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- 1867. (Creation)
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Mounted press cuttings, mainly from The Cambria Daily Leader, The Carmarthen Chronicle, The Carmarthen Journal, The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter, The Times, and The Welshman, consisting of reports on, and copies of correspondence relating to, the National Eisteddfod of Wales, held at Carmarthen, 2-6 September 1867, and copies of two letters, October 1867, addressed to the editor of the Welshman, relating to opinions, alleged by reviewers to have been expressed in Matthew Arnold: On the Study of Celtic Literature [(London, 1867)], p. 11, concerning the attitude of [Connop Thirlwall], bishop of St. David's, towards the Welsh language.
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English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12648E.
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- Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (1867 : Carmarthen, Wales). (Subject)
- Arnold, Matthew 1822-1888. (Subject)
- Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).