Thomas Letts tour journals

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 MSTHOMLETTS
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) 991079025002419
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1831-1853
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 volumes.

Scope and Content

Journals of Thomas Letts recording tours of parts of England, 1831, North Wales, 1832-1834, Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, 1833, the Lake District and Scotland, 1847, and Europe, 1853.

Administrative / Biographical History

Thomas Letts (1803-1873) was a London-based stationer, best known for his firm's popular and pioneering range of diaries.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21690-1B, 22340-1B, 24168-9B.

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Acquisition Information

NLW MSS 21690-1B: Sotheby's; London; Purchase; October 1980.
NLW MSS 22340-1B: Mr Gilbert B. A. Williams; Weybridge; Purchase; 1986.
NLW MSS 24168-9B: Mrs Jane Fromage, great-grand-niece to Thomas Letts; Poole; Purchase; December 2020.

Note

Thomas Letts (1803-1873) was a London-based stationer, best known for his firm's popular and pioneering range of diaries.

The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Anita McConnell, 'Letts, Thomas (1803-1873), stationer', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 September 2004 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16526> [accessed 25 November 2021].

Title based on contents of fonds.

Archivist's Note

December 2021.

Description compiled by Rhys Jones.

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