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Reference code
NLW ex 3022 (i)
Title
Dyddiadur taith i America
Date(s)
- 1847, 1897 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
42 ff. (ff. 27-35 blank)
Account book, paper covers.
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A volume containing a journal, 12 June-4 October 1847, of John Rees, recording his voyage, in the company of his brother Daniel, from Liverpool to New York and their journey via the Erie Canal, New York State, and the Great Lakes to Milwaukie [sic], Wisconsin, followed by their exploration of parts of Wisconsin, in search of land to settle (ff. 1-26 verso).
Also included loose with the volume are two letters, 1897, from the Rev. David (or Dafydd) Probert, Youngstown, Ohio, to John Rees, by that time returned home to St Dogmaels; and a photograph, probably of John Rees.
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- Welsh
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Welsh
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- Rees, John, 1819-1900 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Rees, John, 1819-1900 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Probert, David, 1814-1899 -- Correspondence (Subject)