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- [c. 1833]-1872 (Creation)
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i, 118 ff. (partially paginated 1-33, partially foliated 2-20) ; 190 x 115 mm.
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Bought from Henry Bristow; Ringwood; 1989.
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Diary of William Hibbs Bevan (c. 1788-1846) of Glannant, Crickhowell, co. Brecon, ironmaster, containing brief, intermittent entries, 1833-1846, relating to his personal and domestic affairs, business activities (cf. the NLW typescript lists of the Maybery records) and public duties, together with geological notes on the South Wales coalfield and the chemical composition of various types of British coal. Continued after his death by his wife, Margaret Ann Bevan, the entries, 1846-1872 (ff. 95v-108v), mostly recording the deaths of members of her family.
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- English
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English
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4954665 (May 2019)
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22689B
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- Barometers 'Summary of ascertaining degrees of elevation in the atmosphere' by means of (c. 1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 14-17
- Newport Uprising, Newport, Wales, 1839 Uprising at Newport, Monmouthshire, refs to (1839), NLW MS 22689B, f. 74v
- Coal Chemical analysis of British and Irish Coal (c. 1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 6v-12 -- Analysis
- Iron-works Ironmaster, diary of (1833-46), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 25-94v -- Wales -- Brecon
- Medicine (1833, 1895), NLW MS 22689B, f. 26 -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Tours Lake District (1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 33v-9v
- Crickhowell (Wales) Diary entries rel. to (1833-72), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 25-108v
- Lake District (England) (1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 33v-9v -- Description and travel
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- Crickhowell Infant School (Crickhowell, Wales) Opening of, ref. to (1833), NLW MS 22689B, f. 42v (Subject)
- Bevan, Edward Latham, 1861-1934 Pedigree of, NLW MS 22689B, f. i (Subject)
- Bevan, Elizabeth Jones, Crickhowell Elegy to (1829), NLW MS 22689B, f. 29 (Subject)
- Bevan, William Hibbs, ca. 1788-1846 Death of, account of, NLW MS 22689B, ff. 95v-6 Obituary of, transcript of, NLW MS 22689B, ff. 96-9v (Subject)
- Bevan, George Jones, fl. 1829 Elegy by, 1829, transcript of, NLW MS 22689B, f. 29 (Subject)
- Bevan, Margaret Ann, fl. 1846 Journal entries by (1846-72), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 95v-108v (Subject)
- Martin, E., fl. ca. 1833 Description of the mineral bason in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Carmarthen and Pembroke by, extracts from, and remarks on (c. 1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 1-5 (Subject)
- Musket, David Chemical analysis of British and Irish coal by, transcript of (c. 1833), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 6v-12. (Subject)
- Bevan family, of Crickhowell Diary entries rel. to (1833-72), NLW MS 22689B, ff. 25-108v (Subject)
- Bevan family, of Pencoed, St. Clears Notes rel. to (1839), NLW MS 22689B, f. 75 (Subject)