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Date(s)
- 1802 and [19 cent., first ΒΌ ]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
NLW MS 16798Ai Extent: 85 ff. (ff. 55-84 verso are paginated vii-xvi, 1-60) ; Dimensions: 158 x 99 mm. NLW MS 16798Aii Extent: 8ff. ; Dimensions: 146 x 79 mm. NLW MS 16798Ai :Leather-bound notebook with marbled inside covers. NLW MS 16798Aii :Leather-bound notebook with remains of brass clasp; several inner storage pockets, one of which contains a pencil in a brass holder.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sir L. Twiston Davies; Monmouth; Donation; July 1943
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two notebooks, NLW MS 16798Ai being a printed account book for the year 1802 possibly belonging to a yeoman farmer or man of similar profession, NLW MS 16798Aii being a journal without dates and containing only rough accounts on ff. 6 verso-7.
NLW MS 16798Ai mainly contains details of accounts settled and owed together with general observations on the weather, agricultural duties, etc. There are rough accounts on inside front cover, ff. i, ii verso, 85 recto-verso, and inside back cover. The location of the writer is uncertain but may have been Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire or another county at or near the Welsh border as mention is made of travelling to Howle in Shropshire (ff. 13 verso, 42 verso, 43 verso, 44 verso), to [?Soilwell Farm] in Gloucestershire (f. 32 verso), to Hereford (f. 29 verso), and to attending Ross[-on-Wye] church (f. 23 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Language and script notes
English.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 16798A i-ii.
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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
October 2006.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans;