Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1824-1856. (Creation)
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Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Desmond Hill; Dolgellau; Donation; 1937
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Orders published from the Camp, near Poona, 26 May, 1831, for general information and to be considered as standing orders for the cantonment, together with extracts from later orders, etc., 1831-1840; a printer's copy of the Tsar's Order of the Day to his troops, 15 September, 1824, picked up in Sebastopol by J. Hill, Quartermaster, 4th Light Dragoons, on 14 September, 1855; and a list of events and prizes at the Scutari Games, to be held under the patronage of the Commander of the Bosphorus, 16 April, 1856.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Russian
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Russian.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 268.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10907D.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Great Britain. Army. 4th Light Dragoons (Subject)
- Scutari Games (Bulgaria) -- 1856 (Subject)
- Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825. (Subject)
- Hill, J., quartermaster, 4th Light Dragoons (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);