Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1827]-[1830s] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
NLW MS 23729A: i, 222 ff. (ff. 4-222 paginated [1]-116, 1-329 with errors) ; 145 x 90 mm.
NLW MS 23730A: 276 ff. (ff. 10-137, 139-272 paginated [1]-256, 1-265 with errors) ; 145 x 90 mm.
NLW MS 23729A: Leather over boards; 'Allwedd' blind-stamped on spine.
NLW MS 23730A: Leather over boards, blind fillets on spine.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Between 1912 and 1915 the volumes belonged to Robert Williams, Dudley House, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, whose signature and marks of ownership appear in both (NLW MS 23729A, ff. i verso, 3, 222 recto-verso; NLW MS 23730A, ff. 1, 275); they then passed to the Rev. Stanley H. Williams, sometime minister at Meifod and then of Deiniolen, later coming into the hands of Dr Gwilym Arthur Jones, father of the donor.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr Dafydd Arthur Jones; Bangor; Donation; 1998; A1998/93.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two volumes containing notes of sermons, in Welsh, [1827]-[1830s], in the hand of the Rev. John Hughes, Pontrobert, accompanied by memoranda recording where each sermon was preached.
MS 23729A is bound with John Davies, Allwedd duwinyddiaeth; neu, ddangoseg ysgrythyrol (Carmarthen, 1823) (ff. 1-61) and MS 23730A with John Owen, Traethawd yn cynnwys areithiau wedi eu cyfaddasu at Swper yr Arglwydd, trans. by Dafydd Williams (Merthyr Tydfil, 1828) (ff. 10-137). Inside the front cover of MS 23729A is a draft of John Hughes's hymn, 'O! deffro, deffro, gwisg dy nerth' (see Llyfr Emynau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd a Wesleaidd (Caernarfon and Bangor, 1927), p. 202).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23729-30A.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, John, 1773-1842. (Subject)
- Owen, John, 1616-1683. (Subject)
- Williams, Dafydd, 1768-1832. (Subject)
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Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
September 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;