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Title
Date(s)
- 1876-1893. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 108 ff. (partly paginated/foliated 1-44 in reverse; many blank leaves) ; 230 x 185 mm. Half-leather and marbled paper, rebacked at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Label of the London Missionary Society, stamped 'Welsh Office' and inscribed 'Nodiadau Personol Wm. Hopkin Rees. Derbyniwyd o law teulu'r Parch H. T. Jacob Tach. 1958', pasted on front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Rev. Ieuan S. Jones; Swansea; Donation (with NLW MS 22105D); 1985
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Commonplace book, 1876-1893, of the Rev. Dr William Hopkyn Rees, a missionary in the North China, LMS, mission field, containing Welsh and English verse; sermon and other notes; quotations and maxims; and personal memoranda.
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Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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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Publication note
The volume was used by the Rev. H. T. Jacob, Fishguard when writing his biography, Hopkyn Rees, China (Llundain, 1925).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22104C.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Language(s)
- English