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Date(s)
- [c. 1746]-1836 (Creation)
Level of description
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Extent and medium
v, 42 ff. ; 440 x 285 mm. and less.
Guarded and filed at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Margaret Owen's papers were given to [Richard] Croxon (d. 1838) of Oswestry for disposal following her death; the items included here were salvaged by his daughter, Miss Croxon, of The Lawn, Oswestry, and were eventually given by her to the second Lord and Lady Harlech in 1879 (see her letter on ff. iii-iv).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters and papers of Margaret Owen of Penrhos, parish of Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire, granddaughter of Sir Robert Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn (ff. 1-17), together with an autograph draft, 1836, by John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, of his poem 'The Knights of St John of Jerusalem' (published in 1838) (ff. 22-42).
The correspondence includes letters from Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Piozzi), [1778]-1805 (ff. 2-3, 8-13), Dr Samuel Johnson, 8 March 1781 (ff. 4-5), and Fanny Burney, 11 November 1785 (ff. 6-7). A few items have been boxed seperately on account of their format (see Brogyntyn MS II.38ii).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.38). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6032743. Date: 20030206. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.38) : Printed volume and loose manuscript papers and newspaper cuttings and one newspaper. Cuttings give pH5 reading. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.38). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6032743. Date: 20031021. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.38) : Guarded and filed loose items, cuttings and newspaper, deacidified cuttings. Institution: WlAbNL.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: Documents relating to the provenance of the Margaret Owen papers; letters to Margaret Owen and related papers; miscellaneous papers.
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
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii38.pdf
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.38i [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Place access points
Name access points
- Knights of Malta -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Owen, Margaret, 1743-1816 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Owen, Margaret, 1743-1816. (Subject)
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, John Ralph, 1816-1876. (Subject)
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 (Subject)
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 (Subject)