower (Chelmsford), Francis Leighton (Shrewsbury), J. Plymley (junior), J. Worthington (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), Thomas Addenbrooke (Buildwas), David Pennant, and Richard Gough (Enfield).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 75.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2595C.
Published
Copies of Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards translated into English ... (London,1764) and The Love of Our Country, A Poem ... (Carmarthen, 1772), both of them by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), and four letters, 1768-1787, from him to Thomas Pennant; a letter from Robert Williams (Rhydycroesau) to David Pennant; and prospectuses of printed publications by Evan Evans, Robert Williams, Thomas Lloyd Jones ('Gwenffrwd'), etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 76.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2596E.
Published
Letters and papers relating to the formation of a Flintshire association against republicans, etc., 1792, the raising of volunteers in Flintshire for the naval and land forces, 1793, the Holywell Volunteers, etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 77.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2597C.
Published
Pamphlets and papers on miscellaneous subjects, including An Account of the Visit of ... The Prince Regent ... The Emperor of Russia and The King of Prussia to the University of Oxford in June 1814 (Oxford. 1815); A Letter to ... The Earl of Sandwich from George Forster ... (London,1778) with an engraving entitled 'The German Doctor with his Family on his Travels ...', and an autograph letter, February 28, 1778, from the Earl of Sandwich to Daines Barrington; The Depositions ... in the Cause of the Church-Wardens of Trefdraeth ... Anglesea, against Dr. Bowles; ... to which is prefixed An Address ... . by the Society of Cymmrodorion (London, 1773); A Charge given at the Visitations of the Archdeaconry of Salop ... by Joseph Plymley ... (Shrewsbury, 1796); Thomas Lloyd: An Essay on the Literary Beauties of the Scriptures (Chester, 1784); Peter Williams: A Sermon (Oxford, 1791); Samuel [Horsley], bishop of St. Asaph: A Sermon (London, 1806); Catalogue of the Third Exhibition of Pictures ... illustrative of the British Poets and the Bible (London, 1790); Henry Fuseli: A Catalogue of the First Series of Pictures and Sketches from the Poetic Works of John Milton (London, c. 1800); A Description of ... Paintings ... at Cowdray in Sussex ...; Treadway Nash: Observations on ... the Death and ... Burial of Queen Katharine Parr (1787); Resolutions at a meeting ... holden at Ruthin ... for ... promoting a Subscription for the internal Defence of the Country (1794), with a list of subscriptions and minutes of five further committee meetings; William Boys: An Account of the loss of the Luxborough Galley by fire ... in the year 1727 (London, 1787); Richard Gough: A Catalogue of the Coins of Canute, King of Denmark and England (London, 1777); J. B. Droubille: On the Formation of British Lancers ... (London, 1813); Anna Laetitia Barbauld: Eighteen hundred and eleven. A Poem (London, 1812); and William Pitt: A Comparative Statement of the food production from arable and grass land ... (London, 1812).
The contents of NLW MSS 328-4279 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Pennant 78.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2598C.
Published
A collection made by Thomas Pennant of printed material, press cuttings, etc., relating to the trial, 1783-1784, of William Davies Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, for seditious libel. It includes Sir William Jones: The Principles of Government in a Dialogue between a Gentleman and a Farmer ...; A Sequel to Sir William Jones's Pamphlet on the Principles of Government, in a Dialogue between a Freeholder in the County of Denbigh, and the Dean of Glocester ... (Gloucester,1784); The Proceedings in the Cause of the King against the Dean of St. Asaph, ... for a Libel, at the Great Session held at Wrexham ... on Monday, September the First, 1783 ... (Printed ... by the Society for Constitutional Information), with notes by Thomas Pennant; The Whole of the Proceedings at the Issues at Shrewsbury ... against the Dean of St. Asaph, 1784; and a copy of a print- 'The Triumph of Turbulence or Mother Cambria possessed' - satirizing the rejoicing in Wales on Shipley's return after his acquittal.
Formerly known as Pennant 79.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 4877E.
Published
Papers connected mainly with the activities of David Pennant of Downing, Flintshire, son of Thomas Pennant. They include material relating to affairs in Flintshire and north-east Wales in general and the Holywell district in particular and consist of letters from Henry Chambers, Edward Jones (David Pennants secretary or agent), F. R. Price (Bryn-y-pys), C. Oldfield (Perthyterfyn), Henry Parry (vicar of Llanasa), J. Oldfield, David Edisbury, D. Scott, etc.; drafts and memoranda by David Pennant; papers relating to The Charity for the Relief of the Poor Widows and Orphans of Clergymen who officiated in the diocese of St. Asaph, Flintshire and Denbighshire parliamentary elections and political affairs, parliamentary reform, poor-law relief, soup kitchens, canals, collieries and colliery strikes, public celebrations, the Holywell Loyal Volunteers, church schools, clothing clubs, eisteddfodau, auction sales, the Flintshire Dispensary, the Holywell Annual Vestry, the Holywell Hunt, etc.; a Latin poem; etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 4280-8000 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 2 (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Formerly known as Pennant 80.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 4878E.
