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Rees, John, 1819-1900
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Memorandum book

  • NLW MS 23199A.
  • File
  • 1841-1847

Notebook of John Rees (1819-1900), Granant, St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, containing intermittent memoranda in diary form, including entries of Baptist interest, 8 January 1841-23 May 1847, and verse in Welsh. Rees family births, 1813-1836, are listed inside the front cover.

Rees, John, 1819-1900

Dyddiadur taith i America

A volume containing a journal, 12 June-4 October 1847, of John Rees, recording his voyage, in the company of his brother Daniel, from Liverpool to New York and their journey via the Erie Canal, New York State, and the Great Lakes to Milwaukie [sic], Wisconsin, followed by their exploration of parts of Wisconsin, in search of land to settle (ff. 1-26 verso).
Also included loose with the volume are two letters, 1897, from the Rev. David (or Dafydd) Probert, Youngstown, Ohio, to John Rees, by that time returned home to St Dogmaels; and a photograph, probably of John Rees.

Rees, John, 1819-1900