Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1804-1806. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
ii, 89 ff. ;320 x 200 mm.Pre-printed log book, vellum covers with double blind fillets.Cover stained; leaf excised after f. 88.Cover stained; leaf excised after f. 88
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr J. H. Thomas; Waunfawr, Aberystwyth; Purchase (with NLW MSS 15458-61, 15463D); February 1953
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Log book, 1804-1806 (watermarks 1801, 1802), of the sailing ship 'Liberty'.
The volume records voyages from London to Surinam, July-October 1804 (ff. 1-15 verso), and Surinam to London (via Cork), January-April 1805 (ff. 17 verso-34); from London to Jamaica (via Cowes, Madeira and Barbados; carrying 250 soldiers and their families), August-November 1805 (ff. 35 verso-55), and from Jamaica to London, February-May 1806 (ff. 56 verso-77). A note on f. 89 verso records an encounter on 28 April 1806 with HM Brig Raven (see also f. 72 verso). The volume is written in a hand resembling that of NLW MS 15463D.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 15462D.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Liberty (Sailing vessel) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2006.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;