Published
A volume of Pennant miscellanea. It comprises poems, mainly in English and Welsh, including 'An Elegy on the death of Captain Thos. Myddelton, Denbigh' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), translations in the autograph of R. Williams (Vron) from paraphrases by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), 'Banks of the Daw' and 'Ode to Laudanum' by and in the autograph of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), 'Garricks Verses on seeing Buxton' and 'Upon seeing Garricks verses', an elegy on the death of Sir Stephen Glynne (d. April 1, 1780), and two poems in Esthonian with Latin translations and the melody in staff notation; printed broadsides, circulars, etc., including an 'Ode for St. Davids Day' by David Samwell ('Dafydd Ddu Feddyg'), being a copy sent by Samwell to Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') with an autograph poem entitled 'To Thos. Edwards of Nant on his having received the Honour of Cadairfardd at St. Asaph Eisteddfod in May 1790'; letters and transcripts of letters from Sir John Wynn, bart., of Gwydir, to Sir Hugh Myddelton (September 1, 1625), from Robert Wynne (Gresford) to Richard Williams (March 24, 1731/2), from Thomas Pennant to John Lloyd (Caerwys), to Thomas Pennant from Mathurin-Jacques Brisson (author of Ornithologie and other works), John Lloyd (Caerwys), Richard Williams (Vron) together with a mock elegy to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), Richard Davies (Holywell), and John Edwards (Kelsterton), from Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir') to Paul Panton, from John Williams (Ystradmeurig) to Philip Yorke (Erthig), to David Pennant from Samuel Strong, John Parry, Henry Parry (Llanasa), Edward Jones, J. Oldfield, J. Douglas, J. W. Eyton (Leeswood), and E. Williams (secretary of the Flint and Denbigh Agricultural Society), and from William Davies Shipley (dean of St. Asaph), G. Thompson (editor and publisher of A Select Collection of Original Welsh Airs), David Howell ('Llawdden'), Thomas Croft (secretary to the 'Committee of the Grand Flintshire Eisteddfod', 1835), J. P. Eyton, etc.; material relating to Moses Griffith, the Welsh artist who accompanied Thomas Pennant on many of his tours, including his terms for executing landscapes, portraits, etc.; legal papers, including an inventory taken in 1637 of the goods, etc., of Robert Jones of Halkin, a copy of a bond from Thomas, baron Dillon, Viscount Castello Galler, and Theobald, viscount Jaffe, to Hugh Pennant of Bichton, a receipt (1774) by David Jones (Trefriw) for ten shillings and sixpence paid by Thomas Pennant, and depositions (1792) of colliers in regard to the alleged drowning of coal on the land of Sir Roger Mostyn; printed matter, including press cuttings, broadsides, circulars, etc., relating to volunteers to the merchant navy, the Metropolitan Cambrian Institution, poor-law, railways, communication with Ireland, hospitals, the Holywell Association, eisteddfodau, parliamentary elections, the Association for the encouragement of Agriculture and Industry, military service, schools in Flintshire, entertainments, mines, benefit clubs, etc.
The contents of NLW MSS 4280-8000 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 2 (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Formerly known as Pennant 81.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 4879B.
Published
Particulars relating to parishes and churches in the diocese of St Asaph transcribed by William Wynne (1671?-1704), who became canon of St Asaph in 1735 and was chaplain to bishop Thomas Tanner (1674-1735). At the end of the manuscript is a transcript of part of a letter from Browne Willis (1682-1760), 1758.
The contents of NLW MSS 4280-8000 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 2 (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Formerly known as Pennant 82.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 4880E.
Published
A copy sent to David Pennant (1763-1841) of the report by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on proposed railway communications with Ireland, dated 19 December 1838.
The contents of NLW MSS 4280-8000 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 2 (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Title based on contents.
Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 1.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12706E.
