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Title
Date(s)
- 1870-1898 / (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
17 ff. Guarded and filed.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Elinor Humphreys, grandniece of William Jones; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; 1995
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four letters, 1882-98, from William Jones, Glen Ullin, Morton County, North Dakota to his family in Tyn-y-gongl, co. Anglesey; together with a letter, 1870, from William Jones's father, Griffith Jones (1820-75), Hendy, Tyn-y-gongl to relatives in the United States.
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Accruals
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
For transcripts of the letters see NLW ex 1687.
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
For Griffith Jones, see Y Cronicl, 33 (1875), pp. 183-5.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23385B.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans 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 IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);