[1836x1859].
Ref:GB 210 NLW MS 11053C (alternative) vtls004609427 Detholion,PublishedLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of WalesDecember 2008.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 III (Aberystwyth, 1961);For land sales on the Gloddaeth estate in 1849, see Lloyd, auctioneer: Llandudno and Great Orme's Head ... sites of valuable building land ... at Llandudno (Liverpool, 1849); for Arthur James Johnes and the Church in Wales, see his An essay on the causes which have produced dissent from the established church, in ... Wales (London, 1832); for further papers relating to Beaumaris eisteddfod, 1832, see NLW MS 1550F; for some of the set titles and other material relating to Eisteddfod y Gordofigion, Liverpool, 1840, see Cwrtmawr 1 (C) 192B.A volume lettered 'Detholion', containing printed matter and press cuttings mainly relating to Welsh eisteddfodau. The printed matter includes an announcement, 1849, of the sale of building land on the Gloddaeth estate of the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, M.P.; correspondence, 1836, between the Reverend D. James, Kirkdale, Liverpool, and Arthur James Johnes, Garthmyl, concerning a resolution of thanks by the Liverpool Society of Ancient Britons to Arthur James Johnes 'for his laudable attempt to remove the abuses which have crept into the established church in Wales through the appointment of English bishops and English incumbents ...'; a prospectus of an eisteddfod to be held at Liverpool on 1 March, 1838, under the auspices of the Liverpool Society of Ancient Britons; an appeal by the London Society of Ancient Britons for subscriptions to a fund for the delivering of lectures in Welsh on scientific subjects and for the translation into Welsh of scientific treatises, etc.; minutes of proceedings of the Liverpool Gordovigion Royal Eisteddfod, 1840; etc. The majority of the press cuttings are from The Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, The North Wales Chronicle, The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, and The Merthyr Chronicle, and include a report on the Beaumaris Royal Eisteddfod, 1832; a letter, 1837, by John Parry ('Bardd Alaw'); a report of a meeting of the Wrexham Literary Association [1859]; letters of John Jones ('Talhaiarn') and others relating to the failure of the London Eisteddfod of 1855; a report of a concert given by the Liverpool Welsh Choral Society [1849]; letters relating to criticisms of adjudications at the Cardiff Athenaeum eisteddfod, 1851; poetry; songs; etc.gb210-nlwms11053c Detholion, Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2022-02-22 15:35 UTC Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH 2023-05-02 Normalised for publication by Archives Hub
Location:National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
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Language:Welsh English Welsh, English
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