Letters to John Jones (Ivon)

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 14026B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004546784
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1837-1900
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 76 ff. (foliated 1-65) ; 255 x 285 mm. and less.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Papers of John Jones (Ivon), Aberystwyth, 1837-1900, including twenty-five letters addressed to him, 1864-1893, mainly containing social and personal news with some political and other matters.
The correspondents are Thomas Charles Edwards, 1876 (f. 1), D. Silvan Evans, 1875-1893 (ff. 2-9), John Griffith (Gohebydd) (12), 1864-1877 (ff. 10-39), J. R. Kilsby Jones, 1864-1874 (ff. 40-47), Joseph Parry, [1874x1880] (ff. 48-49), Evan M. Richards, MP, 1874 (ff. 51-52), and Evan Williams the limner, 1865 (ff. 53-54); a letter, 1846, from William Wood is addressed to a Miss Williams, possibly Ivon's future wife, Mary (ff. 55-56). Also included are autograph verses by Robert Parry (Robin Ddu Eryri), 1887 (f. 50), Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), 1900 (ff. 63-64), and G. Pennar Griffiths (Penar), 1900 (f. 65), and three membership cards, 1837-1868.

Arrangement

Arranged at NLW into: correspondence; other papers.

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Acquisition Information

Mrs John Evans (Jane Ivonia Evans, Ivon's daughter); Aberystwyth; Donation; 1944/5.

Note

Title based on contents.

A National Eisteddfod ticket noted as being part of the manuscript is no longer present.

Verses by Hwfa Môn and Penar, 1900, post-date Ivon's death.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 14026B.

Archivist's Note

August 2008.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

Other letters to Ivon are NLW MSS 3291E, 4704B, 19659C (the latter currently uncatalogued).

Additional Information

Published

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