Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1877-1884 / Thomas Thomas and Lord Aberdare. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
ii, 21 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
His Hon. Judge G. Kirkhouse Jenkins, QC, grandson of David Edwards; Bath; Donation; May 1953
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Ten letters, 1877-1884, in English and Welsh, to David Edwards, farmer, of Gilfach Glyd, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, from Thomas Thomas (Twm Ddwywaith), farmer, of Cefn Pennar Ycha, Aberdare, dealing with personal matters and including englynion, tribannau and other poetry in Welsh, mostly by Thomas (ff. 3-20); together with one letter to Edwards from [Henry Austin Bruce], Lord Aberdare, 11 August 1877, thanking him for translating an englyn into English (f. 1).
Also included are verses in English in an unidentified hand (f. 21), and a covering letter, 4 May 1953, from the donor (f. ii recto-verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent at NLW.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16393C.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
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Name access points
- Edwards, David, 1804-1885 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Thomas, Thomas, 1808-1886 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Edwards, David, 1804-1885. (Subject)
- Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, Baron, 1815-1895 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2006.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;