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- [?1819] (Creation)
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ii, 94 ff. (text on rectos only) ; 259 x 205 mm.
Stitched in rough brown paper wrappers.
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A manuscript fair copy (watermark 1816) of an account, by Nassau William Senior of a tour through parts of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, undertaken in 1819. It contains extensive social commentary and economic analysis, particularly of the condition of Ireland, and is written in the form of a letter to Senior's friend, the author John Hughes. The text is in an unknown hand which is contemporary with Senior, and it includes corrections in Senior's hand. The inscription on the front cover, 'A sketch of a hasty tour over parts of Scotland, Ireland & Wales in the autumn of 1819 - by NWS', is also in Senior's hand.
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Covers chipped and slightly soiled.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23965C.
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- Hughes, John, 1790-1857. (Subject)