File NLW MS 21824C. - George Cornewall Lewis letters,

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NLW MS 21824C.

Title

George Cornewall Lewis letters,

Date(s)

  • 1841-1864. (Creation)

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vi, 219 ff. Guarded and filed.

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Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 71; 29 June 1982

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Letters from Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, of Harpton Court, co. Radnor, to W. E. Gladstone (78) 1841-1863, and to Frederick Calvert (6) 1855-1860, together with three letters, 1863-1864, from Gladstone to Lady Lewis, a letter, 1863, from him to Sir George's brother, Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, and a letter, 1863, from Calvert to Lady Lewis. The letters to Gladstone largely concern matters arising during the writer's tenure of office as chancellor of the exchequer, 1855-1858, as home secretary, 1859-1861, and as secretary for war, 1861-1863. Some of them also reflect the literary and scholarly interests shared by Gladstone and Lewis.

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Language and script notes

English.

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Finding aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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Related units of description

For letters from Gladstone and Calvert to George Cornewall Lewis, see Harpton Court Deeds and Documents, C/1229-32 and C/1017-28.

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Title based on contents.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21824C.

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Virtua system control number

vtls004282227

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000282227

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.

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  • English

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