Caernarfon court speech,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 22951C
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004631735
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1936 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • i, 38 ff. ; 260 x 205 mm. Guarded and filed.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

First draft of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at Penyberth Bombing School. The address was subsequently published as a pamphlet, Why we burnt the Bombing School (1936). Also included is a draft of his account entitled 'The Story of the Burning' (ff. 32-8).

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 22951C

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).

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Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

For the original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address, see NLW MS 23078C.

Additional Information

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