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Date(s)
- 1831-1840 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
157 ff. (many blank leaves) ; 195 x 155 mm. Quarter-leather and marbled paper with remains of vellum corner-pieces.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
David Harbourne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1985
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Scope and content
Letter-book of Thomas Bowen of Pen-bre, co. Carmarthen, superintendent of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Railway Co., comprising an inventory of the company's records, 1831 (ff. 1-4), copy and draft letters, 1838-1840 (ff. 5-136 verso), a humorous poem on the failures of an anonymous colliery proprietor (ff. 151-5) and an arithmetical problem in Welsh, English and Latin (ff. 155 verso-6).
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Language of material
- Welsh
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English, Latin.
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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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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22092B.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Language(s)
- English