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NLW MS 23980F, ff. 1-2.
Title
Edward Lhuyd letter to the Bishop of Bangor
Date(s)
- 1698, 1796 (Creation)
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2 ff. (f. 1 originally folded as two leaves)
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Archival history
Apparently purchased at auction by the Enys family, of Enys near Falmouth, c. 1890s; remained part of the Enys collection of autograph manuscripts until the Bonhams sale.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bonhams; New Bond Street, London; Purchased at auction, lot 267; 28 September 2004; 003218912.
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Scope and content
An autograph letter, 9 June 1698, from Edward Lhuyd, Pembroke, to [Humphrey Humphreys], Bishop of Bangor, relating to Lhuyd's ongoing tour of South Wales, describing the difficulties faced in corresponding, his fossil collecting and his research into Welsh manuscripts (f. 1).
Also included is an engraved portrait of Lhuyd, 1796 (f. 2).
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English.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23980F, ff. 1-2.
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Virtua system control number
vtls003218912
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)LLGCb13383491
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales