Harri Williams Collection of Papers and Letters,

Papers and letters collected by Harri Williams, 1757-1877, including deeds relating to the parish of Aberdaron, Carnarfonshire, 1757-1839; letters from Griffiths Williams in America to his parents, 1863-1877; and papers relating to the sloop or smack 'Selah' of Pwllheli, 1841.

Harri Williams acquired a diverse collection of papers and letters, including correspondence of his relative Griffiths Williams, who worked as a coal and silver ore miner in the United States in the 1860s, and papers relating to Aberdaron, Caernarfonshire.

Arranged into the following: a doctor's diagnosis and prescription book; deeds; shipbuilding records; and letters.

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Deposited by Harri Williams, Rhoshirwaun, in 1957.

Harri Williams acquired a diverse collection of papers and letters, including correspondence of his relative Griffiths Williams, who worked as a coal and silver ore miner in the United States in the 1860s, and papers relating to Aberdaron, Caernarfonshire.

Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some of the papers precede the life of Harri Williams.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.

April 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Harri Williams Collection of Papers and Letters.

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