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- [1801x1902] / (Creation)
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Thomas Lewis James was a solicitor and local historian in Haverfordwest.
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A typescript copy of an account of the 'Awakening' in Pembrokeshire, especially in Haverfordwest, 1739-1767, compiled by Brother Nyberg; an account of religious awakenings in Pembrokeshire during the first half of the eighteenth century; an incomplete draft report of proceedings arising out of a shipping disaster at Milford; a 'pull' of a review of Henry Owen; Old Pembroke Families, 1902; a history of the Guildhall, Council Chamber, and Market at Haverfordwest; typescript extracts from Haverfordwest Town Council records, 1660-1730; copies of a minute of a meeting of the Haverfordwest Town Council, 6 December 1848, relating to Oliver Cromwell's letter and warrant for the demolition of Haverfordwest castle, correspondence relating to the same, and notes on the trusts of Haverfordwest Grammar school; notes on Haverfordwest charters; and a draft of a 'Guide to St. Davids'. The manuscripts are mainly in the hand of Thomas Lewis James.
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English.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XVI, 161.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9673E.
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Subject access points
- Revivals -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire.
- Moravians -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
- Revivals -- Wales -- Haverfordwest
- Shipwrecks -- Wales -- Milford Haven
- Municipal buildings -- Wales -- Haverfordwest
- Public schools -- Wales -- Haverfordwest
- Charters -- Wales -- Haverfordwest
- Haverfordwest (Wales)
- Haverfordwest (Wales) -- Charters, grants, privileges.
- St. David's (Wales) -- Guidebooks.
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- Haverfordwest (Wales). Town Council -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Haverfordwest Castle (Wales) (Subject)
- Owen, Henry, 1844-1919 (Subject)
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (Subject)
- Nyberg, Brother (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;