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- 1846-1868. (Creation)
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i, 135 ff. ; 155 x 95 mm. Vellum over boards with brass clasp.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from Dylans Bookstore, Swansea, 1991.
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Scope and content
Account book, 1846-1856, of Rowland Thomas ('Idris Ddu', 1789-1856) of Merthyr Tudful, co. Glamorgan, containing records of payments to members of the Solid Rock of Wales Society ('Cymdeithas Cadarn Graig y Cymry') meeting at the Harp, Penllwynderi, Merthyr, together with other miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, including an account of William Howel's journey with Abel Evans (d. 1866) and the Mormons from Merthyr to St Louis, Missouri, 1849 (ff. 79-81); additions, 1859-1868, in the hand of Rowland Thomas's son, William R. Thomas, include verses in Welsh (ff. 26v, 119v), and brief details of literary competitions at the National Eisteddfod, Rhuthun, 1868 (ff. 118v-19).
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Accruals
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
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English, Welsh.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22876A.
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- Cymdeithas Cadarn Graig y Cymry. (Subject)
- Evans, Abel, 1812-1866. (Subject)
- Howel, William, of Merthyr Tydfil -- Travel -- Missouri. (Subject)
- Thomas, William R. fl. 1856-1868. (Subject)
- Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (1868 : Ruthin, Wales) (Subject)