File NLW MS 22778D. - Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

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NLW MS 22778D.

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Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

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  • [1918]-[1950] / (Creation)

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143 ff. Guarded and filed.

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Over two hundred and eighty letters, 1903-[1950], from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill, containing personal news, comments on the progress of his work, and anecdotes relating to his contemporaries. Letters entirely in Romani are accompanied by English translations, [1970s], by Ferdinand G. Huth.

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English, Romani.

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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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For other letters from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill see NLW MSS 22776-22777D; two further letters, ?1914, 1923, from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill are included in NLW MS 23410C.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22778D.

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vtls004279405

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(WlAbNL)0000279405

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: NLW MS 22778D.