The Christian Lady's Pocket Book for 1798 belonging to the Rev. David Jones of Llan-gan, Glamorgan, and Manorowen, Pembrokeshire, the prominent Methodist preacher, containing brief diary entries noting day-to-day activities, preaching engagements and tours (pp. 14-118, versos only) with additional material occasionally added on facing pages.
Two short prayers in Welsh are on pp. 111, 113. Additional memoranda, in pencil and ink, 1817-1831, appear to be in the hand of his grandson, the Rev. Lewellin Lewellin (pp. i, iii, vi, 146 and inside the covers). The volume also incorporates printed poetry, prose, tables and other information (pp. 1-12, 121-144). A few extracts from the diary, translated into Welsh, were published in 'Lloffion ar ol yr Hybarch David Jones, Llangan', Y Drysorfa, 70 (1900), 129-131 (pp. 129-130).
Diary of David Jones, Llan-gan,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 24020A.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls006182019
- Dates of Creation
- 1798-1831 (mostly 1798) /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Welsh English, some Welsh.
- Physical Description
- 76 ff. (paginated i-vi, 1-146) ;115 x 75 mm.Printed pocket book, red morocco covers with double blind fillets and fold-over tuck-in flap.Covers worn, bindings disintegrating.Covers worn, bindings disintegrating
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Alastor Rare Books; Lymington; Purchase; November 2011; 006182019.
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24020A.
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Archivist's Note
January 2012.
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;
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Custodial History
Owned by Lewellin Lewellin (signature on p. iii); in the possession of David Howell (Llawdden, 1831-1903), Lewellin's successor as Dean of St Davids, in the summer of 1899, when it was seen and transcribed by T. C. Evans (Cadrawd) (see 'Lloffion ar ol yr Hybarch David Jones, Llangan', Y Drysorfa, 70 (1900), 129-131 (p. 129)); Howell had several more of David Jones' diaries in his possession, including that for 1799; the diary was subsequently presumed lost (see R. Brian Higham, The Rev. David Jones Llan-gan, 1736-1810, and his contribution to Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (Lewiston, N.Y., 2009), p. 59).
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