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Hemans correspondence

  • NLW MS 4516B
  • File
  • [early 20 cent.]

Typescript copies of letters addressed by Felicia Dorothea Browne (afterwards Mrs Hemans) (1793-1835) and her mother and sister to Matthew Nicholson of Liverpool, 1807-1812, with press cuttings and transcripts of other letters relating to Mrs Hemans and papers relating to the gift of the original letters to the Liverpool Public Libraries in 1912 by Francis Nicholson.

Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835

Letters,

  • NLW MS 11092D
  • File
  • [1748x1898].

Three holograph letters:- from William Herbert, 2nd marquis of Powis, to ----, [174-]; John Parry ('Bardd Alaw') to the editor of The Literary Gazette, [18]22, mentioning that Mrs Hemans has written some fine words for the writer, etc.; and [Sir] Lewis Morris [of Penbryn, Carmarthenshire] to Otto Goldschmidt, [18]98 (comments on music composed by the recipient to verses by the writer).

Miscellaneous letters,

  • NLW MS 21816E.
  • File
  • 1801-1849.

Letters, 1801-1849, of miscellaneous provenance, including three letters, with sketches, 1804-1805, from the architect John Nash and his assistant to Sir George Cornewall relating to construction work at Moccas Court, Herefordshire; three letters, 1801-1808, to William Clayfield, Bristol, from James Watt and his sons Gregory Watt and James Watt; and three letters, 1824-1826, from the artist George Perfect Harding to David Pennant of Downing, Flintshire, together with related notes by the latter. Among the other correspondents are James Everett (1) 1825, Sir Francis Freeling (1) 1833, Felicia Hemans (1) n.d., Dorothea Jordan (2) 1813 and n.d., Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis (1) n.d., Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon') (1) 1812, John Parry ('Bardd Alaw') (2) 1831 and n.d., Sir Thomas Picton (2) 1810-1813, Henry Richard (1) 1849 and Isaac Williams (1) [1842].

Music; poetry,

  • NLW MS 10987B.
  • File
  • [19 cent.] /

A song entitled 'The Better Land', the music arranged by Mr. J. Whitney, Carmarthen, to words by Mrs. [Felicia Dorothea] Hemans; and a copy of a poem entitled 'Mae nhad wrth y llyw'.

Whitney, J., Mr, Carmarthen