Building contractor's account book,

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 23159E
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1854-1904 /
Name of Creator
- Jones, John, b. 1815
Language of Material
- English Welsh English, Welsh.
Physical Description
- xix, 324 ff. (ff. 54 verso-265 paginated 1-412; ff. 261-4, 265-304 verso blank; several leaves torn out) ; 400 x 160 mm. Printed ledger, half-leather.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Account book of John Jones (b. 1815), Llwyn-gog, Pontrhydfendigaid, co. Cardigan, carpenter and stonemason, containing accounts and other memoranda, 1857-1904, mainly relating to building and maintenance work undertaken and including details of payments to craftsmen and labourers. Included are accounts relating to the construction of the English Wesleyan chapel, Aberystwyth, 1869-70 (ff. 109-17, 124 verso-5). The volume also includes diary entries, 1854-9, written in Welsh and comprising mainly a daily work record but also including references to family and local affairs (ff. 1-51); and other miscellaneous material. A letter, 1862, from the Reverend John Phillips, Normal College, Bangor, to Thomas Hopkins, Pentonville, found loose inside, has been tipped in at the end of the volume (f. 324).

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Acquisition Information

Mr Rowland Arch, great-grandson of John Jones; Pontrhydfendigaid; Purchase; 1993

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23159E

Archivist's Note

February 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 IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);