Miscellaneous correspondence

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 16628C
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1686/7-1930
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- iv, 98 ff. ; 375 x 235 mm. and less.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A collection of some fifty-seven miscellaneous autograph letters, 1686/7-1930, mostly of Welsh interest, brought together by the dealer and collector Edward Hall, Surbiton.
Eighteen of the letters are correspondence of the barrister J. W. Buck, his wife Sophia (née Brigstoke, of Blaenpant, Cardiganshire), his sister Mrs Sarah Whittaker and their respective families, 1792-1825 (ff. 5-8, 10-43). Twelve letters, 1851, from various Welsh boroughs to H. W. R. Davey, Mayor of Beccles, Suffolk, relate to requests for copies of their borough seals (ff. 48-62). The remaining correspondents include Captain John Giles and Charles Hughes, Chepstow Castle, 26 January 1686/7 (ff. 1-2), Herbert Mackworth (to his wife), 1763 (ff. 3-4), [the Rev.] J[osiah] Rees, 1794 (f. 9), Wm Oldnall Russell, 1824, 1825 (ff. 40-43), [the 4th Duke of] Newcastle, Hafod [Uchtryd], 1835 (ff. 44-45), Hugh Miller, 1839 (f. 46), [Lord] Mostyn, 1855 (ff. 63-64), John C[ole] Nicholl, Merthyr Mawr, 1856-1859 (ff. 65-66, 69-70), Richard Cobden, 1856 (ff. 67-68), Thomas Purnell, [1860s] (ff. 71-76), [Henry] Brinley Richards, [?1870] (f. 77), J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, 1882 (ff. 79-80), Watkin Williams, Dol-friog, Beddgelert, 1884 (f. 81), J. F. Stephen, 1884 (f. 82), E. Lynn Linton (to Andrew Chatto), [1888] (ff. 83-84), W. Bowen Rowlands (to Sir George Lewis), [c. 1893] (f. 85), C[harles] Vaughan, dean of Llandaff, (to [?Otto] Goldschmidt), [?1890s] (ff. 87-88), [Sir] Theodore Martin (to Goldschmidt), 1896 (f. 89), F[lora] A[nnie] Steel, 1905 (f. 91), H[arold] Greenwood, Llanelly, 1919 (f. 95), Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 1930 (f. 98), and letters sent on behalf of the Princess (ff. 93-94) and Prince (ff. 96-97) of Wales, 1909, 1921. A price list, 18 January 1956, from Edward Hall provides valuable background information on those items purchased as part of the second group (ff. i-iv).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically at NLW.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Folios 34-5, 40-3, 46, 48, 50, 54-7, 61-2, 65-70, 79-81, 87-90: Edward Hall; Surbiton; Purchase; October 1955.
Folios 1-33, 36-9, 46-7, 49, 52-5, 60-4, 71-8, 82-6, 91-8: Edward Hall; Surbiton; Purchase (with NLW MSS 16629-30); January 1956.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16628C.

Archivist's Note

October 2006 and March 2015.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Appraisal Information

Item: 1.1 Loose Manuscript Documents (NLW MS 16628C). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4437754. Date: 20061101. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (NLW MS 16628C) : Self adhesive tape on ff. 3-4. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Loose Manuscript Documents (NLW MS 16628C). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4437754. Date: 20070105. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (NLW MS 16628C) : Removed tape and repaired pages. Institution: WlAbNL.