File NLW MS 23159E - Building contractor's account book,

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 23159E

Title

Building contractor's account book,

Date(s)

  • 1854-1904 / (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

xix, 324 ff. (ff. 54 verso-265 paginated 1-412; ff. 261-4, 265-304 verso blank; several leaves torn out) ; 400 x 160 mm. Printed ledger, half-leather.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Label of H. White & Sons, Booksellers, &c., Carmarthen, inside front cover.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mr Rowland Arch, great-grandson of John Jones; Pontrhydfendigaid; Purchase; 1993

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Account book of John Jones (b. 1815), Llwyn-gog, Pontrhydfendigaid, co. Cardigan, carpenter and stonemason, containing accounts and other memoranda, 1857-1904, mainly relating to building and maintenance work undertaken and including details of payments to craftsmen and labourers. Included are accounts relating to the construction of the English Wesleyan chapel, Aberystwyth, 1869-70 (ff. 109-17, 124 verso-5). The volume also includes diary entries, 1854-9, written in Welsh and comprising mainly a daily work record but also including references to family and local affairs (ff. 1-51); and other miscellaneous material. A letter, 1862, from the Reverend John Phillips, Normal College, Bangor, to Thomas Hopkins, Pentonville, found loose inside, has been tipped in at the end of the volume (f. 324).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23159E

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004628590

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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

February 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);

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