Published
A folio volume lettered on the spine 'Pennant's Literary Life', and containing transcripts or printed copies of miscellaneous compositions mainly by, or relating to, Thomas Pennant. The first and main item is a variant manuscript version (62 pp.) of The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant, Esq., by himself (London, 1793), with printed title-page and advertisement inlaid. The text of this manuscript version is substantially the same as that of the published edition, with certain variations in wording and phrasing, and minor omissions or additions. Occasionally, however, the manuscript text contains passages which do not occur in the printed work, e.g., (a) the additional information (p. 41) relating to the author's pamphlet entitled American Annals . . ., viz., that some one hundred copies had been printed, and sent by post to members of parliament, and that 'the friends of the Howes endeavored all they could to suppress them, by borrowing them . . ., and never returning them again', (b) the comments (pp. 42-3) relating to the trial [1783-1784] of the Reverend- William [Davies] Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, for seditious libel, (c) references (pp. 46-7) to the critical review of the author's book on London [Of London (London, 1790)], which appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine [vol. 60, part 1, 1790], 'a paper too subservient to the malice of its principal manager, Mr. Richard Gough', and to the Dublin 'pirated edition', and the German translation of the said book, (d) the comments (pp. 49-50) on the financial difficulties of John Reinhold Forster [naturalist], during his stay in England, his lack of gratitude towards his benefactors, and his ultimate return to the continent, (e) the information (p. 56) that Thomas Roden of Denbigh, 'a most admirable binder, and so extremely elegant in his trade', had been responsible for binding the [manuscript] volumes of the author's Outlines of the Globe, which had already been written, etc. Other manuscript items, in the order in which they occur, intermixed with printed material, include a copy of a letter addressed by ? Thomas Pennant, under the pseudonym 'Laicus', to the editor of an unspecified newspaper, undated (comments on the acceptance into Holy Orders of persons totally unsuited to such a calling, occasioned by seeing a satirical print entitled 'The Church Militant', a copy of which is reproduced); an unsigned, draft copy of a letter, in the hand of Thomas Pennant [and possibly from Thomas Pennant, to Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart., of Mostyn, co. Flint, and Leighton, co. Chester], April 1784 (political differences between the writer and recipient) (inlaid); an incomplete, draft copy, in the hand of Thomas Pennant, of a request to the sheriff of co. Flint, to summon a meeting of the gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of the county, to meet at Mold, ? 1780, with a view to petitioning Parliament to make a scrutiny of 'useless places, sinecures and pensions', etc. (mounted); a draft copy of a petition to be presented by the gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of co. Flint, to the House of Commons [1780], calling for the elimination of wasteful expenditure, and the application of the money saved to a more vigorous prosecution of the war against the Bourbons (mounted); an autograph letter from R. Kenyon, from Cefn, to ? Thomas Pennant, February 1780 (suggested alterations in the aforementioned draft petition) (inlaid); a copy of the oration delivered by Samuel Forster, in Convocation at Oxford [University], 11 May 1771, when presenting Thomas Pennant for the honorary degree of LL.D. (Latin); a ? holograph letter from J. P. Andrews, from Brompton, [co.] Midd[lese]x, to T[homas] Pennant, 1791 (the recipient's book on the 'history of the Capital' [Of London (London, 1790)], observations on opinions expressed by recipient in connection with mail coaches) (mounted); a copy of a memorial inscription to John Norman, attorney at law, in Newmarket church; a note of the death at Bychton, parish of Whiteford, ?13 November 1796, of Mr. Williams, tidewaiter; and occasional marginal and other annotations in the hand of Thomas Pennant. The remaining items in the volume, apart from the illustrations, consist entirely of inlaid or mounted printed material. Under a running title Miscellanies, and paginated [1]-25, though intermixed with other items, are found copies of two poems [composed by Thomas Pennant] entitled 'Ode occasioned by a lady professing an attachment to Indifference' (Chester, 1769), and 'On a lady chosen on the same day patroness of a book society and hunting meeting' (Chester, 1771) (for a reference to both see Literary Life, p. 32); two letters written by [Thomas Pennant, under the pseudonym] 'Camber', from Hawd y lam [sic] and Old Bond Street, 1781 (the first, published in the Chester Courant, dealing with the fashion amongst ladies of wearing riding apparel, even when not intending to ride, and the second with the possible dangers resulting from flirtatious behaviour on the part of married women. See Literary Life, p. 32); and two pamphlets [by Thomas Pennant] entitled American Annals or Hints and Queries for Parlement Men, and Flintshire Petition. Other printed items, in the order in which they occur, include copies of pamphlets, etc., by Thomas Pennant called Of the Patagonians. Formed from the relation of Father. Falkener, a Jesuit, who had resided among them thirty eight years. And from the different voyagers, who had met with this tall race (Darlington, 1788), A Letter from a Welsh Freeholder to his Representative (Chester, 1784), Free Thoughts on the Militia Laws . . . addressed to the Poor Inhabitants of North Wales (London, 1781), To the Poor concerned in Mineral Counties (1773), A Letter to a Member of Parliament on Mail-Coaches (London, 1792) (some pages misplaced), Flintshire Association, and Catalogue of My Works (1786); a Navy Office certificate of exemption from the attentions of the press gang, with personal details filled in by Thomas