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- 1841-1876. (Creation)
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Letters by Margaret Wozencraft, 1855 and undated; letters by David Charles Davies, Newtown and London, 1851-1871, to his mother and other members of the family; Elizabeth Davies, Pibwr Wen, and Aberystwyth, to her daughter Elizabeth, 1860; and Henry Richard, 1876; and miscellaneous papers, including a list of books bought by David Charles Davies; a note (1841) by John Breese of the baptism of Sarah, daughter of David Charles, Carmarthen, 1792; a programme of the C. M. Quarterly Association at Aberystwyth, 1849; An Answer to Prayer - verses by J. J., Kettering; verses written to the Skinner Street Sunday School teachers; medical prescriptions for Mrs. Robert Davies and Miss Davies, Albion House, Aberystwyth; and sermon notes.
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XVIII, 226.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10549B.
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- Skinner Street Sunday School (Aberystwyth, Wales) -- Officials and employees -- Poetry (Subject)
- Davies, Elizabeth, Pibwr Wen -- Family -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Charles, Sarah, daughter of David Charles, Carmarthen (Subject)
- Davies, Eliza, Aberystwyth, wife of Robert Davies (1790-1841) (Subject)
- Davies, Miss, Albion House, Aberystwyth (Subject)
- Wozencraft, Margaret, fl. mid 19 cent. (Subject)
- Davies, David Charles, 1826-1891 (Subject)
- Davies, Elizabeth, Pibwr Wen (Subject)
- Richard, Henry, 1812-1888 (Subject)
- Breese, John, 1789-1842 (Subject)
- Davies, David Charles, 1826-1891 -- Family -- Correspondence. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2008.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953);