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- 1819-1851 (Creation)
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iii, 112 ff. (following the original foliation to f. 41; ff. 8, 29, 33 wanting; many blank leaves; some leaves bearing several letters tipped in) ; 280 x 240 mm.
Half-leather and marbled paper, gilt panels on spine.
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Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 637; 28 October 1981
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Some forty-five letters, 1819-1840, to Edward Copleston , provost of Oriel College, Oxford, and bishop of Llandaf, together with a transcript of a letter, 1851, to his nephew W. J. Copleston. Many of the correspondents are prominent literary, ecclesiastical or political figures and include Henry Brougham (2) [1830s], Maria Edgeworth (1) 1831, Lord Grenville (3) 1827-1833, and Sir Walter Scott (1) 1829. An index of correspondents is contained on f. iii.
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English.
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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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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21743C.
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- Copleston, Edward, 1776-1849 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. (Subject)
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849 (Subject)
- Copleston, Edward, 1776-1849 (Subject)
- Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 (Subject)
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 (Subject)
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English