File NLW MS 1081A - Welsh Granite Company Limited,

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NLW MS 1081A

Title

Welsh Granite Company Limited,

Date(s)

  • 1880-1908 / (Creation)

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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

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English, Welsh.

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Related units of description

See also NLW MS 20363E, which contains reports and accounts, 1884-1890, of the Welsh Granite Company's school in Trefor.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 1081A

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vtls004612001

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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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

January 2009.

Language(s)

  • English

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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;

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