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- 1790-1803, 1826. (Creation)
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Vol. 1 Extent: 24 ff. Vol. 2 Extent: 186 pp., blank from p. 153. Vols. 1-2, modern vellum bindings.
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Vol. 2 : 'L. B. 1792' and lettered 'Bird Diaries'.
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Journals kept by [? John Bird, 1761-1870, according to a note inside cover of vol. 1]. The compiler kept a book and print shop in Cardiff and was an agent for the Marquess of Bute; vols. 1 and 2 appear to be drafts, the journal being written for his master. Very informative about public and legal matters in Cardiff and the surrounding area, 1790-1803. Vol. 1, 1790-1, vol. 2, 1792-1803; vol. 3, different in character, is a printed 'Marshall's Family Ledger' for 1826 with brief entries. See 'The Diaries of John Bird of Cardiff, clerk to the first Marquess of Bute, 1790-1803' (South Wales Record Society, Cardiff, 1987).
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See 'The Diaries of John Bird of Cardiff, clerk to the first Marquess of Bute, 1790-1803' (South Wales Record Society, Cardiff, 1987).
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Preferred citation: Cardiff MS 2.716.