File NLW MS 16103D. - Letters to Michael Jones,

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Reference code

NLW MS 16103D.

Title

Letters to Michael Jones,

Date(s)

  • 1824-1903. (Creation)

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Extent and medium

41 ff.

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Name of creator

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Name of creator

Biographical history

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mrs D. E. Jones; Bala; Donation; 1957

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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).

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Original order, letters being arranged alphabetically according to correspondent, and various papers.

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Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

Script of material

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English, Welsh.

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Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16103D.

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vtls004440281

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

May 2006.

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Siân Bowyer;

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