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- 1816-1840 / (Creation)
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The commonplace book of John Lewis, Troed-y-rhiw, Llanfynydd, 1816-1840, containing copies of indentures and other documents relating to Llanfynydd; extracts from newspapers; a copy of the will of David Jones of the parish of St George in Queen Square, London, 1739, referring to a charity school at Llanfynydd; a record of John Lewis's weight at different times; a copy of a survey of Llanfynydd, 1796; medical recipes; accounts; autobiographical data; poetry, including 'Cerdd Newydd am dderchafiad Balchder a'i gwymp o achos arfer newydd a ddaeth yn ddiweddar i blith y Cymry' by Gwilim ab Ifan; poems in praise of Pant-tawel, improved by John Lewis, 1816; new year greetings in verse to John Lewis by W. E. Harry, Benjamin Davies 'preacher', Henry Powell, Griffith Jonathan, and Isaac Davies; 'Cerdd a gyfansoddwyd pan gydynwyd i ffyrfiaw Cymdeithas y Gomeraegyddion yn Llanfynydd gan y Bardd [Isaac Davies, 1823] ar yr erddygan a elwir Duw gadwo'r Brenin yn y ffordd Gymraeg' and a song by Isaac Davies to be sung at the reception of new members.
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Language of material
- Welsh
- English
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Welsh, English.
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Finding aids
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 137.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9365B.
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- Cymdeithas y Cymreigyddion. Llanfynydd, Wales -- Songs and music (Subject)
- Cymdeithas y Cymreigyddion. Llanfynydd, Wales -- Poetry (Subject)
- Jones, David, St George, Queen Square, London -- Will (Subject)
- Gwilim ab Ifan (Subject)
- Harry, W. E. (Subject)
- Davies, Benjamin, Rev., fl. 1816 (Subject)
- Powell, Henry, fl. 1816 (Subject)
- Jonathan, Griffith (Subject)
- Davies, Isaac, poet (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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May 2011.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);