File NLW MS 10577C. - Quaker miscellanies,

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 10577C.

Title

Quaker miscellanies,

Date(s)

  • 1706-1869. (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

179 ff. (partial pagination i-xvi, 1-181; p. [283] to end blank) ; 255 x 200 mm.

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Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mr G. H. Last; Bromley; Purchase; October 1935

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Scope and content

An album of miscellanies, compiled [c. 1825]-[1869] (watermark 1823), including transcripts of epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in New York to the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in London, 1808, and from the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in London to the Quarterly Meetings ... of Women Friends in Great Britain, 1810, 1812, 1813; a letter from Lady Rachel Russell to her son, the Duke of Bedford, 1706; testimonies concerning Sarah Hustler, Bradford, 1817, and Elizabeth Nicholson, Cockermouth, 1835; extracts of pieces of prose and verse, mainly of Quaker interest; three holograph letters and an album entry by Elihu Burritt, 1847-1869; and miscellaneous autographs, and signatures cut from correspondence.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XVIII, 229-30.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 10577C.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004566875

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

September 2008.

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;

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