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Hanes Ail Fordaith yr Albion i America

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A ballad describing the journey of a group of emigrants from the Teifi valley in 1819 to New Brunswick in Canada aboard the fast sailing brig the Albion captained by Llywelyn Davies of Newport, Pembs. The poem is transcribed in a Sailor's commonplace book by Thomas Owens c. 1851.

Owner:
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
Creator:
Thomas Owens, Bryngwallter, Penbryn
License information:
Licensed by NLW (Albion voyage bicentenary commemoration celebrations April 2019)
Copyright Details:
National Library of Wales 2019
Item uploaded:
11/4/2019
Date originally created:
12/4/1851
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