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Journals and diaries of Emily Charlotte Seymour (married name Ormsby-Gore), dated between 1844 and 1890. The first seven volumes contain accounts of the family's voyages with her father, Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, to Chile, Peru and the Falkland Islands, and overland journeys from Valparaiso to Santiago and elsewhere in Chile, 1844-1847, followed by visits to Juan Fernandes and Rio [de Janeiro] in 1848, describing throughout the travelling conditions, climate, landscape, animals, native inhabitants, immigrant settlers, entertainments and systems of government. The contents of some of the volumes are repeated. The later volume of 1890 is mostly concerned with family and domestic matters at Brogyntyn and in London; it also reflects Emily 's interests in music, high society, the Victorian court, parliamentary news, conservative politics and the Primrose League, and her involvement with the Oswestry and Ellesmere Cottage Hospital, Pantglas School and general parish affairs in Selatyn, Oswestry and Llanfihangel-y-Traethau. There is also a diary of her mother, Georgiana Mary Seymour, containing brief entries relating to family and friends, 1869-1870.

Letters to Emily Charlotte Ormsby-Gore (née Seymour), second Lady Harlech, 1844-1876, from her husband, William Richard Ormsby-Gore, and children, 1853-1874, other relatives and friends, including Lady Clinton, [1844], Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore [c. 1869], the Duchess of Grafton, 1860, Lady Georgiana de Ros, [1860], her father, Sir George Francis Seymour, 1857-1869, her cousin, Lady Spencer, 1857-1870, and other members of the Seymour family, 1850-1876. Particular topics are: her husband 's experiences in the Crimean War, 1853-1854; charitable works, estate business and court duties in Ireland; elections in Shropshire and Roscommon, 1859; the Franco-Prussian War, 1870; Sir George F. Seymour 's involvement with the 68th regiment and recollections of the Walcheren expedition in 1809; the marriage of Laura Wilhelmina Seymour to Prince Victor Gleichen, 1860; and events in Canada during the American Civil War, 1862. The file also includes a single family letter to her daughter, Mary.

Original and typescript copies of letters to John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, first Baron Harlech, his wife Sarah and other members of his family, 1832-1875. Correspondents include Montagu Corry, Benjamin Disraeli and William Watkin Edward Wynne, on the creation of the Barony of Harlech, 1875; John Wilson Croker, 1832, William Ormsby-Gore, 1837, Lord Hill, 1853, George Francis Seymour and others on the Boundary Bill, 1832, political representation in Shropshire and Ireland, freedom of public worship, 1862, solicitation of his support for career advancement, personal responsiblities and political support for him among the tradespeople of Oswestry, 1874.

Correspondents include Rev. Hugh T. Owen on the excavations at Valle Crucis Abbey, 1899, Lord Penryn, 1893, Jonathan Pim, 1873, Francis Seymour, 1855-1862, George Francis Seymour, 1850-1865; William Henry Smith on the Tithe Bill, 1887, with a draft reply describing opposition by the public and the Welsh language press; and Charles Seymour reporting the death of Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 1852.