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- 1796 / (Creation)
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Thomas Pennant, naturalist, antiquary and traveller, was born on the Downing estate in Flintshire. He was educated at Wrexham and London before entering Queen's College, Oxford aged eighteen. Thomas developed a love of the natural world at school and began travelling whilst at Oxford; in the following years he travelled widely throughout Britain and Europe. The Outlines of the Globe was Thomas's most ambitious literary project. The work originally took up twenty-two volumes but only four of these were published - two by Pennant himself and two by his son, David.
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A letter, 14 March 1796, from John Ingleby with a list, annotated by Thomas Pennant, of illustrations intended for Tours in Wales.
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English.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XVI, 161.
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Previously known as Phillipps 24607.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9674D.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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June 2008.
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Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;