Pennant, 1755; copies of two Latin poems, 1786 and undated, by Richard Williams, in praise of Thomas Pennant; an English translation of the second of the aforesaid poems, by the author; newspaper cuttings containing poems headed 'Verses to Mr. Pennant on the writer's being apprized of his intention to make a visit into Cornwall', and 'To the memory of Thomas Pennant, Esq., ob. 1798'; a copy of the advertisement or preface contributed by David Pennant, son of Thomas Pennant, to vols. III and IV (two in one) of his father's work Outlines of the Globe, published posthumously, 1800; and a copy of a short biography of Thomas Pennant, with a bibliography of some of his works, listing the plates in each work. The volume has some sixty-seven illustrations (some duplicated). A few of these consist of miscellaneous original drawings, chiefly in water-colour, but the majority are engravings, mostly portraits in line. To the former group belong two self-portraits (the second, 1811), by Moses Griffith. The first of these faces p. 12, at the foot of which page is a short, biographical note relating to the birth, baptism, and early schooling of the painter. This, according to an additional, pencilled note, in another hand, is in 'M. G's own hand'. To this first group also belong a water-colour sketch of the 'Approach to Pont St. Maurice' [Switzerland], and sketches for, or copies of, satirical prints relating to the trial of Dean William Davies Shipley (see above). To the second category belong the prints called 'The Church Militant' (see above), and 'The Triumph of Turbulence, or Mother Cambria possessed' (the Shipley trial), and the portraits (in the order in which they appear in the text) of Thomas Pennant, Mrs. [Hester Lynch] Piozzi [authoress], Sir Cha[rles] Linneus [botanist], G[eorge] Edwards [naturalist], John Ray [naturalist], [Francois Marie Arouet] de Voltaire, Solomon Gessner [Swiss poet and engraver], Conrad Gesner [naturalist], Christoph Jac[ob] Trew [German naturalist], Albrecht v[on] Haller [Swiss physiologist], Christoph Gottlieb von Murr [German scholar], [Daniel Charles] Solander [botanist], Sir Joseph Banks, George Allan [antiquary and topographer], and William Hutchinson [topographer] (together), Francis Grose [antiquary and draughtsman ], Benfamin] Stillingfleet [naturalist and dilettante] (with ? autograph), the Rev[erend] John Lloyd [ rector of Caerwys, and Thomas Pennant's companion], [the Honourable] Daines Barrington [lawyer and antiquary], the Reverend W[illiam] D[avies] Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, Charles I, William Seward [biographer], [the Reverend] W[illia]m Coxe [archdeacon of Wilts.], Sir Roger Mostyn [5th bart., of Mostyn, co. Flint], Richard [Howe, 1st viscount Howe of Langar, and] earl Howe, Charles [Cornwallis, 2nd] earl Cornwallis [and 1st marquess Cornwallis], General [George] Washington, and General [Horatio] Gates. The text of the 'Literary Life', and of certain other manuscript sections of the volume, such as the Oxford doctorate oration, was possibly transcribed by Thomas Jones, son of Roger Jones, parish clerk of the parish [of Whitford, co. Flint], who had been engaged by Thomas Pennant in 1791 as his secretary, 'to copy my several manuscripts' (see Literary Life, p. 39).
On the inside, upper cover is a small label inscribed 'Downing Library'.
See also NLW MS 12718E.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Title based on contents.
Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 2.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12707E.
Published
A folio volume lettered on the spine 'Pennant's Tour on the Continent . . . 1764', and containing an account of a tour in France, Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and the Netherlands, undertaken by Thomas Pennant, February - August 1765, followed by a table of the 'Itinerary' and an index. The title-page is inscribed 'Tour on the Continent by Thomas Pennant, Esqr.', and, like the spine, bears the date 1764, although the actual tour was undertaken in 1765. An engraved portrait (inlaid) of Thomas Pennant (published post 1793) serves as frontispiece. The volume, as in the case of the preceding and following manuscripts, NLW MSS 12706E and 12708E, may have been transcribed by Thomas Pennant's secretary - copyist, Thomas Jones. Subsequent to its acquisition by the National Library of Wales in 1938, the text of the present work was edited and published, with an introduction and foot-notes, as vol. 132 of the publications of the Ray Society [G[avin] R[ylands] de Beer (ed.): Tour on the Continent 1765, by Thomas Pennant, Esqr. (London, 1948)]. In his introduction the editor states, 'It is clear that the body of the text rests on daily notes made by Pennant during the actual course of his tour', and adds that 'Pennant went over his text afterwards, for many of the elaborations of his narrative refer to books published, or events which occurred, subsequently to 1765'. References, such as those to Voltaire in 1768 (p. 184), to the reported discontinuance of the custom of producing the album or visitors' book at the Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreuse 'a few years after the time I was there' (p. 127), and to 'the late subversion of all things, wrong as well as right, in the Kingdom of France', and its effects on the monastery of La Grande Chartreuse (pp. 128- 9), are obviously later insertions. So, too, would appear to be the references to works by M. Bourrit (pp. 175, 178) [probably Marc Théodore Bourrit: A Relation of a Journey to the Glaciers in the Dutchy of Savoy. Translated from the French by Charles and Frederick Davy (Norwich, 1775)], and by the Reverend Mr. Coxe (p. 193) [William Coxe, author of Sketches of the Natural, Civil, and Political State of Swisserland (London, 1779), and Travels in Switzerland (London, 1789)].
The inside, upper cover bears a small label inscribed 'Downing Library'.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Title based on contents.
Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 3.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12708E.
