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Title
Date(s)
- 1717. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 332 ff. (unnumbered). Items numbered 1-14 ; 185 x 115 mm. Bound in speckled calf with gilt fillet border and centre panel.
Context area
Archival history
Formerly part of the library of the Reverend Thomas Llechid Jones (1867-1964). Transferred to NLW Department of Printed Books in 1995. 'S. Dawson 1717' and book-plate of 'S. Dawson of York' inside front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Ex libris Reverend Thomas Llechid Jones; Purchase; ?1944
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A composite volume, with manuscript additions, belonging to S. Dawson, York, 1717, containing a copy of Benjamin Hoadly, The Nature of the Kingdom, of Church, of Christ. A Sermon Preach'd before the King ... March 31, 1717 (London, 1717) and of pamphlets relating to the 'Bangorian Controversy', the political and religious furore which the sermon provoked. The manuscript additions comprise transcripts (item 10, 25 pp.) by S. Dawson of an exchange between the main protagonists Benjamin Hoadly, bishop of Bangor, White Kennett, the then dean of Peterborough, and William Nicolson, bishop of Carlisle, published in The Daily Courant and other newspapers, 6-24 July 1717.
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Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23438B.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761 (Subject)
- Kennett, White, 1660-1728. (Subject)
- Nicolson, William, 1655-1727 (Subject)
- Dawson, S. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);