File NLW MS 21743C. - Letters to Edward Copleston

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NLW MS 21743C.

Title

Letters to Edward Copleston

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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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Finding aids

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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See also NLW MSS 21977C, 22716-22.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21743C.

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vtls004227685

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(WlAbNL)0000227685

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.

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  • English

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