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Title
Date(s)
- 1824-1903. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
41 ff.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs D. E. Jones; Bala; Donation; 1957
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fourteen letters, 1833-1852, all of which appear to be addressed to Michael Jones, Independent minister and first principal of Bala Independent College. The contents of the letters are mainly of an administrative and denominational nature.
The letters contain references to the apprenticeship of pupils at Bala School (ff. 1, 7, 9), the Independent cause at Corwen (ff. 10, 13), Hen Gapel, Llanuwchllyn (f. 20), and discussions regarding the establishment of a preparatory academy at Abergele (ff. 17-18). Also included is a draft reply in the hand of Michael Jones (f. 18 verso), and various letters and papers, 1824-1903, including a printed elegy to the Reverend Henry Rees, Liverpool, by 'Hiraethog Mon', 1869 (f. 31), and a description of a 'Driving tour of W. N. Rigbey & family through part of North Wales', 1883 (ff. 36-9).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order, letters being arranged alphabetically according to correspondent, and various papers.
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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 16103D.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, Michael, 1787-1853 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Rees, Henry, 1798-1869 (Subject)
- Hen Gapel (Llanuwchllyn, Wales) (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2006.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Siân Bowyer;