File NLW MS 2065E [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Letters of Thomas Falconer, &c.

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NLW MS 2065E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Letters of Thomas Falconer, &c.

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  • 1774-[1812] (Creation)

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273 ff. ; 335 x 200 mm. and less.

Half leather and marbled paper over boards with gold tooling on spine; 'M.S.S. LETTERS 1774-1791' (gold on spine).

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Like his father, Paul Panton the younger (1758-1822) qualified as a barrister but also followed in his father's antiquarian footsteps, travelling a good deal in pursuit of his interests and maintaining a correspondence with prominent antiquarian and literary figures of his day. The family connection with the north-east of Wales also remained as the younger Panton was not only a prominent figure in Anglesey public life but was elected high sheriff of Flintshire in 1815.

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Paul Panton the elder (1727-1797), barrister and antiquarian, married in 1756 Jane Jones, heiress to the Plas Gwyn estate at Pentraeth, Anglesey. In addition to his responsibilities as squire of Plas Gwyn, Panton took a keen practical interest in the coal and lead industries of Flintshire, in which county he spent a large proportion of his time. He travelled extensively throughout Wales, England and Scotland and, like his friends Thomas Pennant and Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), was greatly interested in British antiquities, a passion reflected in his correspondence. An avid collector of manuscripts, Panton was to gain possession of Ieuan Fardd's papers shortly before the latter's death. The elder Panton retained communications with legal and political colleagues throughout his life.

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A volume containing one hundred and twenty-one letters, 1774-1791, from Thomas Falconer, classical scholar, to Paul Panton, [?]junior, Plas Gwyn (ff. 7-254), and three letters, 1774-1775, from Falconer to ... Plymley [?Joseph Plymley, Archdeacon of Salop] (ff. 1-6).
Loose in the volume (ff. 255-273) are additional papers, 1775-1810 and undated, including a letter, 1775, from Daines Barrington to Paul Panton, senior (ff. 256-257); a copy of a letter, 1809, from W. Jones, Beaumaris, and of his 'proposal' regarding the demolition of North Wales castles (ff. 267-268); notes [by Richard Fenton] for a tour 'From Llandilo by way of Swansea Neath Margam & Ewenny to Cowbridge', [1812] (f. 271); etc.

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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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  • English

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English.

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Available on microfilm at the Library.

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For Richard Fenton's itinerary see also NLW MSS 9085D, pp. 85-88, and 9104C.

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Formerly Panton MS 100.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 2065E.

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vtls004330020

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(WlAbNL)0000330020

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: NLW MS 2065E [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO NLW MS 2065E.