Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- 1740-1798 / (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
0.018 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Elizabeth Baker ([c. 1720]-1799) was the daughter of a clergyman in the Midlands; she lived at one point in Coventry, Warwickshire. Her later life was spent in Merionethshire, in and around the parish of Llanegryn. In 1770, she was a partner in prospecting for metal ores in the area between Dolgellau and Llanuwchllyn, which proved unsuccessful; a lawsuit concerning the partnership later arose. She later lived at the houses of Hengwrt (1771-1778) (as secretary to Hugh Vaughan), Doluwcheogryd (until 1780), and Bryn Adda (until 1784), after which she remained in Dolgellau until her death in 1799. She kept a series of diaries, reflecting the difficulties faced by the Hengwrt house and estate, and collected and transcribed contemporary verses. She also attempted to breed silk worms.
Hanes archifol
It appears that the papers of Elizabeth Baker were acquired by the Victorian antiquarian W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth.
Ffynhonnell
Deposited with the Peniarth Estate Records in 1954-1956, and subsequently purchased in 1980.
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
Papers of Elizabeth Baker, 1740-1798, comprising correspondence, 1743-1798; copies of verses, including some relating to the impeachment of Warren Hastings; correspondence relating to legal matters arising from the mining partnership and the ownership of the Nannau estate, 1779-1781; journals relating to silk worms, 1779-1782; and papers concerning politics, literature, and current events, 1740-1798.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Action: All records purchased by the National Library of Wales have been retained. The material was partially catalogued in 1957, under the reference Peniarth 663/1-591. The Baker material was renumbered and recatalogued as a separate archive in 1997..
Croniadau
Accruals are not expected.
System o drefniant
Arranged as follows: verse of general interest, Simpkin and Simon and other political verse; printed papers; legal papers, etc.; letters to Mrs Baker; miscellaneous letters and copy letters; papers of Welsh interest; prose extracts; and miscellaneous papers, accounts of trials, inscriptions and anecdotes.
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Usual copyright laws apply.
Iaith y deunydd
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
English.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title based on contents of fonds.
Nodiadau
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography gives Baker's date of death as 1789; the NLW cataloguer notes that this must be incorrect, since her letters in Peniarth MS 501 continue to 1797, and suggests that the Elizabeth Baker buried in Dolgellau in 1799 may be the same individual.
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
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Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad pwnc
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad
Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Statws
Lefel manylder disgrifiad
Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead
January 2003; revised April 2005.
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
Nodyn yr archifydd
Compiled by Seri Crawley and Martin Locock for the ANW Project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959); National Library of Wales Journal, 1943-1944;