Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1875-1879 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
101 ff. (ff. 65 verso-81, 84-91 blank; ff. 99 verso-101 inverted text) ;205 x 165 mm.Pocket notebook, cloth covers.Bindings worn; leaves torn out after ff. 55, 56, 63, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 91 and 93.Bindings worn; leaves torn out after ff. 55, 56, 63, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 91 and 93
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Thomas Hughes of Holyhead. September 9th 1875' on f. 1; 'Thomas Hughes / 4 Lands End / Holyhead' on f. 101 verso; 'Caergybi Rhagfyr 1st 1879 T. Hu[ghe]s' (f. 92).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
T. W. Hughes; Tregynon; Donation; July 1957
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume, 1875-1879, belonging to Thomas Hughes, Holyhead, containing a log of the barque 'Oswingo' (commanded by Captain A. Waycott), recording a voyage from Manilla to New York, September-November 1876 (ff. 1-33), and from New York towards Glasgow, December 1876 (ff. 37 verso-44).
The volume also contains scriptural catechisms in Welsh (ff. 46 verso-50 verso, 52 verso, 53 verso-58), shorthand exercises (ff. 59-65, 100 verso), notes on navigation (ff. 94 verso-98 verso) and miscellaneous prose and poetry in Welsh (ff. 81 verso, 82 verso, 83 verso, 91 verso-93 verso, 99 verso-100, 101).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16641B.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Oswingo (Barque) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2006 and July 2013.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;