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- 1776-1814. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 92 ff. (blank from f. 67 verso) ; 215 x 175 mm. Red morocco, gold fillet, 'Poetry' in gold on front cover; book-plate of Henry Thomas Payne.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Richard Hatchwell; Chippenham; Purchase (with NLW MSS 22331-2B); 1986
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Scope and content
A volume of verse, 1776-1814, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including several compositions relating to the marriage of Maria Payne to the Hon. John Hyde and their departure for India (ff. 14 verso-15 verso).
The authors include Sir William Jones (f. 4 verso), Henry Mackenzie (ff. 10-12), Anna Snelling (ff. 14 verso-15 verso), Thomas Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton (ff. 17 verso-18), Robert Jephson (f. 31 verso), Edward Young (f. 32), Peter Pindar (f. 40 verso), Charlotte Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (f. 41), Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine (ff. 49 verso-50), Thomas Powys (ff. 56 verso-57 verso), and the Rev. Thomas Payne (ff. 59 verso-60). The verses include riddles and charades (ff. 33, 35 verso, 38 recto-verso) and epitaphs (ff. 46 verso-47, 54).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Finding aids
The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22333B.
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Name access points
- Payne, Henry Thomas, 1759 or 60-1832 -- Family -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Hyde, John, Calcutta, fl. 1780 -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Hyde (née Payne), Maria, Calcutta, fl. ca. 1780 -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Winchilsea, Charlotte Finch, Countess of. (Subject)
- Irvine, Anne Ingram, Viscountess. (Subject)
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803. (Subject)
- Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794. (Subject)
- Lyttelton, Thomas Lyttelton, Baron, 1744-1779. (Subject)
- Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831. (Subject)
- Payne, Henry Thomas, 1759 or 60-1832. (Subject)
- Payne, Thomas, Rev., fl. 1757. (Subject)
- Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809. (Subject)
- Snelling, Anna, Mrs., fl. ca. 1780. (Subject)
- Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819. (Subject)
- Young, Edward, 1683-1765 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Language(s)
- English