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Paper by Jonathan Williams on the early history of Britain
Catalogue reference: WIE
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- WIE
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Title (The name of the record)
- Paper by Jonathan Williams on the early history of Britain
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1813
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Description (What the record is about)
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'On the Original Colonization of Britain' (fol. ii). A paper by the Rev. Jonathan Williams, curate of Leominster, Herefordshire, addressed to Nicholas Carlisle, Sec. SA, date of receipt(?), 11 Sept. 1813, noted on fol. 23v. The paper was read to SA on 16, 23 Dec. 1813 (note, fol. 1). Mentioned briefly in Minute Book XXXIII, pp. 376, 378. It elaborates the author's view that the first discoverers and colonizers of Britain were from Asia. The argument is supported by quotations in Welsh from Taliesin (with translation) and references to Welsh triads.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/765
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Williams, John (c 1752-1829), clergyman, schoolmaster and antiquary
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- ff. ii x 23.
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- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wie
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/42a2acb3-7849-4647-a6ec-2f6f47225cb7/
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Paper by Jonathan Williams on the early history of Britain