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- [1811x1935] (Creation)
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A group of manuscript papers of Felicia Dorothea Hemans (née Browne), including eight holograph letters written (where indicated) from Bronwylfa, near St. Asaph, and from Milburn Tower, near Edinburgh, the correspondents including M[atthew] Nicholson, Liverpool (1812) and the Reverend H. H. Milman (1823); English translations of three Italian sonnets, together with copies of the originals, 1811; holograph poems:- 'Imelda', 'The Messenger Bird', 'Gertrude', 'The Tombs of Plataea', 'The View of Castri' (incomplete) and 'The Vespers of Palermo' (fragment); two copies of an engraved portrait of Mrs. Hemans, published in 1839; a short biographical note; and a cutting of an appreciation of her poetry published on the centenary of her death.
Amongst the references made are those to Lord Byron's Childe Harolde, Sir Robert Liston and Dr James Gregory.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Italian
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Italian.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 276-7.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10959C.
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- Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835 -- Portraits (Subject)
- Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835 -- Anniversaries, etc. (Subject)
- Liston, Robert, Sir, 1742-1836 (Subject)
- Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (Subject)
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Subject)
- Nicholson, Matthew, 1746-1819 (Subject)
- Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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November 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.