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Title
Date(s)
- [1791]-1847. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
12 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Harford Jones, afterwards Sir Harford Jones Bryges, bart (1764-1847), of Boultibrooke, near Presteigne, Radnorshire, was a servant of the Honourable East India Company, envoy and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia, 1807-1811, and author.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Boultibrooke, Radnorshire, January 1924.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, 1791-1847, mainly of Sir Harford Jones Bryges of Boultibrooke.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 4901-4912.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, unless otherwise specified.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2005.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;