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Title
Date(s)
- 1887 / (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
i, 69 ff. ; 210 x 135 mm. Cloth over boards.
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Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Richard Booth Bookshop; Hay-on-Wye; Purchase; 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
T. J. & J. Smith's Small Scribbling Diary ... 1887, with brief entries, probably in the hand of Frederick George Wynn (1853-94), Glynllifon, Llandwrog, co. Caernarfon, mainly recording visits to and excursions with friends and relations. The volume includes records of rainfall at Fort Belan, Llanwnda, co. Caernarfon, 1882-7, and rainfall and weather conditions at Glynllifon, 1887 (ff. 63-5). Six contemporary family photographs found inside the diary are now contained in a pocket inside the back cover.
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Language and script notes
English
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23140B
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Name access points
- Fort Belan (Llanwnda, Wales) (Subject)
- Glynllifon Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Wynn, Frederick George, 1853-1932 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Wynn, Frederick George, 1853-1932 -- Family (Subject)
- Wynn, Frederick George, 1853-1932 -- Family -- Photographs (Subject)
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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
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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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);