File NLW MS 5000B. - A commonplace book,

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NLW MS 5000B.

Title

A commonplace book,

Date(s)

  • [18 cent., second ½]-[19 cent., first ½]. (Creation)

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A commonplace book of Robert Edwards, Tai Draw, near Bala. It contains notes on astrology, witchcraft, legerdemain, geography, natural history, Biblical history, medicinal and household recipes, arithmetical and other tables, algebraical problems, poems, and a copy of a Welsh letter written in 1722-3, by a man born and bred in America to his kindred in the Bala district.

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Language of material

  • Welsh
  • English

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Welsh, English.

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Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 5000B.

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Virtua system control number

vtls004369853

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000369853

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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