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Date(s)
- 1804 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
4 ff. (each originally folded as two leaves).
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Biographical history
Archival history
'3M934/RIE (4)' (in pencil on f. 11)
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Michael Silverman; London; Purchase; July 2007; 004489281.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four autograph letters, July-October 1804, from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, to his mother, Mary, written mainly on a tour of Wales, in the company of his friend Laurence Sulivan, describing their journey and places visited.
The letters were sent from Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, 18 July (f. 11), Bala, Merionethshire, 28 [recte 27] July (f. 12), and Shrewsbury, 1 August (f.13); with a final letter from St John's College, Cambridge, 26 October 1804 (f. 14). There are references to Sir Francis Burdett, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and William Wilberforce (f. 12 verso), and an eyewitness account of the Ladies of Llangollen (f. 13 verso); the partly constructed Pontcysyllte aqueduct is also described (f. 13 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Letters torn on being opened by recipient, and repaired at NLW.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23980F, ff. 11-14.
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Name access points
- Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Palmerston, Mary Temple, Viscountess, 1754-1805 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Sulivan, Laurence, 1783-1866. (Subject)
- Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844. (Subject)
- Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806. (Subject)
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 (Subject)
- Palmerston, Mary Temple, Viscountess, 1754-1805 (Subject)
- Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1739-1829 (Subject)
- Ponsonby, Sarah, 1755-1831 (Subject)