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Title
Date(s)
- 1911-1912. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
169 ff. Guarded and filed.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
J. E. Young; Cricieth; Purchase; 1983
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, papers and press cuttings, 1911-1912, relating to the Welsh Nationalist League (Cyngrair Cenedlaethol Cymreig), formed at Caernarfon in January 1911 to press for Home Rule for Wales on federal lines and organised by Dr Edward Lloyd Owen ('Iorwerth Feddyg') and John Williams ('Cambrensis'), both of Cricieth. There are also a few papers relating to the St David's Order of Chivalry (Urdd Arwrol Dewi Sant), founded in 1912. The correspondence, mainly addressed to 'Cambrensis', includes letters from W. Llewelyn Williams, MP, Walter F. Roch, MP, Sir J. Herbert Lewis, MP, Francis Edwards, MP, E. T. John, MP (8), Clement Edwards, MP, the Reverend E. Tyrrell-Green, Beriah Gwynfe Evans (2), Silyn Roberts and Lord Harlech.
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Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21910E.
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Name access points
- Welsh Nationalist League -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- St David's Order of Chivalry -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Edwards, Allen Clement, 1869-1938 (Subject)
- Edwards, Francis, Sir, 1852-1927 (Subject)
- Evans, Beriah Gwynfe, 1848-1927 (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, John Ralph, 1816-1876 (Subject)
- Green, Edmund Tyrrell-, Rev., 1864-1937 (Subject)
- Lewis, J. Herbert (John Herbert), Sir, 1858-1933 (Subject)
- Roberts, R. Silyn (Robert Silyn), 1871-1930 (Subject)
- Roch, Walter Francis, 1880-1965 (Subject)
- Williams, W. Llewelyn (William Llewelyn), 1867-1922 (Subject)
- John, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1857-1931 (Subject)
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English