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- 1861-1871 (Creation)
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The Rev. Thomas Johns; Weston-super-Mare; Donation; November 1911.
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Poems, essays and other prose items written by Eliza Carmarthen (1825-1872), i.e. Eliza Phillipps Williams, Carmarthen, who married (1) the Rev. John Saunders Hughes and (2) the Rev. Thomas Johns.
The volume contains short essays and thoughts on Scriptural and other subjects, two short stories entitled 'I wish to be happy' and 'The Dying Student' and a large number of hymns and poems, mostly in English. Also included are two poems in English by Eliza's father John Williams, with a Welsh translation of one of them, and silhouettes by the late Miss Aldrit, Highbury Hall, Weston-super-Mare, and Mrs Johns.
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- English
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English
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'Manuscript Book. Eliza Phillipps Hughes, 30, King Street, Carmarthen' in ink in the author's hand on f. 1; 'The Manuscript of "Eliza Carmarthen" late wife of Rev. Thomas Johns, Ex-Rector of Llanrug' in ink in the hand of the Rev. Johns, inside front cover.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 1234C