National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

NLW Facs 927
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1895-1896

Photocopies of NLW MS 22919B comprising twenty-nine letters, 1895-6, to Edward Thomas from James Ashcroft Noble (1844-96), father of Helen Thomas, and nine letters, 1896, from Thomas to Noble, mainly concerned with Thomas's writing and Noble's deteriorating health, and a copy of a photograph of Noble's study.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Ash grove,

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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: In an ash-grove among the mountains once, I was glad. Written in London. Manuscript, second draft, in ink, sent to Eleanor Farjeon with a letter dated 8 Feb 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

A Tale [cancelled version],

424/2/52/1.
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1915, Mar. 28 /

First line: There once the walls. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 7 Feb 1917,

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1917, Feb. 7 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Field Post Office, 8 Feb 1917.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 27 Jan 1917,

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1917, Jan. 27 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked 27 Jan 1917, Codford, Wiltshire.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Signpost,

424/2/5/1.
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1914, Dec. 7 /

First line: The dim sea glints chill. The white sun is shy. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Birds' nests,

424/2/9/1b.
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1914, Dec. /

First line: The summer nests uncovered by autumn wind. Written in Steep. Typescript. Version B.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The New year,

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1914, Jan. 1 /

First line: He was the one man I met up in the woods. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[P. H. T.],

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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: I may come near loving you. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

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1916, Sep. 3 /

First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Manuscript draft in ink. This item is the same version as that once owned by Edward Thomas' mother, Mary Elizabeth Thomas, but a manuscript rather than typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [3 Myfanwy],

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1916, Apr. 2-8 /

First line: What shall I give my daughter the younger. Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in pencil. Two versions.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [2 Merfyn],

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1916, Apr. 1-7 /

First line: If I were to own this countryside. Written at Hare Hall. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 6-7 Dec 1916,

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1916, Dec. 6-7 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Lydd/Loughton, Kent, 6/7 Dec 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 6 Feb 1916,

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1916, Feb. 6 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed 13 Rusham Road, Balham. Includes a version of the poem 'Ash Grove'.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 16 Nov 1916,

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1916, Nov. 16 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Wanstrow, Somerset, 16 Nov 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[Bugle call],

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1916, May. 25-26 /

First line: 'No one cares less than I'. Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[The Watchers],

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1916, Apr. 24-May 1 /

First line: By the ford at the town's edge. Written at Hare Hall. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[P. H. T.],

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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: I may come near loving you. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas letters to Jesse Berridge

NLW MS 23695E
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1901-1985

Seventy-six letters, 1901-1917, from the poet Edward Thomas to his friend, the Rev. Jesse Berridge, containing personal and family news and references to the progress of his work (ff. 1-102; see The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983); for letter no. 63 in the series see NLW MS 10617B).
Also included are transcripts of two letters from the poet to Mrs Edna Berridge, 1912 (ff. 103-104); one letter, [1940s], to Jesse Berridge from Helen Thomas, the poet's widow (f. 123), and two letters, 1957-1961, and a card, [?1950s], from Eleanor Farjeon (ff. 125, 127-128 verso), together with related papers, notably Berridge's draft of his short memoir of Edward Thomas, 1947 (ff. 106-111; see Letters, pp. 84-90), a typescript address, 1985, by R. George Thomas (ff. 131-134) and press cuttings, 1907-1978 (ff. 135-144), including articles by Helen Thomas, 1962-1963 (ff. 139-142). The collection also contains sketches by Edward Thomas, 1902 (f. 24 recto-verso), and references to W. H. Davies, 1905 (f. 52 recto-verso), Gordon Bottomley, 1907 (ff. 56, 58), Robert Frost, 1957 (f. 127), and to the First World War, 1915-1917 (ff. 92-102), together with a copy of a letter, 1947, to Rowland L. Watson, secretary of the Edward Thomas Memorial Committee (f. 105).

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 1 Jan 1917,

424/1/1/1/1/215.
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1917, Jan. 1 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent. Formerly in envelope postmarked 2 Jan 1917.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

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