Published
A folio volume lettered on the spine 'Pennant's Tour to Harrowgate', and inscribed on the title-page 'Tours in Durham, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and Buckinghamshire, by Tho[mas] Pennant'. The contents consist of accounts of three tours, (a) From Alston Moor to Harrowgate (128 pp. followed by itinerary and index), (b) From Cowes to Lyme Regis (59 pp.), and (c) Tour in Buckinghamshire (15 pp. followed by an incomplete itinerary to (b) and (c)). The first sentence of the text, which reads 'I now resume the tour which I had left unfinished at Alston Moor, p. 234 of vol. XXII of the Outlines of the Globe', appears to connect the present volume with the twenty-two manuscript volumes of Pennant's work entitled Outlines of the Globe, now in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The account of the first tour is substantially the same as that given in the version edited and published [by David Pennant], under the title A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate and Brimham Crags; by Thomas Pennant, Esq. (London, 1804). There are occasional variations in wording and phrasing, and some variation in content, such as the omission in the published work of the manuscript account (pp. 87-93) of the visit to Newby Hall, and the list given of the paintings and sculpture to be found in that residence. The break which occurs in the narrative in the printed version (p. 111), occurs also in the manuscript account (p. 112). The first part of the tour, undertaken in 1773, was brought to an end when the traveller reached Knaresborough, and the second part of the journey, consisting of a visit to Harrowgate, and thence to Ripley Hall and Brimham Crags, in the parish of Halifax, was not undertaken until 1777. The manuscript account lists, without describing, places in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire, visited, or passed through, by the traveller on the return to Downing in 1773. This is not done in the published version. The account of tour (a) is profusely illustrated with some seventy-seven illustrations. Of these, twenty-one are original drawings, and include wash or water-colour drawings of Bradley Hall, Raby Castle (2), Rippon Minster, Fountain's Abbey (2), [one of the standing stones called the Devil's Arrows, situated west of Borough Bridge], and St. Robert's chapel [Knaresborough], all signed by Moses Griffith; wash or water-colour drawings of Brance speth Castle (Durham), Raby Castle, [two more of the Devil's Arrows previously mentioned], and [Brimham Crags], all unsigned, but probably by Moses Griffith; a water- colour drawing of Winston Bridge, signed S. Wilkinson; a sketch of an effigy of Sir William Slingsby, signed by Moses Griffith; and sketches of an effigy of William de Whitworth in Whitworth churchyard, Danish camps on Thornborough Heath, an entrenchment on Gateshill, near Knaresborough (inserted), and an inscribed pig of lead found on Kayshaw Moor (inserted). The remaining illustrations are mostly engravings, chiefly in line, and include portraits of John Egerton, bishop of Durham, Thomas [Percy], earl of Northumberland, John Hacket, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, John Cosin, bishop of Durham, Sir Henry Vane, the elder, Sir Henry Vane, the younger, John Pym, R. Hutchinson, Ralph [Hopton], lord Hopton, [Isabel], duchess of Grafton, Louis XIV, George Villiers [4th] duke of Buckingham, Basil Fielding [sic] [2nd] earl of Denbigh, Charles V, Ludovicus Requesentius, Eugene Aram (convicted at York, 1759, for the murder of Daniel Clark of Knaresborough), and Ann Allan of Blackwell Grange; and topographical illustrations of Witton Castle, the tower of Witton Castle, Bradley Hall, Brance-speth Castle, Staindrop Church, Athelstan Abbey, Eggleston Abbey, Winch Bridge over the Tees, Iron Bridge near Chooka, Caldron Snout on the Tees, Tees Force, Wycliffe Hall, Ravensworth Castle, Hack Fall (2), the Moon Pond and the Temple of Piety with part of Studley Park, Fountain's Abbey, Knaresborough Castle (2), the entrance to St. Robert's Chapel, near Knaresborough, the inside of the said chapel, Harrogate, and Brimham Crags (2). Inset are a copy of a letter from Tho[ma]s Robinson of Pickering, to Roger Gale of Scruton, 1724 (archaeological remains in part of Yorkshire), and a holograph letter from W[illia]m Burgh, from York, to Thomas Pennant, at Downing, near Holywell, 1774 (notifying recipient that he was sending him a sketch of the south- east aspect of Fountain's Abbey, suggestions as to making an engraving from the sketch) (the sketch itself is inset with the letter). The accounts of tours (b) and (c) do not appear to have been published, and neither is illustrated. As in the case of the two preceding manuscripts, NLW MSS 12706-12707E, the scribe was again possibly Thomas Jones.
On the inside, upper cover is a small label inscribed 'Downing Library'.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Title based on contents.
Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 4-7.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 12709-12712C.
