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Title
Date(s)
- 1866-1868 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
iii, 221 ff. (old foliation 1-24, 1-74, with errors; blank from f. 111) ; 235 x 190 mm.
Half-leather and marbled paper covers; book-plate of Charles Edward Rawlins inside front cover.
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Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Peter Howell Williams; Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd; Purchase (with NLW MSS 23062-5, 23067B); 1992.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Journal of two tours in North Wales by Charles Edward Rawlins (1811-1884) of Liverpool, merchant and political writer, in June 1866 and September 1868, accompanied on the first by Isaac Bancroft Cooke and Samuel Bulley, both cotton brokers of Liverpool, and on the second by his wife and children, including his son, Herbert, whose later signature appears on f. i. Two maps showing the itineraries are included, and the second tour (ff. 27-110 verso) is illustrated with engravings, [1850s]-[1860s].
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts on the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Title based on contents.
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Cooke, Isaac B. (Subject)
- Bulley, Samuel (Subject)
- Rawlins, Herbert (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2017.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan.