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- 1816-1828 / (Creation)
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29 ff. Guarded and filed.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
D. P. White; Rusper, near Horsham; Purchase; 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fifteen letters, 1816-28, written by William Michell (ca. 1774-1829), vicar of Llantrisant, co. Glamorgan, to his father Dr John Michell, vicar of Fairford, co. Gloucester (4), his mother (10), and his brother Major Edward T. Michell (1), containing mainly news and gossip about the gentry of counties Brecon and Glamorgan, in whose society he moved; included in the last letter is a survey, 1828, of the Michell family estate in Huish Episcopi, co. Somerset.
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Language and script notes
English
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23160C
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- Michell, William, ca. 1774-1829 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Michell, John, Fairford -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Michell, William, ca. 1774-1829 -- Family -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Michell, John, Fairford (Subject)
- Michell, Edward T. (Subject)
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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
February 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 source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);