Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 21883C.
Title
Llythyrau,
Date(s)
- 1846-1861 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
235 ff. Guarded and filed.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Morfudd Moelwyn Hughes; Waunfawr, Aberystwyth; Donation; 1983
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Some one hundred and forty letters, 1846-1861, from Absalom Prys, Maesbangor Factory, Pen-llwyn, co. Cardigan, father of the Reverend Principal Owen Prys, to his brother Owen, a schoolmaster at Blaenau Ffestiniog and elsewhere. They contain family and local news and include references to the 1859 Revival in Cardiganshire.
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Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
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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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21883C.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004282357
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000282357
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Prys, Absalom, d. 1895 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Prys, Owen -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Prys, Owen (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English