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Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for his letter of welcome home. Says he enjoyed South Africa, where the weather was perfect on both land and sea. No doubt Daniel Lleufer Thomas has read of the splendid reception given in honour of the writer, who was astounded at the warmth of the greetings.

He has spoken to Lord Kenyon regarding the 'History of Wales', and Lord Kenyon and Sir John Williams have taken steps towards forming a committee. Writer will send further news about this in due course. Seeks Daniel Lleufer Thomas's advice on a private matter concerning a Danish businessman who is interested in Welsh tinplate.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for sitting in for him at the Sessions. Writer is getting better and hopes to take his May courts as usual.

Encloses an official pass through the lines for Daniel Lleufer Thomas during the current Rhondda strike.

Writer thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas and Lady Thomas for their letter of sympathy on the death of his wife's sister, Mrs Charlotte Johnes.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for his letter of sympathy on the death of his son in France. Says his son has been recommended for a posthumous VC, and he [the writer] 'should like to have it for the moral effect upon the youth of Wales'. Encloses copies of his son's last letter from France and a letter of condolence from his Commanding Officer. 'Personal'.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for all that he did for her late husband, Principal T. F. Roberts of Aberystwyth, and asks him to let her know of any notices regarding her husband which appear in the Cardiff newspapers. Does not feel her husband received due reward for his services, since a knighthood was withheld from him but was given to others of similar position. Lloyd George has sent a telegram of sympathy.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for his sympathy following the death of his brother, Archdeacon David Davies of Llandaff.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for his letter of sympathy following the death of his sister.

Thanks Daniel Lleufer Thomas for his kind wishes. Says that both he and his wife were ill during the previous year but are now recovered. Went to Bangor as the representative of the University Council, and saw a number of mutual friends there including Sir John [Edward] Lloyd and Lord Justice Sankey. Refers to the death of a number of relatives, including his [the writer's] father.

He is pleased to hear that Daniel Lleufer Thomas is none the worse for his ambulance journey from Oxford to Cardiff. Writer has sold his house, and he and his wife intend going to Bristol to live with their daughter. Hopes that Daniel Lleufer Thomas is comfortable in Cardiff where he has many friends and is well-known.

Sends Christmas greetings from herself and her husband, Sir John Rhys.

Writing in French and English to thank Lady Thomas and her husband for their hospitality during their visit to Wales, they now return to Brittany where they 'hope to have a few more years of labour for Christ among the Bretons'.

An invitation to lunch.

Writes with regard to the collection of letters to which Lady Thomas referred, commenting that 'It is important for the little country's history that they should not be destroyed before being examined by some reliable and confidential person'. He recommends Sir Percy Watkins as a suitable person to do some preliminary sorting of the letters.

He is sorry that he had to call so early that morning on a chance visit to Rhiwbina but is glad that she and Daniel Lleufer Thomas are being cared for by 'one who shared our admiration for you both'. Writer adds 'When I think of your care for him & of his care for so many of the best causes of Wales and of the most Christian parts of its culture & conduct, I feel ashamed that Wales seems forgetful of it all'.

Writes on behalf of her mother to thank Lady Thomas for her letter of sympathy on the death of her father. The writer's mother was so ill herself that the doctor had expected the worst but she is recovering now. She is sorry to hear that Daniel Lleufer Thomas is so very poorly.

Does not feel he can do anything in the way Lady Thomas suggests, as there were many who were in more constant touch with her husband, but he cannot refuse so honourable a request [See D8 for Alex J. Grieve's personal tribute to Daniel Lleufer Thomas]. Asks Lady Thomas to send him the cutting mentioned. Writer had a bad time in December and is living in some discomfort but is able to carry on. Hopes that Lady Thomas is in better health and that Cardiff will have more peace than of late.

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1898-1938, concerning Daniel Lleufer Thomas's legal career, including congratulations from friends and colleagues on his appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate for Pontypridd and the Rhondda in 1909 and Vice-Chairman of Glamorgan Quarter Sessions in 1929, and letters on his resignation from these positions in 1932-3. Some of the letters are addressed to Lady Lleufer Thomas. The correspondents include Elizabeth Andrews, John Herbert James, Professor T. A. Levi, J. Herbert Lewis, Ellis Lloyd, T. Alwyn Lloyd, Herbert Morgan, T. E. Morris, D. Morgan Rees, J. Bryn Roberts, Lord Justice Sankey and W. Sidney Webb. There is also a small group of letters written in 1919 by Daniel Lleufer Thomas to Thomas Jones, CH, which was transferred to the donor, Professor David Williams, in 1942.

Notes by Daniel Lleufer Thomas under the heading 'Some Prominent Lawyers in the Tudor and Stuart Periods', together with newspaper cuttings of his articles in the Cambrian entitled 'Law and Lawyers', 1898.