Lord Lyttleton's Journey through Part of Wales

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Scope and Content

A booklet containing transcripts, [18 cent, last ¼], of two letters, dated 6 July 1755 [sic] at Bryn Kyr [Brynkir], Caernarvonshire (ff. 1-10), and 14 July 1755 [sic] at Shrewsury (ff. 10 verso-16), from George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, ostensibly to his brother [Charles], describing a tour through parts of Shropshire and North Wales.
The text, with some differences, was published in The Works of George Lord Lyttelton…, pub. by George Edward Ayscough, Esq. (London: printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1774, ESTC T79264), pp. 736-751; in print, however, the letters are addressed to 'Mr [Archibald] Bower' and are dated 1756.

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Acquisition Information

Mr Kyffin Williams; Llanfairpwllgwyngyll; Donation; December 1978.

Note

Original title.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 15409B.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Some page edges fragile; back cover torn.

Archivist's Note

November 2007 and May 2014.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

For further copies of the letters see NLW MSS 1566B, 2123B and 2576B.

Additional Information

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