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- 1871-1884. (Creation)
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Seventy-two holograph letters of John Rhys from Rhyl, Oxford, etc., 1871-84, of which ten, mainly from the period 1871-2, are addressed to J. H. S[ilvan] Evans at Llanymawddwy and the remainder to his father D. Silvan Evans at Llanymawddwy and Llanwrin. Subjects of the correspondence include the writer's appointment as Inspector of Schools in North Flintshire and Denbighshire, the writer's marriage, the Principalship at Aberystwyth [College] (1872), ogham and other inscriptions, Welsh borrowings from classical languages, contributions to Archaeologia Cambrensis, charters belonging to Welsh churches preserved at Canterbury, Mr [Richard Rolt] Brash's contemptuous treatment of the writer, the resignation of the recipient (D. Silvan Evans) as editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, the writer's appointment to the chair of Celtic at Oxford, the publication of the writer's volume [2nd ed. of Lectures on Welsh Philology, 1879], Welsh words of English origin, Cardiganshire dialects, the writer's desire to examine the Peniarth manuscripts, the position of Welsh at [St David's College] Lampeter, the desire of Mr [E. G. B.] Phillimore to consult the recipient (D. Silvan Evans)'s text of Y Marchog Crwydrad, the recipient (D. Silvan Evans)'s dictionary, copious observations on matters of Welsh etymology, personal, etc. The volume also includes an incomplete copy reply by [D. Silvan Evans], 1874, and an unsigned holograph letter of [E. L. Barnwell], Melksham [1874], both concerned with the controversy between John Rhys and Richard Rolt Brash.
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English, Welsh.
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Preferred citation: 758B.
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- University of Wales, Aberystwyth -- Professional staff (Subject)
- Jesus College (University of Oxford) -- Professional staff (Subject)
- St. David’s University College (Lampeter, Wales) (Subject)
- Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Evans, J. Henry Silvan -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Evans, D. Silvan (Daniel Silvan), 1818-1903 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915 -- Marriage (Subject)
- Brash, Richard Rolt, 1817-1876 (Subject)
- Phillimore, Egerton, 1856-1937 (Subject)
- Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915 (Subject)
- Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915 (Subject)
- Evans, J. Henry Silvan (Subject)
- Evans, D. Silvan (Daniel Silvan), 1818-1903 (Subject)
- Barnwell, Edward Lowry, 1813-1887 (Subject)