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- [1865x1901]. (Creation)
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A holograph letter, 1865, from J. H. Preece, for the Great Western Railway New Swindon Mechanics Institution, to Mr. Hanty (thanks to Mr. [Harry H.] Davies for the gift of a drawing); 'half-yearly report of conduct; or, lady's school register' of Miss F[lorence] M[ary] Davies, 1870; the return of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Rumney, Monmouthshire, 1901; a short pedigree of the family of Edmunds of Rumney, and of the family of Davies of Rompney Castle, with whom they intermarried; and two school arithmetic books, one of which belonged to Miss Hannah Edmunds and contains in addition some copies of her accounts, etc., 1879-1886 and undated.
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English.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XX, 281.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10983F.
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Subject access points
- Railroads -- England -- Swindon -- Employees -- Education
- Railroads -- England -- Swindon -- Employees -- Societies, etc.
- Adult education -- England -- Swindon
- Schools -- Registers
- Women teachers.
- Poor -- Wales -- Rumney (Monmouthshire)
- Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
- Rumney (Monmouthshire, Wales) -- Genealogy
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Name access points
- Great Western Railway (Great Britain). Swindon Branch -- Employees (Subject)
- Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (Subject)
- Swindon Mechanics Institution (Swindon, England) (Subject)
- Davis, Harry H., U. S. consul (Subject)
- Preece, J. H., Swindon (Subject)
- Hanty, Mr (Subject)
- Davies, Florence Mary, schoolteacher (Subject)
- Edmunds, Hannah, Rumney (Monmouthshire) (Subject)
- Edmunds family, Rumney (Monmouthshire) (Subject)
- Davies family, Rompney Castle (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2008.
Language(s)
- English
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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);