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- [c. 1831] / (Creation)
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81 ff. (old pagination 1-19) (blank from f. 14) ; 313 x 196 mm. Half leather and marbled boards.
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A volume containing copies of letters, 1820-1830, from Athelstan Corbet, Ynysymaengwyn, Merionethshire to various recipients, including Jonathan Anwyl, Llwgwy; T. E. Cartwright, Liverpool; John Davies, Kington, Herefordshire; Lord Eldon; George Jeffreys, Glandyfi; Hu. Owen; Edward Scott; Captain Thurston, RN; Thomas Wilmot, Coundon near Coventry; and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn.
Tipped in is a letter, 2 April 1831, from Corbet to Lord John Russell concerning the Reform Bill (f. 2).
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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The description is also available in Graham C. G. Thomas, Peniarth MSS: Additional (Aberystwyth, 1990), 11.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Watermark 1810.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 551 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- Great Britain. Parliament. Reform Act, 1832. (Subject)
- Great Britain. Parliament. Reform Bill, 1831 (Subject)
- Corbet, Athelstan -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Anwyl, Jonathan (Subject)
- Cartwright, T. E. (Subject)
- Davies, John, Kington (Subject)
- Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838. (Subject)
- Jeffreys, George, 1789-1868 (Subject)
- Owen, Humphrey, fl. 1820 (Subject)
- Scott, Edward, Captain, ca. 1752-1842 (Subject)
- Wilmot, Thomas, fl. 1820 (Subject)
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878 (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840 (Subject)