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Richard Morris [textual record]

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[before 1779].

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R16726-0-5-E, MG21-Add.MSS.-14936, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

104554

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Richard Morris
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Date(s):

[before 1779].

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

0.01 cm of textual records (8 p.) transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of instructions for collecting natural curiosities in North America and the West Indies. Transcripts, 8 pages.

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Morris, Richard, d. 1779

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Morris, Richard, d. 1779 : Welsh scholar and Chief Clerk of the Navy Office.

Richard Morris (or Rhisiart Morys) (d. 1779), was the second son of Morys ap Richard Morys and Margaret, daughter of Morys Owen of Bodafon y Glyn. He was brought up in Pentref Eiriannell, in the parish of Penrhos Llugwy, Wales. While still young, he left Anglesey for London, and there obtained a position in the Navy Office, where he ultimately became chief clerk of foreign accounts. He is chiefly notable for his careful supervision of the editions of the Welsh Bible printed in 1746 and 1752 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and for his illustrated translation into Welsh of the Book of Common Prayer.

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General note:

Documents created in: London, England.

Custodial history:

Additional Manuscript 14936 consists of miscellaneous collections of Richard Morris, relating to British History, and transcripts of the poems of Welsh bards, etc., which were acquired by the British Library in 1844. In 1931, the National Archives of Canada transcribed ff. 99v, 101, and 102.

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Originals with the British Library, London, England.
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Collectors and collecting - North America, n.d. West Indies, n.d

Collectors and collecting - West Indies, n.d

Scholars - Wales, n.d

Natural history - North America, n.d

Natural history - West Indies, n.d

Curiosities and wonders - West Indies, n.d

Curiosities and wonders - North America, n.d
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MG21-Add.MSS.-14936
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Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-14936] 1

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