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NLW MS 3296E
Title
Moelycerni letters, &c.
Date(s)
- 17-19 cents (Creation)
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One of two volumes of letters, mainly of the Watkin family of Moelycerni, near Aberystwyth, most of them written to Evan Watkin (fl. c. 1801-c. 1845), schoolmaster, translator of the first four books of Homer's Iliad, compiler of Greek grammars and editor of The Demetian Mirror, or Aberystwyth Reporter; letters from correspondents other than members of the Watkin family; a copy of the elegy on Lewis Morris (1701-1765) by Goronwy Owen (1723-1769); sermons preached at Llangorwen and elsewhere; etc.
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Language of material
- engwelfre
Script of material
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English, Welsh, French
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Note
See also NLW MS 3295E
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 3296E
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004333554
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000333554
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- Watkin, Evan, fl. ca. 1801-ca. 1845 NLW MS 3296E -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Morris, Lewis, 1701-1765 Elegy, copy, NLW MS 3296E -- Poetry (Subject)
- Watkin, Evan, fl. ca. 1801-ca. 1845 Letters to, NLW MS 3296E (Subject)
- Owen, Goronwy, 1723-1769? Elegy by, copy, NLW MS 3296E (Subject)
- Watkin family, Moelycerni, near Aberystwyth NLW MS 3296E -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Watkin family, Moelycerni, near Aberystwyth Correspondence, NLW MS 3296E (Subject)