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Title
Date(s)
- 1798-1831 (mostly 1798) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
76 ff. (paginated i-vi, 1-146) ; 115 x 75 mm.
Printed pocket book, red morocco covers with double blind fillets and fold-over tuck-in flap.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Owned by Lewellin Lewellin (signature on p. iii); in the possession of David Howell (Llawdden, 1831-1903), Lewellin's successor as Dean of St Davids, in the summer of 1899, when it was seen and transcribed by T. C. Evans (Cadrawd) (see 'Lloffion ar ol yr Hybarch David Jones, Llangan', Y Drysorfa, 70 (1900), 129-131 (p. 129)); Howell had several more of David Jones' diaries in his possession, including that for 1799; the diary was subsequently presumed lost (see R. Brian Higham, The Rev. David Jones Llan-gan, 1736-1810, and his contribution to Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (Lewiston, N.Y., 2009), p. 59).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Alastor Rare Books; Lymington; Purchase; November 2011; 006182019.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Christian Lady's Pocket Book for 1798 belonging to the Rev. David Jones of Llan-gan, Glamorgan, and Manorowen, Pembrokeshire, the prominent Methodist preacher, containing brief diary entries noting day-to-day activities, preaching engagements and tours (pp. 14-118, versos only) with additional material occasionally added on facing pages.
Two short prayers in Welsh are on pp. 111, 113. Additional memoranda, in pencil and ink, 1817-1831, appear to be in the hand of his grandson, the Rev. Lewellin Lewellin (pp. i, iii, vi, 146 and inside the covers). The volume also incorporates printed poetry, prose, tables and other information (pp. 1-12, 121-144). A few extracts from the diary, translated into Welsh, were published in 'Lloffion ar ol yr Hybarch David Jones, Llangan', Y Drysorfa, 70 (1900), 129-131 (pp. 129-130).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Covers worn, bindings disintegrating.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24020A.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, David, 1736-1810 -- Diaries (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2012.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;