Ledger

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23808i & iiE.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004192487
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000192487
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1878]-1898
  • Physical Description
    • NLW MS 23808iE: i-xxiv, 227 ff. (paginated 1-451; pp. 4-55, 59-75, 77-95, 150-389, 401-9, 448 to end blank) ; 360 x 240 mm.
      NLW MS 23808iiE: 17 ff. (11 items)
      NLW MS 23808iE: Printed ledger with index; full leather with remains of brass lock; 'Private Ledger' and 'Owen Owen Liverpool May 1868' (gold on labels on spine).
      NLW MS 23808iiE: Guarded and filed at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Ledger, [1881]-1898 (watermark 1879), of Owen Owen, recording various accounts (MS 23808iE). They include stocktaking balance sheets from the commencement of business on 2 May 1868 up to February 1896 (pp. 100-149), those for 1868 to 1881 (pp. 100-118) having been copied into the volume in or about August 1881.
Among the other accounts are the fixture account, 1881-1895 (pp. 1-2), capital accounts of Owen Owen, 1881-1896 (pp. 56-58), and Jabez D. Owen, 1882-1885 (p. 76), and a record of properties and securities, 1885-1898 (pp. 441-447). The volume includes an index (ff. i-xxiv). Papers, [1878]-[1898], including some balance sheets, found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 23808iiE).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23808i & iiE.

Appraisal Information

Item: 1.3. Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 004192487. Date: 20050209. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Documents : Ruled paper sheets with various inks. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.4. Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 004192487. Date: 20050816. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J.D. Williams. Status: Loose Documents : Guarded and filed. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23808iE). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4192487. Date: 20041027. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23808iE) : Spine requires lettering. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MSS 23808iE). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4192487. Date: 20041105. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MSS 23808iE) : Lettered spine with gold foil. Institution: WlAbNL.

Custodial History

The ledger was found among the possessions of Ellis O. Cemlyn-Jones, grandson of Owen Owen, shortly after his death in 1997 and transferred by his widow to his cousin, J. A. H. Norman.

Related Material

A pamphlet by David Wyn Davies, Owen Owen: Victorian Draper, A Post Script ([?Aberystwyth], [?2001]), donated with the volume, has been transferred to the NLW collection of printed books.

Additional Information

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