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- 1990, 1998 (Creation)
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3 ff.
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Mr Tom Ellis; Wrexham; Donation; August 1999; A1999/99.
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A letter, 2 October 1990, from the poet R. S. Thomas to Tom Ellis, former MP for Wrexham, regarding a controversial speech by Thomas on the movement of non-Welsh speaking immigrants into the Welsh language heartland (f. 95, Welsh). Also included is a postcard, 1998, sent by Thomas to Ellis reacting to an article concerning Seamus Heaney in Prospect Magazine (f. 96, Welsh).
Accompanying the letter is a cutting of an article by Ellis ('British justice in the dock', Western Mail, 1 October 1990, p. 10) concerning Thomas' speech (f. 94, English).
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Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of R. S. Thomas copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed June 2009).
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Welsh, English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23699E, ff. 94-96.
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- Heaney, Seamus, 1939- (Subject)
- Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000 -- Correspondence (Subject)