Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1793-1870 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Morgan-Clifford, of Perristone, Herefordshire, died in 1850. Colonel Henry Morgan-Clifford (1806-1884) of Llantilio Court, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire, married Catherine Harriet (d. 1898).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Lawrence Fine Art Saleroom; Crewkerne, Somerset; Purchased at auction, lot 254; 24 June 1982
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1793-1870, of members of the Morgan-Clifford family of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, comprising a commonplace book and diaries in the hand of William Morgan-Clifford and miscellaneous papers of Colonel and Mrs Henry and Catherine Harriet Morgan-Clifford, which include letters from the geologist William Pengelly.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21848-21852.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- German
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, French, German, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2006 and August 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999);