Origins of an Industrial Region. Robert Morris and the first Swansea copper works, c1727-1730

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Author(s) Miskell, Louise (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2010
Pages 127pp; illus
Publisher South Wales Record Society
Place Published Newport

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Name London University Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode WC1E 7HU
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Transcription of a manuscript by Robert Morris, a lawyer, entitled 'History of the Copper Concern'. The manuscript comprises extracts from the papers of his father, Robert Morris, d1768, relating, inter alia, to the early copper smelting industry at Swansea, including production and marketing and the Llangyfelach Works. Also much about the early economic environment at Swansea