Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1831-1834 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
10 ff. ; 230 x 185 mm. and less.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr N. O. Davies; Penarth; Donation; December 1941.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four letters, mostly in English, May-October 1831, May 1834, from John Jones (Tegid), Oxford, to Henry Jones, Merthyr Tydfil, mainly concerning Tegid's dispute with William Bruce Knight on the proposed reform of Welsh orthography (see W. B. Knight, Remarks, Historical and Philological, on the Welsh Language (Cardiff, 1830) and John Jones, Reply to the Rev. W. B. Knight's 'Remarks' on Welsh Orthography (Cardiff, 1831)).
Tegid quotes excerpts from letters of support received from Aneurin Owen (f. 1 verso), the Rev. Walter Cecil Davies (f. 2), George Phillips, BA, (f. 2) and Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (f. 5). Also included are holograph poems, in Welsh (ff. 5 verso-6, 7, 10), including 'Merch ieuanc mewn darvodedigaeth', 1833 (f. 7), which was published in the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, 5 (1833), 56.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 14145C.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, John, 1792-1852 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Jones, Henry, of Merthyr Tydfil -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Knight, W. B. (William Bruce), 1786?-1845. (Subject)
- Owen, Aneurin, 1792-1851 (Subject)
- Davies, Walter Cecil, 1802-1863. (Subject)
- Philips, George, b. 1807 or 8. (Subject)
- Davies, Walter, 1761-1849 (Subject)
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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
May 2006.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.