Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1822-[c. 1831] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
6 ff. (4 numbered items)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Winifred A. Myers Ltd; London; Purchase; March 1958.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Holograph papers of Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans, 1822-[c. 1831], including poems entitled 'Hymn on the Resurrection' (item 1) and 'To the Memory of Bishop Heber', [c. 1825] (watermark 1823) (item 2); a letter to J. C. Graves, Fitzwilliam Square (a visit to Cheltenham, etc.), [c. 1831] (watermark 1829) (item 4); and a letter from Bronwylfa, St. Asaph, 7 January 1822, to Lady John Campbell (the gift of the accompanying 'little Works') (item 5).
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Accruals
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 238.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Item 3, an incomplete poem beginning 'In the green trees ...', absent from the file, October 2026.
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10707C.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2008, October 2026.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Rhys Jones.