Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 22722C.
Title
Letters from the Boer War,
Date(s)
- [1900]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 28 ff. ; 235 x 190 mm. Exercise book.
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Scope and content
Transcripts of seventeen letters, 1899-1900, from 2nd Lieutenant Barton H. Besly, 2nd battalion, Devonshire Regiment, mainly to his mother, giving an account of his experiences while on active service during the relief of Ladysmith.
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English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22722C.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004278853
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000278853
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- Besly, Barton H., fl. 1899 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Besly, Barton H., fl. 1899 (Subject)