File Peniarth MS 483 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Correspondence,

Identity area

Reference code

Peniarth MS 483 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Title

Correspondence,

Date(s)

  • 1780-1853 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

138 items ; 373 x 275 mm.

Full maroon morocco with brass clasp and lock.

Context area

Archival history

The following note is inside the front cover: 'This collection of autographs was bequeathed to me 1849, by Emma Elizabeth Puleston, Relict of Sir Rich'd Puleston, Bart, of Emral, Wm W E Wynne'.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

An album containing correspondence mainly addressed to Sir Richard Puleston, bart, and his wife, Lady Emma Puleston. The correspondents are the duke of Clarence (Nos 1-4), Sir Benjamin Bloomfield and Colonel McMahon, both in attendance on the Prince Regent (Nos 5-28), Edmund Currey, aide de camp to the duke of Gloucester (Nos 29-31), the dukes of Beaufort (No. 32), Dorset (No. 33), Cleveland (Nos 34-5), and Buccleugh (No. 36), the duchess of Buccleugh (No. 37), the dowager duchess of Rutland (Nos 38-41, 44-5), Lord Forester (No. 42), Lady Katherine Forester (No. 43), the duke and duchess of Argyll (Nos 44-50), Elizabeth, marchioness of Westminster (Nos 51-9), Lady Elizabeth Belgrave (Nos 60-3), the dowager countess of Warwick (Nos 64-5), the countess of Clonmel (No. 66), the countess of Uxbridge (Nos 67, 69-71), Sophia Paget (No. 68), J. Sanderson, Plasnewydd (No. 72), the earl of Kilmorey (No. 73), Lady Georgina Needham (Nos 74-5), Lord Mulgrave (No. 76), J. Lloyd, Portsmouth (No. 77), Lord Adam Gordon, commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland (No. 78), Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon (Nos 79-92, 94-5, 97-105), the Honourable Charles Trevor (Nos 93, 96), Lord Berwick (Nos 106-8), General the Lord Viscount Hill (No. 109-12), Lord Kenyon (No. 113), Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, Llangollen (Nos 114-19), Viscount Fielding (Nos 120-1), the Honourable Mrs West (Nos 122-3), Sir Robert Leighton, bart (No. 124), Lady Bromley (No. 125), Sir Robert Peel, bart (No. 126), Sir John Kynsaton Powel, bart (No. 127), Sir George Nayler, York Herald (Nos 128-9), Sir Herbert Taylor (No. 130), Mrs Isabella Pigot (Nos 131-4), W. A. Madocks of Tremadog (No. 135), T. J. Pettigrew (No. 136), and Messrs Willoughby and Eustace, Piccadilly (No. 137); together with a printed pedigree of the descendants of Sir Robert Maude, bart (No. 138).
A letter from Sir Joseph Banks, dated 22 November 1814, has been removed from the volume (between items 130 and 131): this was sold separately (lot 312) at Sotheby's, 23-4 March 1981, but was not purchased by NLW.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The description is also available in Graham C. G. Thomas, Peniarth MSS: Additional (Aberystwyth, 1990), 4.

Generated finding aid

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Formerly Ancient Peniarth MS 49.

Note

Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 483 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004444680

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related genres

Related places

Physical storage

  • Text: Peniarth MS 483 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO PENIARTH MS 483.