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Title
Date(s)
- [1840], 1961 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 ff. (f. 73 formerly folded as two leaves)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Purchased by H. B. Ward, Great Baddow, from Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd. in 1961.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 42; 9 July 2019; 99977143702419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A letter, 17 May [1840] (watermark 1840), signed Augusta Ada Lovelace, to a Mrs Tynte, discussing the educational future of a musical prodigy, presumed to be the harpist John Thomas [Pencerdd Gwalia], and asking Tynte to use her Welsh connections to advance his career. Lovelace refers to her communications with [John Fane], Lord Burge[r]sh, co-founder of the Royal Society of Music (f. 73).
Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 10 April 1961, to H. B. Ward, Great Baddow, from the bookseller Winifred Myers, London, offering the Ada Lovelace letter for sale and transcribing its contents (f. 74).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Remains of mount.
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Note
Title based on contents.
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Thomas, John, 1826-1913 (Subject)
- Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859 (Subject)
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 -- Correspondence (Subject)