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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Thomas Letts tour journals File Wales, North -- Description and travel
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Tour of North Wales

Journal of Thomas Letts, August-September 1834, describing a tour mostly in Caernarvonshire and Merioneth, with sixty-three illustrations in pencil, watercolour and wash.
The tour included Dinas Mawddwy (f. 6 verso), Dolwyddelan (ff. 23 verso, 46 recto-verso, 48 recto-verso, 52 verso-53, 112 verso-114 verso), Penmachno (ff. 31 recto-verso, 36, 71 verso, 73), Caernarfon Castle (ff. 81 verso, 83 recto-verso) and Tremadog (ff. 85 recto-verso, 88). Many of the sketches relate to the Conwy valley (ff. 7 verso-76 passim) and the Vale of Ffestiniog (ff. 59-108 verso passim).

Tour of North Wales

Journal of a tour in North Wales, August-September 1832, by Thomas Letts, with his companion Thomas Boyce, including sixty-nine full-page illustrations in pencil, watercolour and wash, some original and some derivative.
The journal commences with a description of the journey by coach, train and ship from London to Bangor, via Manchester and Liverpool, 23-25 August (ff. 2-20). Starting in Bangor the North Wales tour included visits to Conway, Capel Curig, Llanberis Pass, Snowdon, Beddgelert, Tanybwlch, Maentwrog, Trawsfynydd, Dolgellau, Cader Idris, Bala, Corwen and Llangollen, 25 August-1 September (ff. 20-142). The travellers then returned to London via Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and Oxford (ff. 142-152). A 'Synopsis of Expenses, &c.' is on ff. 153 verso-154.

Tour of North Wales and the Marches

Journal of Thomas Letts, September 1833, describing a tour in North Wales and the area around Bristol, Ross, Chepstow and Gloucester, with illustrations in pencil, watercolour and wash.
The tour included Bath (ff. 3 verso-4, 11-13), Bristol (ff. 4 verso-19 verso passim), Monmouthshire (ff. 19 verso-28 verso passim), Ross-on-Wye (ff. 28 verso-29 verso, 31 verso-32 verso, 34 recto-verso), Gloucester (ff. 36 verso-39), Cheltenham (ff. 39-41), Worcester (ff. 42 verso-44 verso), Dinas Mawddwy (f. 56 recto-verso), Cader Idris (ff. 66-68 verso), Dolgellau (ff. 78 verso-84 passim), the Vale of Ffestiniog (ff. 88 verso-123 verso passim), Rhuddlan (ff. 149 verso, 153), St Asaph (f. 153 recto-verso), Denbigh (ff. 153 verso-154 verso, 156), Betws-y-Coed (f. 160 recto-verso), Menai Bridge (f. 161 verso), and Llanddeiniolen (ff. 163 recto-verso, 165).