Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1852-1858, 1888 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
18 ff.Guarded and filed at NLW.Damaged in places, repaired at NLW.Damaged in places, repaired at NLW
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr D. Richards; Boncath; Donation; July 1998; A1998/100.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Twelve letters, 1852-1888, of the Phillips family of Ferwig, Cardiganshire, including ten, 1852-1857, in Welsh, from Joseph Phillips, an emigrant to America, sent from Utica and New York City, New York, to his wife Harriet in Ferwig (ff. 1-13).
Also included is a letter, in Welsh, from Joseph Phillips in San Francisco, California, to a cousin, 5 July 1858 (ff. 14-15), a letter, in English, from John Phillips (son of Joseph and Harriet), Newton Abbot, Devon, to his siblings, 15 April 1888 (ff. 17-18), and a note of Joseph Phillips' New York address, [1853x1858] (f. 16).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23732D.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Phillips, Joseph, b. ca. 1810 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Phillips, Harriet, b. 1809? (Subject)
- Phillips, John, b. 1838? (Subject)
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Institution identifier
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
April 2010.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;