Letters, notebooks, miscellaneous transcripts and notes
Reference code
WAK/041
Title
Letters, notebooks, miscellaneous transcripts and notes
Date
1775-1886
Level of description
File
Extent and format
Two bundles.
Scope and content
Main contents:-
(1) Letters of Thomas Wakeman to Henry M. Hawkins, 1843-62;-
(2) Letters to Thomas Wakeman from W. S. Rees, with a poem, 1846, Charles H. Williams of Guernsey, 1865-7, and others;-
(3) Letters of John Rowlands, 'Giraldus', Welsh secretary and librarian to Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Octavius Morgan, 1885-6, and papers conc. Rowlands including a printed account of his life;-
(4) Notebooks:-
(a) Duodecimo, marbled covers, containing extracts from PRO records, etc., and personal notes (conc. the estate of Wakeman's aunt);-
(b) Duodecimo, red, containing notes on the Wakeman family, PRO extracts, genealogy;-
(c) Octavo, green leather, containing PRO extracts, genealogy, notes on the Indian zodiac, equinox, Sanscrit, etc.;-
(5) Letters, notes, printed material, and photographs relating to church plate, c. 1880-2;-
(6) Earlier papers:- Letter of attorney of William Nichol, sheriff, appointing a representative in Westminster, 1775; poem, 18th century, beg. 'You Gentlemen of Monmouthshire';-
(7) Photograph of a stone fragment found in the old church of St Mary's, Monmouth; drawing of a quarry tile from Caerleon Castle.
(1) Letters of Thomas Wakeman to Henry M. Hawkins, 1843-62;-
(2) Letters to Thomas Wakeman from W. S. Rees, with a poem, 1846, Charles H. Williams of Guernsey, 1865-7, and others;-
(3) Letters of John Rowlands, 'Giraldus', Welsh secretary and librarian to Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Octavius Morgan, 1885-6, and papers conc. Rowlands including a printed account of his life;-
(4) Notebooks:-
(a) Duodecimo, marbled covers, containing extracts from PRO records, etc., and personal notes (conc. the estate of Wakeman's aunt);-
(b) Duodecimo, red, containing notes on the Wakeman family, PRO extracts, genealogy;-
(c) Octavo, green leather, containing PRO extracts, genealogy, notes on the Indian zodiac, equinox, Sanscrit, etc.;-
(5) Letters, notes, printed material, and photographs relating to church plate, c. 1880-2;-
(6) Earlier papers:- Letter of attorney of William Nichol, sheriff, appointing a representative in Westminster, 1775; poem, 18th century, beg. 'You Gentlemen of Monmouthshire';-
(7) Photograph of a stone fragment found in the old church of St Mary's, Monmouth; drawing of a quarry tile from Caerleon Castle.
Creator
Wakeman, Thomas (1788-1868), Monmouthshire antiquary
Rees, William Jenkins (1772-1855), Vicar of Heyop
Rees, William Jenkins (1772-1855), Vicar of Heyop
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/790/41
Archival history
Part transferred in 1978 to WAK/050/04.