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Title
Date(s)
- 1828 / (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
4 ff. (original pagination 1-5) ; 365 x 265 mm. Encapsulated in melinex and filed at NLW.
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Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
A. R. Heath, Rare Books and Manuscripts; Bristol; Purchase; May 1998; B1998/17.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Printer's copy, 1828, of a satirical song entitled 'Conversation Between the Bridewell and Town Hall. A Parody on The Celebrated Comic Chant, called The Monument and St Paul's'. The song, possibly unpublished, was written by J. D. Burall, cabinet maker, and sung by him at the Festival of St John's in the Indefatigable Beaufort Lodge, Swansea, and was arranged for piano by Mr Louis Barree, Professor of Music, Swansea.
The title page (f. 1) contains a wash drawing depicting the old Guildhall, Swansea, the Bridewell (prison), Swansea, and a night watchman.
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Notes area
Note
Original title.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23712E.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Freemasons. Indefatigable Lodge, No. 237 (Swansea, Wales) (Subject)
- Burall, John Day. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
August 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;