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- [1660]-1925 (Creation)
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2 vols (37ff and 42ff), 1 folder (50 items)
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The file contains poems on various subjects, including the restoration of Charles II [1660], scandalous behaviour of Mrs Price of Rhiwlas, [1779x1834], a translation of Robin Ddu's Prophesy, 1784, a copy of The Plough Boy by John O'Keefe, 1789, marriage of the Prince of Wales [1795], the French invasion, [1797], an Arthurian-style prophecy fortelling the rise of Welsh education and culture by Dr David Hughes of Ruthin school [c. 1797], copies of A Comparison by Francis Quarles and The Nosegay by William Cowper [c. 1807], lines on the tree under which William Penn made his treaty with the Indians by William Roscoe, 1813, death of Lieut. Thomas Griffith [1814], and Day by Beriah Botfield, 1821, an exercise book of John Griffith (3) of Garn containing a treatise on the lordships marcher, 1759, an exercise book containing a copy of an adventure story by Sir Bernard Burke, [1888x1919?], and a typescript composition by W.D.W. Griffith, dated 1925, about the encounter of his father, George, with Italian bandits in 1820.
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Usual copyright laws apply
Language of material
- English
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English
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Finding aids
The unpublished poems are indexed in 'First-line Index of English Poetry in Manuscripts at NLW', currently a temporary card index, eventually to be transferred to an electronic database.
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First date surmised as contemporary with the Restoration.
Note
Enclosures: The notebook of 1759 contains loose notes on biblical chronology, and the later notebook contains press cuttings, 1888-1919, from which the volume has been roughly dated.
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Preferred citation: FL1/1
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- Hughes, David, Dr, fl. 1785-1809 (Subject)
- Roscoe, William, 1753-1831 (Subject)
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800 (Subject)