Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1836-1913 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
86 ff. (ff. 54 verso-74 verso blank; several leaves cut out) ; 155 x 100 mm. Blind-stamped vellum over boards, with brass clasp [ca. 1850] engraved with a view of the new Houses of Parliament.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Gwyneth Jones; Pontrhydfendigaid; Donation; 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Account book, mainly in Welsh, of John Hughes (d. 1869), Glan-cell, parish of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, co. Cardigan, containing personal accounts and memoranda, 1836-61. The volume was later used to record particulars of payments to visiting ministers and other accounts, 1882-1913, of Rhos-y-gell Calvinistic Methodist chapel, parish of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
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 23150A
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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 sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Cronfa Capeli WWW site;