Journal of Thomas Ellis Owen journal

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 23900B.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1788
Name of Creator
- Owen, T. E. (Thomas Ellis), 1764-1814.
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 28 ff. ; 205 x 135 mm.
  Interleaved notebook, with soft leather covers and later cardboard covers.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Journal, July-October 1788, of Thomas Ellis Owen, then a student at Christ Church, Oxford, later rector of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, describing a tour of Germany, from London to Weimar.
The journal includes descriptions of Hamburg (ff. 2-3), Hanover (ff. 4 verso-6), Wolfenbüttel (8 recto-verso), the silver mines at Goslar (ff. 9 verso-11 verso), Göttingen (ff. 13-14), Münden (ff. 14-15), Cassel (ff. 15-19), and Weimar and its environs (ff. 21-28). The volume includes an anecdote relating to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (ff. 18-19), and an account of a conversation with Goethe. (ff. 27 verso-28 verso).

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Acquisition Information

Maggs Bros Ltd; London; Purchase; January 2003; 0200301200.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23900B.

Archivist's Note

March 2012.

Description compiled by Geraint Phillips, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

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Appraisal Information

Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23900B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4284405. Date: 20030905. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23900B) : One loose item in volume, front pastedown damaged. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23900B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4284405. Date: 20050218. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23900B) : Repaired front pastedown and hinged in loose item. Institution: WlAbNL.