Poetry, letters, etc.

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 10931C.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004588404
  • Dates of Creation
    • [19 cent.].
  • Language of Material
    • English, French.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A volume of poetry, which includes translations from the Danish and German (lines by Luther and Schiller) and an address to Napoleon Bonaparte; hymns, including one by J. S. Monsell, 1835. Beginning at the end is a miscellany of sermons, notes on religion, and transcripts of, and extracts from, letters, including an exhortation by Dr. [Hugh] Blair, 1797; a letter from John Hough, bishop of Worcester, 1731; a letter from Eliza Compton to her husband William, Lord Compton, afterwards 1st earl of Northampton, c. 1610-1611; a letter from Dr. [Thomas] Chalmers; extracts from a letter from Dr. [Thomas] Chalmers relating to the payment by the State of Roman Catholic priests in Ireland, 1835; etc.

Note

Title based on contents.

Formerly Verney MS 14.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 10931C.

Other Finding Aids

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 272.

Custodial History

Lettered in gold on the upper cover is the name of the Hon. Miss Georgiana Kinnaird.

Additional Information

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