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- 29 January 1833 (Creation)
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1 f. (originally folded as two leaves)
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Part of the Enys collection of autograph manuscripts.
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Bonhams; New Bond Street, London; Purchased at auction, lot 413; 28 September 2004; 0200500797.
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A letter, 29 January 1833, from the Rev. Robert Williams, Aberconwy (later of Rhydycroesau), to Davies Gilbert, former President of the Royal Society, discussing the Cornish language. The writer includes a transcript of the first page of his manuscript Cornish dictionary, later to be published as Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum (London, 1865).
A reference to the posting of this letter on 4 February appears in Williams's diary, now Cwrtmawr MS 330B; a portion of the dictionary in Williams's hand, partly dated 1835, is now Cwrtmawr MS 399C; and a printed prospectus for the dictionary, 1838, is now NLW MS 21881C, ff. 89-90.
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- English
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English.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23980F, f. 4.
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- Williams, Robert, 1810-1881 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Gilbert, Davies, 1767-1839 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Gilbert, Davies, 1767-1839. (Subject)