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Charlotte Guest MS XXXII
Title
Notebook of Sir John Guest
Date(s)
- 1818-1841 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
55 ff. (of which some 15 ff. blank) ; 150 x 85 mm.
Leather over boards with blind tooling and brass clasp engraved 'J. J. Guest'; label of Rowsell Printed Account Book Manufacturer, 31 Cheapside inside cover.
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Notebook, 1818-1841, of Sir John Guest containing various memoranda relating mainly to the iron and coal industries, including analysis of iron ores and various technical data; notes of tonnage of iron made at Dowlais and transported by canal; record of prices of bar iron; numbers of men, boys and girls working at Dowlais, 1818; together with a few political notes, notably an estimate of 'supposed influence in Glamorgan Boroughs'.
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Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Covers worn, some folios loose, affected by dirt.
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