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- 1897-1938. (Creation)
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Sixteen holograph letters, 1897-1938, with some copy replies, to Mary Melchior, William Melchior, and [Dinah] Melchior, Llandilo [Isaf] Farm, Maenclochog, co. Pembroke, etc., relating to negotiations for the sale by the recipients to the Mathew family of the reputed skull of St. Teilo. The writers include A[rnold] H[arris] Mathew, earl of Landaff, from Bromley, etc., John Hobson Matthews, Cardiff, G. M. Mathews, London, and Trevor Thomas, Carmarthen.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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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 12188C.
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- Teilo, Saint, bp. of Llandaff, fl. 550 -- Relics. (Subject)
- Melchior, Mary. (Subject)
- Melchior, William. (Subject)
- Melchior, Dinah. (Subject)
- Mathew, Arnold Harris, 1852-1919. (Subject)
- Matthews, John Hobson, 1858-1914. (Subject)
- Mathews, G. M. (Subject)
- Thomas, Trevor, Carmarthen. (Subject)
- Melchior family, Llandilo Isaf, Maenclochog -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Melchior family, Llandilo Isaf, Maenclochog. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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December 2009.
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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);