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- 1845-1847 (Creation)
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i, 53 ff.
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Name of creator
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Christie's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 84; 4 May 1982
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Scope and content
Twenty-seven letters, 1845-1847, from the engineer James Watt, jnr, of Aston Hall, Warwickshire, to Robert William Mylne, architect and engineer, relating to the rebuilding for Watt of Doldowlod, parish of Llanyre, Radnorshire, and containing references to the Gloucester and Aberystwyth Railway, the Central Wales Railway and the Welsh Midland Railway (ff. 29-30, 31 verso-32).
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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English.
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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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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21805C.
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- Central Wales Railway. (Subject)
- Doldowlod House (Llanyre, Wales) (Subject)
- Gloucester and Aberystwyth Railway. (Subject)
- Welsh Midland Railway. (Subject)
- Mylne, Robert W. (Robert William), 1817-1890 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Watt, James, 1769-1848 -- Correspondence (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Language(s)
- English