Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1801-1849. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
110 ff. Guarded and filed.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Various sources, detailed in a list at the beginning of the file; Donations and purchases; 1982-1997
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, 1801-1849, of miscellaneous provenance, including three letters, with sketches, 1804-1805, from the architect John Nash and his assistant to Sir George Cornewall relating to construction work at Moccas Court, Herefordshire; three letters, 1801-1808, to William Clayfield, Bristol, from James Watt and his sons Gregory Watt and James Watt; and three letters, 1824-1826, from the artist George Perfect Harding to David Pennant of Downing, Flintshire, together with related notes by the latter. Among the other correspondents are James Everett (1) 1825, Sir Francis Freeling (1) 1833, Felicia Hemans (1) n.d., Dorothea Jordan (2) 1813 and n.d., Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis (1) n.d., Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon') (1) 1812, John Parry ('Bardd Alaw') (2) 1831 and n.d., Sir Thomas Picton (2) 1810-1813, Henry Richard (1) 1849 and Isaac Williams (1) [1842].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21816E.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Moccas Court (Herefordshire, England) (Subject)
- Clayfield, William, fl. ca. 1805. (Subject)
- Cornewall, George, Sir, fl. ca. 1804. (Subject)
- Freeling, Francis, Sir, 1764-1836. (Subject)
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853. (Subject)
- Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816. (Subject)
- Lewis, T. Frankland (Thomas) Sir, 1780-1855. (Subject)
- Llwyd, Richard, 1752-1835. (Subject)
- Nash, John, 1752-1835. (Subject)
- Parry, John, 1776-1851. (Subject)
- Picton, Thomas, Sir, 1758-1815. (Subject)
- Watt, Gregory, 1777-1804. (Subject)
- Richard, Henry, 1812-1888. (Subject)
- Everett, James, 1784-1872. (Subject)
- Williams, Isaac, 1802-1865. (Subject)
- Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835 (Subject)
- Pennant, David, 1763-1841 (Subject)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819 (Subject)
- Watt, James, 1769-1848 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English