Edward Lhuyd letter to the Bishop of Bangor

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23980F, ff. 1-2.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls003218912
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)LLGCb13383491
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1698, 1796
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 ff. (f. 1 originally folded as two leaves)
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

An autograph letter, 9 June 1698, from Edward Lhuyd, Pembroke, to [Humphrey Humphreys], Bishop of Bangor, relating to Lhuyd's ongoing tour of South Wales, describing the difficulties faced in corresponding, his fossil collecting and his research into Welsh manuscripts (f. 1).
Also included is an engraved portrait of Lhuyd, 1796 (f. 2).

Acquisition Information

Bonhams; New Bond Street, London; Purchased at auction, lot 267; 28 September 2004; 003218912.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23980F, ff. 1-2.

Custodial History

Apparently purchased at auction by the Enys family, of Enys near Falmouth, c. 1890s; remained part of the Enys collection of autograph manuscripts until the Bonhams sale.

Related Material

For another letter from Lluyd to Humphreys, 29 March 1797, see NLW MS 21558E.

Additional Information

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