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- (1545/6)-[1840s]. (Creation)
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92 ff. (66 verso-90 verso inverted text) ;330 x 265 mm.Half-leather and marbled paper over boards.Covers scuffed and worn; leaves excised after ff. 3, 14 and 72; several items, formerly pasted into the volume, removed prior to accession at NLW.Covers scuffed and worn; leaves excised after ff. 3, 14 and 72; several items formerly pasted into the volume removed prior to accession at NLW
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Archival history
'A collection of letters addressed to the son of the regicide Col. John Jones, with other curious old papers found in a house belonging to the Jones family. Taken down in 1824' (note on f. 1; the house in question has not been identified).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood Auctioneers and Valuers; Honiton; Purchased at auction, lot 609; 21 August 2013; 006629341.
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Scope and content
An album, [19 cent., second ¼], probably compiled by a member of the Clay family of Liverpool and St Asaph, which includes some thirty-one items, (1545/6)-[1716], relating to John Jones, son of Col. John Jones, the regicide, and his family (ff. 1-14, 16-19).
Among these items are some fourteen letters addressed to John Jones, Junior, 1663-1714 (ff. 1-3 verso, 4 verso, 5-6, 16, 17), and two to his wife (f. 3); three letters to Thomas Jennings, Dudleston, 1633-1634 (ff. 7 verso-8); a copy of The Post Man, And the Historical Account, &c., 230 (27-29 October 1696) (f. 9); a poem on the Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708 (ff. 10-11); a handbill for a performance of Henry IV, [Part I], [1716] (f. 13); a final concord levied on properties in Salisbury, (1545/6) (f. 18); and a letter from Robert [?Nedham] to Roger Puleston of Emral, [?1582] (f. 19). The album also includes papers of the Clay family, 1739, 1743, 1806-[?1843], being mostly letters addressed to Henry Clay (onetime Mayor of Liverpool) from correspondents including aristocrats connected with Liverpool (ff. 66 verso-73 verso passim, inverted text); various pencil or pen and ink sketches and watercolour paintings, [19 cent, first ½], at least some of which are by Henry's daughter B[arbara] F[rances] C[lay] (ff. 57 verso, 60 verso, 61 verso, 62 verso, 76 verso-81 verso (versos only), 84 verso, 85 verso, 86 verso); newspaper cuttings, [1831]-[1841] (ff. 26 verso-35); and miscellaneous engravings, 1809-[?1840s] (ff. 14 verso, 36-37, 39-43, 88 verso-90 verso). Items found loose within the volume have been tipped in, either in situ or on blank leaves (some 22 ff.).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24046E.
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Name access points
- Jones, John, -approximately 1717 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Clay, Henry, 1759 or 1760-1828 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Jones, John, -approximately 1717. (Subject)
- Clay, Barbara Frances, 1793-1843. (Subject)
- Clay, Henry, 1759 or 1760-1828. (Subject)
- Jennings, Thomas, active 1630-1634. (Subject)
- Nedham, Robert, active 1582. (Subject)
- Puleston, Roger, active 1582. (Subject)
- Clay family. (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
June 2014.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;