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- [1850]-1860 (Creation)
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142 ff. (ff. 1-12, 33 verso-134 blank) ; 160 x 95 mm.
Printed ledger, paper over boards with brass clasp; panel stamped; 'Ledger', 'Patent Spring Back' (stamped in blind) and 'Hope' (in ink) on spine.
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An account book, [1850]-1860, of the schooner 'Hope' of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, owned by Mary Williams (mother of the Rev. John Williams) and David Jenkins.
The volume contains accounts of cash laid out and received by the shiphusband and statements of account, 1853-1860 (ff. 12 verso-33). A copy of Reynolds' Original Birmingham Almanack for 1851 (1850) has been bound in at the end of the volume (ff. 134-141).
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English.
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Not the barque of the same name, also registered at Aberystwyth (see William Troughton, 'The Barque Hope of Aberystwyth', Ceredigion, 12.3 (1995), 85-101).
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Rev. John Williams MS 8.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16224A.
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- Hope (Schooner : Aberystwyth, Wales) (Subject)
- Williams, Mary, 1795-1875. (Subject)
- Jenkins, David, of Aberystwyth. (Subject)