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- 1834-1835 / (Creation)
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80 ff. with insertions (foliated 1-77; ff. 48-77 blank) ;325 x 200 mm.Boards wrapped in loose cloth; 'Lost on the 15 March 1838' and '[?F. S.] Jones' in ink, [19 cent.], on cloth inside front cover.Two leaves removed after f. 47 and numerous leaves removed at end.Two leaves removed after f. 47 and numerous leaves removed at end
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'Er cof am Ann Eilian Owen' [d. 2 February 1918, Liverpool] stamped on f. 77 verso.
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Source unknown.
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Scope and content
Journal, 1834-1835 (watermark 1833), of the barque 'Amelia Matilda' of Liverpool, commanded by R. F. Jones, the journal kept by E[dward] F. Jones. The volume records a voyage from Liverpool to the Benin River, [Nigeria], September-November 1834 (ff. 3-21), and the return voyage, from Corisco, [Equatorial Guinea], to Liverpool, March-June 1835 (ff. 21 verso-47).
A letter, 22 October 1835, from John Mather, Bonny River, [Nigeria], to Edward Jones on board the barque 'Mansfield' at New Calabar, [Nigeria], and a receipt, 1832, are enclosed in an archival envelope (3 ff.).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 17389D.
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Name access points
- Amelia Matilda (Barque) (Subject)
- Mather, John, fl. 1835. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2007.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;