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- 1892-1909. (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
3 ff. (ff. 34-35 originally folded as two leaves) Letters torn, and repaired at NLW with some loss of text.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), poet and educationist, was born in Carmarthen. He trained at the Bar but his most important work was that done for higher education in Wales.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Whyte G. Owen (great-grandson of Whyte Glendower Owen); Rochester, Minnesota; Donation; April 2010; 006004488.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two letters, December 1892, April 1897, from (Sir) Lewis Morris, London, to Dr Whyte Glendower Owen, White Castle, Louisiana, mainly conveying personal and family news (ff. 34-35).
An additional envelope addressed to Owen, from an unknown sender, postmarked Dolwyddelan, 1909, is also included (f. 36). Owen and Morris were the great-grandsons of Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) and of Lewis Morris (1701-1765) respectively.
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Accruals
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Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23981E, ff. 34-36.
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Name access points
- Morris, Lewis, 1833-1907 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, Whyte Glendower, 1859-1949 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Owen, Whyte Glendower, 1859-1949 (Subject)