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- 1918, April.
The file includes a letter, dated 27 April, describing events on the front line in France.
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The file includes a letter, dated 27 April, describing events on the front line in France.
Part of John Morris Papers,
D. R. Davies Collection of Drama Scrap Books,
Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.
Davies, D. R., (of Aberdare), 1919-1978
Letters from Howard de Walden from Gallipoli and France,
Photcopies of letters from Lord Howard de Walden to his son John Osmael Scott-Ellis from Gallipoli, 1915, and from France, 1917.
Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, Baron, b. 1880
Part of Henry Richard manuscripts
A journal of Henry Richard's visits to France, April-May 1849, July-August [?1849], March-April 1856, and April 1861.
Henry Richard.
Part of Verney Manuscripts,
A volume containing 'Rousseau's Dream' by J. B. Cramer; Swiss airs and a Swiss dance; a quadrille; waltzes by Carl Maria von Weber, Balduci [sic, for Boildieu?], Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johan Nepomuka Hummel, etc.; a German drinking song; Gaelic, Tyrolese (one by Joseph Kuffner), Irish, French, Danish and German airs; marches; a pastorale by Franҫois Adrien Boildieu; a harp air; gallopades; a polonaise; Hungarian melody; preludes for the harp by P. M. Meyer ('Not to be copied'); hymn-tunes (to words by Thomas Kelly, William Cowper, John Newton, Joseph Addison, Reginald Heber, etc.); Scotch airs (to words by Miss --- Drinkwater); chants by Sir J. Stepenson; a psalm-tune; a Portuguese song ('modinha'); etc.
Estat au vray du trésor royal, année 1675.
Part of Llangibby Castle Estate Records.
A transcript, [18 cent., second ½] (watermark similar to Churchill, no. 317, dated 1770), of a summary account of the revenue and expenditure of the French Treasury, mainly for the year 1675 but compiled in 1678 by Gédéon Berbier du Metz, garde du Trésor royal, for king Louis XIV.
It includes incomes from ordinary taxes deducted in the généralités (ancient French tax dominions) on woods, bridges, roads and Paris duties, from the 'Cinq Grosses Fermes', gabelles and other indirect taxes, royal farms and 'Parties casuelles' (incomes related to the selling of public charges), from extraordinary taxes in Pays d'états (free-tax French lands) and Church 'don gratuit' and levies, and from the selling of annuities, 1674-1677 (ff. 4-65 recto); expenses from king's rolls and gifts, 1674-1678 (ff. 66-80 recto); with a total sum for the year 1675 (f. 80). The original summary account is believed to have been destroyed during the French Revolution.
Du Metz, Gédéon Berbier, 1626-1709.
Part of Lucie Barbier papers,
Programmes of concerts at which Madame Barbier performed, or which were organised by her, in France, England and Wales, 1886-1921.
Tales translated from the French
Part of Bourdillon Manuscripts,
'The Story of the king Constant the Emperor' and 'The Friendship of Amys and Amiles', being transcripts by F. W. Bourdillon of thirteenth century French prose tales translated by him.
A manuscript of the French prose romance of Tristran, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, illuminated on vellum.
Ceremony of dedication : Mametz Wood memorial
A programme, 11 July 1987, of the service held to unveil the memorial at Vallée des Gallois, Mametz, to commemmorate members of the 38th (Welsh) Division who lost their lives in battle.
Photocopies of a typewritten transcript by the writer Elaine Morgan of her father William Mansel Floyd’s diary which was written by him whilst on active service in France, August-December 1914. The original diary was donated to the Imperial War Museum in 1987.