Journal, January 1870-March 1871, of Edward S. Rutter (b. c. 1838), Swansea, co. Glamorgan, mainly recording his evangelical work with the Swansea Gospel Mission founded in 1865 by Oscar T. Snelling (1845-1916). Periodic diary notes, 1872-1874, found loose in the volume, have been tipped in at the end (ff. 113-23).