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- 1705-1745 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
108 ff. (original pagination disordered by resewing, several leaves lost) c. 150 x 90 mm. Stitched in brown leather covers, blind double fillet.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Andrew Mansell' on f. 14 verso and passim, 'James Mansell' on ff. 20, 26, 36 verso, 'William Mansell 1765' on f. 19 verso. The volume was previously owned by Dr William Griffith Roberts of Caernarfon.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Miss Bessie Roberts and Miss Sydney Roberts; Caernarfon; Donation; 1984
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Scope and content
Autograph verse and notes, 1705-1745, by Andrew Mansell of the parish of Ightfield, co. Salop, including verse on religious and personal themes, on local events, people and places, epigrams and acrostics, and notes on sermons preached locally.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22037A.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English