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- [1900x1903] (Creation)
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i, 111 ff. (text mostly on rectos) ; 260 x 200 mm.
Bound at NLW, 1966.
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Rev. Arthur S. Morgan, son of John Morgan; Shirenewton; Donation; November 1942
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Typescript, [1900x1903], of 'The Welsh Coast', an account by the Rev. John Morgan, rector of Llanilid and Llanharan, Glamorgan, of his childhood in Newport, Pembrokeshire, in the eighteen-thirties and -forties.
The volume contains reminiscences of incidents involving his friends, a sea voyage from Newport to Milford Haven (ff. 39-47), a shipwreck (ff. 107-111) and various stories and incidents relating to ghosts. There are also fictionalised depictions of the early history of the locality (ff. 81-98). There are a few manuscript annotations and corrections by the author in the text and on f. 111 verso. A covering letter, 1942, from the donor is included (f. i).
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English.
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Original title.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16258C.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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August 2006.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;