File NLW MS 14145C. - Letters of John Jones (Tegid)

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Reference code

NLW MS 14145C.

Title

Letters of John Jones (Tegid)

Date(s)

  • 1831-1834 (Creation)

Level of description

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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Finding aids

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

For transcripts of further letters by Tegid on Welsh orthography see NLW MS 1642B.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 14145C.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004433135

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Accession area