File NLW MS 16835D. - Dolgellau Chelsea Pensioner's papers

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 16835D.

Title

Dolgellau Chelsea Pensioner's papers

Date(s)

  • 1816, 1846 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

4 ff. ; 335 x 205 mm. and less.

Context area

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mrs V. Gelly; Dolgellau; Donation; November 1945.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Certificate, 1816, and instructions, 1816, 1846, relating to the pension of Evan Griffiths, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, wounded at the Battle of Waterloo whilst serving with the Coldstream Guards and now an out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea (ff. 1-3). Also included is the appointment of Griffiths and others as Overseers of the Poor for Dolgellau, 7 April 1846 (f. 4).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Damaged in places.

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Further records relating to Griffiths's pension are London, The National Archives, WO 97/174/46.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16835D.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004433753

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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

January 2007.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Accession area