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Title
Date(s)
- 1880-1908 / (Creation)
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Scope and content
A group of about one hundred and eighty business letters, 1880-91 (with some of the period 1897-1908), largely written by George W. Farren, general manager, Welsh Granite Company Limited, Yr Eifl Quarry, Trevor, Caernarvonshire, to his foreman, Thomas Hughes, Cae-glas, Llanaelhaearn. Some letters refer also to emigration and to the Welsh Granite Company's School.
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 1081A
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Welsh Granite Company Limited -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Welsh Granite Company Limited. (Subject)
- Farren, George W. (Subject)
- Hughes, Thomas, quarry foreman (Subject)
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Institution identifier
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
January 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 sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Archives Network Wales WWW site;