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- 1845-1864 / (Creation)
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One hundred and thirty holograph letters and imperfect letters, 1845-1864 and undated, written by J[ohn] Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy'), together with some additions by his wife [Jane Jones]. The majority of the letters are written to his son Evan, printer, Portmadoc, but a few are addressed to others of his children, namely Catherine, Edward, Jane, Owen E[van(s)], and Eliza[beth Margaret]. Among the topics discussed by the writer are printing processes and the purchase of equipment; printing estimates; publications by the writer and by his son Evan; news of relatives and friends; money matters, with copious references to negotiations for loans; an invitation to Dublin Exhibition (1853); the purchase of writing slates; travelling booksellers; the exchange of publications with other publishers; an address by Kossuth; a legal action against Evan Jones; the revival of the Rifle Corps at Llanrwst; a lecture on Garibaldi by W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog']; the writer's decision to discontinue the publication of books; the writer's health; the writer's gardening and farming activities; the boy Hartwell [i.e., Griffith Hartwell Jones, rector of Nutfield, Surrey]; etc. Also included in the volume are a holograph letter from D. O. D., Baptist Printing Office, Llangollen, from Bala, to [ ], 1852 (the writer's career as a printer, a recommendation for the bearer as a printer's apprentice); a holograph letter from O. Evans, Bethesda, to O. E. Jones, Llanrwst, [18]56 (personal); a holograph letter from Robert [ ], Llanrwst, to [Evan] Jones, Porthmad[o]c, undated (Llanrwst eisteddfod, the clearing of the office, personal); and a series of five 'englynion' [? to Evan Jones].
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Welsh, English.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as J. T. Evans 32.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12021C.
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- Dublin Exhibition (1853 : Dublin, Ireland) (Subject)
- Jones, Evan, 1830-1918 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Jones, Evan, 1830-1918 (Subject)
- Kossuth, Lajos, 1802-1894. (Subject)
- Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 (Subject)
- Rees, William, 1802-1883 (Subject)
- Jones, G. Hartwell (Griffith Hartwell), 1859-1944. (Subject)
- Jones, Evan, 1830-1918 -- Poetry (Subject)
- Jones, Jane, d. 1862 (Subject)
- Jones, Evan, 1830-1918 (Subject)
- Jones, Catherine, b. 1824 (Subject)
- Jones, Edward, 1826-1881 (Subject)
- Jones, Jane, 1828-1878 (Subject)
- Jones, Owen Evan, 1834-1887 (Subject)
- Jones, Elizabeth Margaret, b. 1836 (Subject)
- Evans, O., Bethesda (Subject)