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Date(s)
- 1814 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
6 ff. ; 235 x 190 mm.
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Biographical history
Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better-known as the 'Ladies of Llangollen', were both members of Irish aristocratic families. Having quickly established a relationship following their meeting in 1768, the women escaped the scandalised animosity of their home circle by setting up home at Plasnewydd, a Gothic-style house situated near Llangollen, Denbighshire. For the next fifty years, they lived a secluded and often penurious existence, while nevertheless receiving such notable visitors as the landowner, traveller and writer Anne Lister and the poets Robert Southey, William Wordsworth and Percy Shelley. Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby are both buried in the grounds of St Collen's Church, Llangollen, while Plasnewydd is now a museum dedicated to their lives.
Archival history
Formerly in the fly-leaves of NLW MS 22985B.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcript, 1814, probably in the hand of Lady Eleanor Butler, of the fourth edition of a poem in French entitled 'Les On. Disparition de Buonaparte'.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Language of material
- French
Script of material
Language and script notes
French.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 1002).
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Name access points
- Bonaparte, Napoléon, Emperor, 1769-1821 (Subject)