Letters and autographs of statesmen and dignitaries

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23857E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004277150
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000277150
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1790-1887
  • Physical Description
    • 141 ff.
      Guarded and filed, the items having been lifted from the disbound leaves of an album.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous papers, 1790-1887, accumulated by Walter Nassau Senior, grandson of Nassau William Senior, including letters from statesmen or ecclesiastical dignitaries, such as William Ewart Gladstone (1) 1886, Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1) n.d., Lord John Russell (1) 1868, Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford (3) 1859-1864, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of Westminster (2) 1863, and Edward Copleston, bishop of Llandaf (1) 1841; together with envelopes bearing the signatures of William Pitt, Charles James Fox, and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; and verses, 1802 and [c. 1819], by Nassau William Senior.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23857E.

Title based on contents.

Custodial History

The papers were previously part of an autograph book, some of the original contents of which are described in a pencilled note on NLW MS 23858iE, f. i.

Additional Information

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