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Journal, 21 August-23 October 1824, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Paris; with a few rough sketches (ff. [80 verso]-[82 verso]).

Journal, 1 January 1827-20 April 1828, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 22 April 1828-30 April 1829, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 30 April 1829-23 September 1832, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.
At least 7 ff. (covering late September 1832-May 1833) have been removed by Lady Charlotte herself (see R. Guest & A. John, Lady Charlotte (1989), p. 18).

Journal, 29 July 1833-1 February 1835, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Sussex, Dowlais and Uffington. Cuttings from the Weymouth Journal, 5 September 1856, are also included.

Journal, 31 January 1835-20 November 1837, of Lady Charlotte Guest at London and Dowlais.

Journal, 21 November 1837-28 March 1841, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Dowlais and Sully, [Glamorgan].
Record of iron manufacture, June 1896, inserted between pp. 8 and 9.

Notebook, 1818-1841, of Sir John Guest containing various memoranda relating mainly to the iron and coal industries, including analysis of iron ores and various technical data; notes of tonnage of iron made at Dowlais and transported by canal; record of prices of bar iron; numbers of men, boys and girls working at Dowlais, 1818; together with a few political notes, notably an estimate of 'supposed influence in Glamorgan Boroughs'.

Journal, 29 March 1841-23 June 1844, of Lady Charlotte Guest, at Dowlais, London and Sully, with tours in Belgium and Germany.
Papers loose inside the volume include engraved views of Wesel, [Germany]; a poster, 1830, relating to the 'Swing riots' in Northamptonshire, sent to her stepfather, Rev. Peter W. Pegus; and notes and rough sketches of architectural details, a hand mangle and a domestic iron (10 ff.).

Journal, 24 June 1844-7 March 1848, of Lady Charlotte Guest in London, Sully, Dowlais, Canford [Magna, nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset], and Scotland.

Journal, 8 March 1848-26 February 1851, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Canford, Dowlais and Scotland.

Journal, 27 February 1851-1 September 1853, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Paris, Dowlais and Canford.
Papers loose in the volume comprise a postcard, 1897, from Messrs Birdsall, Northampton, [bookbinders], to Lady Charlotte's daughter, Mrs K[atherine Gwladys] Alderson, Lutterworth; and a letter, 1976, from John [Guest], Connecticut, to Dowager Viscountess Wimborne, enclosing photocopies of 8 pp., covering 18-22 July 1853, from a separate 'Works Journal' of Lady Charlotte in his possession.

Manuscripts, 1818-1853, relating to the iron and coal industries at Dowlais, Glamorgan, comprising a notebook of Sir John Guest, 1818-1841, and transcripts of reports, 1851-1853.

A volume containing transcripts of reports, 1851-1853, on the Dowlais Collieries, prepared by Thomas E. Wales, Nicholas Wood, [George] Martin, [mine agent], and John Evans, [works manager], addressed to Sir J. J. Guest and later to Lady Charlotte (pp. 1-94, 155-178). Also included are details of the power of engines used at the Dowlais Works (pp. 204-206).
Loose in the volume is a manuscript statement concerning a strike at Dowlais in 1853 (9 ff.).

Journal, 1 September 1853-28 December 1854, 10 April-3 June 1855, of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber), in Canford, Dowlais, London, France and Italy.
Also included are loose notes for a journal, 1858-1860 (9 ff.).

Journal, 1 January 1856-20 October 1857, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Canford, London, Dowlais and Brighton.

Journal, 20 October 1857-23 September 1859 (pp. 1-179) and January 1863 (pp. 179-181, summarising events of 1860-1862), of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Roehampton, Margam and Canford.

Records, September 1869-August 1872, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber's ceramic collection, giving details of provenance and price paid (ff. 1-28, 30-50, rectos only); followed by a journal, May-November 1869, of collecting in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, France, Scotland and England (ff. 51-58, 60-74).

Ceramics-collecting journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, February 1870-May 1872, November 1872, in France, Spain, England, Scotland, Belgium and Holland (pp. 1-67, 69-74); together with records of purchases, February 1870-June 1871 (pp. 97-115), March-May 1872 (pp. 90-96, inverted text), November 1872-February 1873 (pp. 86-89, inverted text).

Ceramics-collecting journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, March-November 1873, February-April 1874, August-October 1874, in Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland and Germany (pp. 1-88); together with records of purchases, April 1873-September 1874 (pp. 90-115, inverted text; original pagination 1-22)
Papers loose in the volume (c. 47 ff.) include notes of addresses, tourist pamphlet for Cologne, note in French refusing to sell items of Tournai porcelaine, draft accounts of purchases, French prayer-card, and facsimile of an [?incomplete] catalogue of an exhibition, March 1874.