Published
Four volumes, each one lettered on the spine 'Tour in Wales', and each containing a section of the text (pre 1810 editions) of Thomas Pennant: A Tour in Wales, with manuscript emendations and additions (marginal and inset) by Thomas and David Pennant. 12709C: A Tour in Wales, vol. I (London, 1784), containing only the first part, pp. [i-viii, 1]-238, of the volume, i.e., the account of the journey from Downing, via Holywell, Flint, Northop, Hawarden, to Chester, and thence to Holt, Bangor, and Overton. On a fly-leaf at the end of the volume is a corn return, February 1796, for the parishes of Whitford, Holywell, Northop, Caerwys, Halkin, Skeiviog, and Flint [co. Flint]. 12710C: The Journey to Snowdon (London, 1781), pp. [i-iv, 1-192]. The text corresponds to that published [as Part 1] of A Tour in Wales, vol. II (London, 1784), rather than to that published separately in 1781, or [as Part I] of A Tour in Wales, vol. II (London, 1783). The ten supplemental plates to the Tour in Wales, together with the notes thereon, have been bound in at the end of the volume. 12711C: A Tour in Wales, MDCCLXX, vol. II (London, 1783), containing only the first part, pp. [i-iv, I-184], of the volume, i.e., the account of the journey to Snowdon. Nine of the ten supplemental plates to the Tour in Wales, and the notes thereon, have been bound in at the end of the volume. 12712C: A volume containing pp. 184-487, and the last eight unnumbered pages, of [A Tour in Wales, vol. II (1783)], i.e., 'Continuation of the Journey', 'From Downing to Montgomery and Shrewsbury', Appendices I-XVII, and the index. In addition to the usual notes by Thomas and David Pennant, inset are notes by Hugh Davies [botanist], a holograph letter from Ar. Blayney, from Gregynog, to Thomas Pennant, at Downing, 1782 (personal, forwarding ? a letter from Sir John Pryce [5th bart., of Newtown, co. Montgomery], the said Sir John's three marriages, genealogical information re the writer's ancestors), and a table giving an 'Estimate of the population of Anglesey in the year 1795, by J. W. Prichard of Plas y Brain', together with the population figures according to the census of 1801.
For various editions of the Tour in Wales, see L. F. Powell: 'The Tours of Thomas Pennant', The Library, 4th series, vol. XIX, 1938-9, pp. 131-54.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 8.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12713C.
Published
An imperfect copy of Thomas Pennant: Arctic Zoology. Vol. I. Introduction. Class 1. Quadrupeds (London, 1784), wanting pp. xxi-xxii, xxv-xxxii, lxxvii-lxxx, and xciii-xciv. Corrections and additional notes, in the hand of David and Thomas Pennant, appear in the margins, on fly-leaves, and on pages or pieces of paper, inset or added at the beginning and end of the volume. An undated letter from Captain Macbride to Mr. [Thomas] Pennant (in third person), enclosing notes on turbot fishing, has also been inset.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Title based on contents.
Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 9.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12714C.
Published
An imperfect copy of Thomas Pennant: The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell (1796), containing only the section dealing with the parish of Whiteford (pp. i-vi, 1-172). The title-page is wanting, as also are the 'vignette' on p. I, and plates I-V, VII, XII-XIV, and XVII. Copies of the engraving on the title-page, and of plates VI, VIII-XI, and XV-XVI, without captions (possibly pre-lettering proofs), have been inserted. The volume contains marginal and inset annotations and corrections, in the hand of Thomas and David Pennant, and some six and a half pages of botanical notes at the end, in the hand of Thomas Pennant.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 10.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12715B.
Published
A volume bearing on the outside, upper cover a label inscribed 'Mediterranean and Indian Fish'. The volume itself is blank, but inset are a page of notes on the flying fish, a few drawings of fish, and copies of plates XXV, XXVIII, and XXIX [from Thomas Pennant: British Zoology, vol. III (1776)], etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 11.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12716E.
Published
Ten holograph and autograph (1) letters to Thomas Pennant at Downing and Hanover Square [London], from J[ohn] Aikin [physician and author], Yarmouth, [17]87 (personal, the writer's perusal of the journals of four ? local ships, including the Norfolk, Tartar, and Yarmouth, which had been on a ? whaling expedition to Greenland, a reported case of a three year pregnancy, a query by recipient concerning Sir Cha[rle]s Scarborough (Scarburgh), physician to Charles II, the writer's pleasure in reading recipient's appendix to the Arctic Zoology, his expectation of Mr. [John] Howard [philanthropist], several of whose papers relating to the plague he had been translating or abridging, the presence of Dutch fishermen 'to the number of 60 sail' at Yarmouth), [Sir] C[harles] Blagden, secretary of the Royal Society, Strand [London], 1792 (acknowledging receipt, on behalf of the Society, of a copy of recipient's Indian Zoology, 2nd ed. [(London, 1790)]), Henry Headley, undated (? a minor criticism by the writer relating to one of recipient's works), [Sir] W[illiam] Jones [judge and Orientalist], Calcutta, 1793 (personal, thanks for a gift of recipient's work Indian Zoology, a promise to send books, appreciation of 'Mr. Egerton's acquaintance'), John Latham [ornithologist], Dartford, 1794 (the death of Mr. [John Charles] Brook [Somerset Herald], who, with Mr. [Benjamin] P[ingo, York Herald], and many others, had been suffocated [in a crush at the Haymarket Theatre, February 1794], the writer's expectation of the new edition of recipient's Arctic Zoology, his pleasure on reading the introduction, which was already in print, an intended visit by recipient to the writer's home, literary matters), Gamaliel Lloyd, Bury St. Edmunds, 1796 (detailed genealogical data relating to the descendants of Richard, ? one of the three sons of [the Reverend] William Mostyn, archdeacon of Bangor, the writer being one of the said descendants), [the Reverend] John Lloyd [then rector of Nannerch, later rector of Caerwys], Caerwys, 1777 ( the building of Overton bridge, the connection between the second element in the names Powys Vadoc and Overton Madoc and Prince Madoc ap Meredydd), E. R. Owen, Bangor, 1782 (a sketch, and an account of, the traces remaining of a castle near Bangor), G[eorge] Paton [Scottish bibliographer and antiquary], Custom ho[use], Edinburgh, 1794 (personal, a reply to a query relating to Mey [estate], parish of Canesbay), and Pastor Daniel Sprunglin, Stettlen [Switzerland], 1773 (enclosing a list of all the birds of Switzerland, native and migratory, known to the writer) (in third person, letter in French, list in Latin).
