Mariner's commonplace book

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21842A.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004247133
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000247133
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1855-1872
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh Welsh, English.
  • Physical Description
    • vi, 72 ff. ; 160 x 95 mm.
      Leather spine stitched on to paper-covered boards with remains of brass clasp and corner-pieces.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Great Exhibition Almanack .... 1851, used by Thomas Owens, mariner, of Bryngwallter, Penbryn, Cardiganshire, to record entries concerning his voyages; extracts from the log of the SS Great Britain on voyages from Melbourne to Liverpool (inverted text ff. 29 verso-31, 54 verso-6); transcripts of carols and other verse, including 'Hanes ail fordaith y Brig Albion i'r America' (ff. 2-16; see also NLW MSS 9383A, 21965A); and miscellaneous notes and accounts.

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Acquisition Information

Mrs Catherine Isaac; Aberystwyth; Donation; 1982

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21842A.

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

Alternative Form Available

Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5727595 (September 2021)

Additional Information

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