Account book of brig 'Jane',

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 11909D.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1816-1842 /
Name of Creator
- Lewis, Richard, ship's captain
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- Contact NLW for more information.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A disbursements and wages account book of the brig 'Jane' (Richard Lewis, master) at Milford, Newport, Bristol, Chepstow, Cork, Swansea, Waterford, Dublin, Scilly, Liverpool, Chester, London, Rotterdam, Dordt, Cardiff, Newcastle, Plymouth, Charente, Shields, Portsmouth, Llanelly, Poole, North Yarmouth, Ramsgate, and Rochelle, 1816-1824. Also included in the volume are copies of letters from Thomas Lewis, Walton East, co. Pembroke, 1837-1842 and undated, to his brother Richard Lewis (personal, news of the family and of neighbours, the writer's accounts with the recipient), to Messrs. Burton & Bentley, ship agents, Love Lane, London (the receipt of bank bills), and to his future wife (their proposed marriage); a copy of a letter from Richd. Evans, Walton East, to [ ], 1837 (a loan for the bearer Stepen [sic] Edwards of Blaenwern); statements of the funeral expenses of Betsy Lewis, 1841-1842; threshing and winnowing accounts, 1839-1840; a promissory note for £100 from William Thomas, innkeeper, and George Beddoe, gent., both of the town and county of Haverfordwes[t], to Thomas Lewis of Walton, parish of Walton East, 1837; etc.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11909D.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Archivist's Note

November 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);