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Date(s)
- 1841-1843 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
265 ff. with insertions (8 volumes foliated in one sequence; ff. 164-170, 221-241, 260-265 blank) ; 250 x 205 mm. and less.
Eight notebooks, paper covers.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Geoffrey Bright; Leominster; Donation (with NLW MSS 16583-4); October 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Eight notebooks containing journals, 1841-1843, kept by (Lady) Marianne Lewis, of tours on the Continent and in South Wales, in the company of her husband (Sir) Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court.
The journals contain accounts of their tour of France and Germany, 28 April-7 June 1841 (16582iC, ff. 1-20); Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 9 June-29 August 1841 (16582iiC, ff. 21-73); Italy (mainly Rome and Naples), 30 August 1841-[19] January 1842 (16582iiiC, ff. 74-128), 20 January-10 March 1842 (16582ivC, ff. 129-148), 11 March-10 April 1842 (16582vC, ff. 149-163), and, 12 April-27 May 1842 (16582viC, ff. 171-194 verso); and Germany and Belgium, 31 May-10 July 1842 (16582viiC, ff. 195-220); followed by a tour of South Wales, 16 October-30 December 1843, where she accompanied her husband and other members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Rebecca Riots (16582viiiC, ff. 242-259 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
One leaf cut out between ff. 199 and 200.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16582i-viiiC.
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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
September 2006 and January 2015.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;