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- [1841]-1891 (Creation)
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154 ff. (original pagination 3-9, 13-39 on ff. 1-4, 7-21; ff. 119 verso-120, 154 verso inverted text) ; 245 x 200 mm.
Quarter leather and paper over boards.
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Letter book, [1841]-1891, of David Evans (Dewi Dawel), also used by him as a minute book for the Glynsanan Benefit Society, Llanfynydd.
The volume contains accounts, minutes and resolutions, [1841]-1870, of the Glynsanan Benefit Society (ff. 1-17, 134 verso, 137-139, 154 verso); summaries, copies and drafts, 1871-1891, of letters sent by David Evans, relating to family matters and his work as a tailor, publican and rate-collector, as well as a few letters by his son, Thomas Morgan Evans (ff. 23-136 verso, 137 verso-147, 148-149); miscellaneous memoranda and accounts, 1869-1886 (ff. 17-22); parts of an essay on the history of Talyllychau, [1890] (ff. 147 verso-148, 150 verso-152; see also NLW MS 9510E); various verses in Welsh, 1890-[1891] (ff. 147, 149 verso-150, 152 verso-154); and a memorandum relating to a ploughing match in Cwm-du, 1878 (ff. 5, 6). Part of a draft letter of condolence, [1876], to the family of the late John Johnes, Dolaucothi, is loose between ff. 17-18.
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English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Bindings disintegrating, some leaves missing and others likely displaced; covers worn and detached from text; spine damaged; affected by damp.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16113C.
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- Glynsanan Benefit Society. (Subject)
- Evans, D. (David), 1814-1891 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Johnes, John, 1800-1876 (Subject)
- Evans, Thomas Morgan, 1838-1892. (Subject)