Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1796 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
i, 154 ff. (foliated 1-129, no. 54 missed out; blank leaves after f. 129 not numbered) ; 235 x 185 mm. Full leather with double blind fillet.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Label 'My Grandfather W. Williams' journal in Wales 1796' on front cover. Once part of the library of Montague Williams (b. 1826) of Woolland House, co. Dorset, grandson of William Williams.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
A. R. Heath; Bristol; Purchase; 1994
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The journal of William Williams (1774-1839), sometime MP for Weymouth and Melcomb Regis, co. Dorset, describing a walking tour through Wales and to Liverpool and Chester, May-June 1796, accompanied by the Reverend James Burgess. A note on f. i verso - 'The following Copy was made from the original Tour by a Welsh servant, not well acquainted with the English language. Hence the errors in spelling & grammar, with which it abounds' - is in the same hand as the final paragraph of the narrative and as emendations and additions to the text. Other additions, mainly on the blank dorse of folios, are in a different hand, possibly that of James Burgess.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23253C
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Williams, William, 1774-1839 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Burgess, James (Subject)
- Williams, William, 1774-1839 (Subject)
- Burgess, James (Subject)
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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
March 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);