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Title
Date(s)
- 1706-1869. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
179 ff. (partial pagination i-xvi, 1-181; p. [283] to end blank) ; 255 x 200 mm.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr G. H. Last; Bromley; Purchase; October 1935
Content and structure area
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 access
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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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10577C.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hustler, Sarah, Bradford. (Subject)
- Nicholson, Elizabeth, Cockermouth. (Subject)
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Russell, Rachel, Lady, 1636-1723. (Subject)
- Russell, Wriothesley, 2nd Duke of Bedford, 1680-1711. (Subject)
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879. (Subject)
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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
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;