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- 1859-1882 / (Creation)
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Holograph letters from Lewis Edwards, Bala, to his son Llewelyn, 1864-1882 (5) (the recipient's health and his studies, the birth of the recipient's son and heir, the proposed opening of the Bala-Festiniog railway, personal); from Lewis Edwards, from Hyde Park, London, to his wife Jane, 1874 (personal); from T[homas] C[harles] Edwards, from Stratford-on-Avon and from Leamington, to his brother Llewelyn, 1867 (the writer's marriage and return to Liverpool); and from Thomas Charles [Edwards] to his mother, undated (the writer's proposed marriage, personal). Also included in the volume is a prayer, in Welsh, by T. C. Edwards, 1859.
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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 the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12195B.
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Name access points
- Bala-Ffestiniog Railway (Subject)
- Edwards, Lewis, 1809-1887 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Edwards, Llewelyn, son of Lewis Edwards -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Edwards, Llewelyn, son of Lewis Edwards -- Family (Subject)
- Edwards, Jane, wife of Lewis Edwards -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Edwards, Lewis, 1809-1887 -- Family -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas Charles, 1837-1900 -- Marriage (Subject)
- Edwards, Llewelyn, son of Lewis Edwards (Subject)
- Edwards, Jane, wife of Lewis Edwards (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas Charles, 1837-1900 (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas Charles, 1837-1900 -- 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
December 2009.
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 source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);