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 12.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12717C.
Published
Eight holograph letters to David Pennant [son of Thomas Pennant], at Downing, from [the Reverend] T[homas] D[udley] Fosbroke, Walford, near Ross, 1823 (2) (personal, enquiring whether there was a plan of Tre'r caeri in Caernarvonshire amongst the papers of the late Mr. [Thomas] Pennant, the writer being in need of one for his encyclopaedia [? Encyclopedia of Antiquities . . . (London, 1825)], information concerning the Weston family, who held the earldom of Portland [1633-1688], support for the proposed encyclopaedia, thanks to recipient for his promise of a new sketch of Tre'r Caeri), G[eorge] P[erfect] Harding, Strand [London], 1812 (a visit by the writer to the Savoy Chapel, a brief description of some of the monuments there, including those of Sir Robert Douglas, Lady Dalhousie, and ? a countess of Nottingham, and of the brasses in memory of William Chatterby and Thomas Halsey, the raising of the floor of the Savoy Chapel in 1801, an intended visit to St. Stephen's Chapel, portraits copied by the writer during the previous summer, including those of Sir F[rancis] Bacon, Thomas, earl of Cleveland, and Queen Elizabeth (by [Nicholas] Hilliard), at Gorhambury, and of Algernon, earl of Northumberland ('a very fine picture by Vandyke'), and Lady Jersey at Cashiobury), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones, the Vicarage, Holywell, 1819 and undated (2) (unrest amongst the colliers, threats to use violence against Mr. Clarke and Mr. Storey, and to destroy the Bagillt coal works, the writer's orders to innkeepers not to provide the Bagillt colliers with beer, his belief that parish relief could not be provided, and that it was necessary to summon military aid), Messrs. Longman & Co., London, [18]18 ( a reply to recipient's enquiry concerning his father's Tour in Scotland), Henry Parry, undated (a reply to a query relating to the sheriffs of cos. Denbigh and Flint, sixteenth and first half seventeenth cent., giving occasional biographical detail), and N. Roberts, clerk of the peace [for co. Flint], Mold, 1823 (enclosing a copy of a letter the writer had received from the Rev[eren]d Whitehall Whitehall Davies, from Broughton, 1823, in which he tendered his resignation as chairman of the magistrates, owing to the state of his health); and a holograph letter from [the Reverend] R[obert] W[ynne] Eyton, Llangollen Vicarage, to ? Mr. or Mrs. Pennant, 1824 ( personal, requesting recipient's assistance in finding a person to be responsible for the cleanliness of [St. Winifred's] well at Holywell, money for the purpose having been given by Mrs. Coutts).
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 14.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12719E.
Published
Seven miscellaneous holograph letters from the Rev. J[ohn] B[rickdale] Blakeway, Shrewsbury, to [David Pennant], 1823 (an enquiry concerning the seal of Thomas Mynde, abbot of Shrewsbury, which had been in [Thomas] Pennant's possession, the writer's desire to publish an engraving of the seal in his work on the history of Shrewsbury [J. B. Blakeway and Hugh Owen: A History of Shrewsbury (London, 1825)]); Rob[er]t Faulder, London, to [ ], 1795 (his inability to exchange the Indian Zoology, as he had 'none coloured' by him); Alex[ande]r Garden [botanist], Strand [London], to [Thomas Pennant], 1783 (information relating to the Gulf Stream and American ornithological matters); J[oh]n Maughan, Mostyn, to Mrs. Sheldon, Rhewl, 1827 (a request to recipient to surrender a seat in 'Sir Thomas Mostyn's part of the church' [of ], which was required for the tenant of Pentreffynnon farm); C[atherine] Pennant [London], to her brother [Thomas Pennant] [? circa 1795] (personal and family news, news of acquaintances); J. Plymley, Longnor, to [Thomas Pennant], 1794 (personal, a sketch of the arms of 'Gwin Lloyd of Gwersilt, last male heir, ob. s. p., 19 March 1774', acknowledging the receipt of prints); and Ch[arles] Williams Wynn, Salop, to [ ], 1804 (the identity of the subject of a portrait at Chester [possibly Sir William Williams, speaker of the House of Commons]).
