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- 1861-1880 (Creation)
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14 ff. ; 260 x 205 mm. and less.
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William Rees, grandson of 'Gwilym Hiraethog'; West Kirby; Donation; 1940.
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Six letters and fragment of another, 1861-1864, from Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), advocate of Italian unity, to William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), one of which is written on a printed circular for subscribers to an association to succeed the Friends of Italy (ff. 1-13). Four of the letters have been published in William Rees (Hiraethog): A Memoir by his son Ebenezer Rees, ed. by H. Elvet Lewis, M.A. (Liverpool, 1915); see also NLW Journal vol. I (1940), p. 149. Also included is a postcard, 1880, from William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), to Gwilym Hiraethog (f. 14).
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- English
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 13705C