File NLW MS 21842A. - Mariner's commonplace book

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NLW MS 21842A.

Title

Mariner's commonplace book

Date(s)

  • 1855-1872 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

vi, 72 ff. ; 160 x 95 mm.

Leather spine stitched on to paper-covered boards with remains of brass clasp and corner-pieces.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mrs Catherine Isaac; Aberystwyth; Donation; 1982

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Scope and content

Great Exhibition Almanack .... 1851, used by Thomas Owens, mariner, of Bryngwallter, Penbryn, Cardiganshire, to record entries concerning his voyages; extracts from the log of the SS Great Britain on voyages from Melbourne to Liverpool (inverted text ff. 29 verso-31, 54 verso-6); transcripts of carols and other verse, including 'Hanes ail fordaith y Brig Albion i'r America' (ff. 2-16; see also NLW MSS 9383A, 21965A); and miscellaneous notes and accounts.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

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Welsh, English.

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Finding aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5727595 (September 2021)

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21842A.

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vtls004247133

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000247133

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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.

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  • English

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  • Text: NLW MS 21842A.