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Pennant[-Feilding] 15.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12720E.
Published
Miscellaneous loose press cuttings and manuscript notes (some in the hand of Thomas and David Pennant), extracted from NLW MSS 12706-12714. The cuttings contain notes on the 'History of the sugar cane' (1832), and 'Northern herring fishing' (1827); news of an explosion at 'Mr. Eyton's Flint colliery' (1828), a meeting at Holywell in connection with a proposed petition against Catholic emancipation (1829), a suit, Sillitoe v Thomas, at Denbigh Great Sessions (1828), and the sale of an extra- illustrated copy (the Chiswell copy, consisting of eleven volumes quarto and one folio) of Thomas Pennant: A Tour in Wales, by Mr. Thorp, bookseller, of St. Martin's Lane [London], to an American buyer; obituary notices of the Reverend Thomas Maurice, assistant keeper of MSS at the British Museum (1824), and of Sir Thomas Mostyn [6th bart., of Mostyn, co. Flint] (1831); and a copy of a poem entitled 'Verses to Mr. Pennant on the writer's being apprized of his intention to make a visit into Cornwall'. The manuscript notes include 'A List of rare Plants observ'd in N. Wales nearly in the Order they were discover'd'; an 'Index to Walpole's Catalogue of Portraits at Woburn'; a list of ? portraits in various residences in England and Scotland, with a note at the top, in Thomas Pennant's hand, 'such as I have are marked thus X'; an 'Account of the Money mortified by George Heriot, Jeweller, to K. James VI, for founding his Hospital in Edinburgh'; copies of memorial inscriptions to Sion Trevor, Trevalyn, Dame Catherin, wife of Sir Richard Trevor of Trevalyn, Nicholas Pennant, Robert Pennant, Simon Yorke of Erthig, and his wife Dorothy, Elizabeth Yorke of Erthig, Sir John Williams, bart., of Bodelwyddan, and his wife, Dame Margaret, and Thomas Mostyn Edwards of Kilken Hall; notes on the Yarmouth herring fishery (1786); a rough pedigree of the Pennant family (sixteenth-eighteenth century); a list of the children of Mr. Lloyd [? the Reverend John Lloyd] of Caerwis (1794), with dates of birth; comments on [E.] Olafsen: Reise durch Island, 2 vols., 4°(Copenhagen and Leipsic, 1774); a copy of the inscription on Whitford school house; data relating to the births and deaths of various members of the Pennant family, 1637-1699; consolidated census statistics (houses and population), relating to the six counties of North Wales, with more detailed figures relating to specific parishes in co. Flint (1800), etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23412E.
Published
Thomas Pennant's copy of his Outlines of the Globe. The View of Hindoostan. Vol. 1. Western Hindoostan (London, 1798), containing original hand-coloured and pen-and-ink drawings, the original water-colour headpiece by Moses Griffith, Junior, and extra illustrations not contained in the published work, including two engraved plates by Thomas Vivares. Pasted-in cuttings from other works include two woodcuts from Thomas Coryate, Greeting from the Court of the Great Mogul, 1616. Plates, drawings and engravings found loose inside the volume have, where possible, been tipped in between the relevant pages. Other items loose inside (23 ff.), mostly relating to the text, include notes by Thomas Pennant; a list of costs relating to the production of volumes I and II of the work; and letters (4) 1796-8 and n.d. to Thomas Pennant, including a letter, 1798, from Luigi Schiavonetti, and an undated note from Sir Elijah Impey.
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23413E.
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Thomas Pennant's copy of his Outlines of the Globe. The View of Hindoostan. Vol. II. Eastern Hindoostan (London, 1798), containing original water-colours and hand-coloured and pen-and-ink drawings, and extra illustrations not contained in the published work. Included are two drawings by Thomas Pennant, the original water-colour headpiece by William Angus, and water-colours by Thomas Pennant and Moses Griffith, Junior. Plates, drawings and engravings found loose inside the volume have been tipped in between the relevant pages. Other items loose inside (26 ff.) relating to the work include notes by Thomas Pennant; and letters (8) 1798 to Thomas Pennant, including a letter from the Royal Society thanking him for their copy of his work, and letters from Thomas Daniell (1), John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury (3) and Patrick Russell (1).
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23414E.
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A proof copy of Thomas Pennant, Outlines of the Globe, Vol. III. The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan (London, 1800), edited by David Pennant and containing many additions, corrections and annotations by him, none apparently incorporated in the published work. These range from the purely textual to those providing additional information gleaned from other sources. Notes and other material relating to the text found loose inside have been tipped in between the relevant pages or at the end of the volume. Included is a letter, 1785, to Thomas Pennant from the botanist William Hudson.
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23415E.
Published
A copy of Thomas Pennant, Outlines of the Globe, Vol. IV. The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands (London, 1800). A list by the editor of the volume, David Pennant, found loose inside has been tipped in (p. 131a).
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).