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Rhes-y-cae manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSRHESYC
  • Fonds
  • 1816-1860, 1915

Manuscripts of Owen Owens comprising for the most part notes of sermons preached by himself and others, 1816-1860, including those delivered at Rhes-y-cae chapel near Nannerch, Flintshire, and Salem, Cilcain. The collection also includes diaries, 1822-1835, of Owens; correspondence, 1828-1858, addressed to Owens; an almanac, 1833, with entries by Owens, largely comprising of preaching engagements; and miscellaneous papers.

Owens, O. (Owen), 1792-1862

Pregethau, llythyrau, &c.

A notebook containing abstracts of sermons preached at [Congregational] Association meetings at Tal y Bont, Cardiganshire, 5-6 June 1816, and at Dolgelley, 24-25 September 1817, etc.; a notebook recording the names of those who preached at Rhes-y-cae, Waendymarch, Holywell, and Salem between 9 August 1829 and 7 November 1830, together with the texts of their sermons, and also containing abstracts of sermons preached at Rhes-y-cae, 10-11 July 1833; Dyddiadur; neu, Gydymaith i'r Almanac, 1833, with entries by Owen Owens, largely relating to preaching engagements; ten holograph letters to Owen Owens, including from his sister Elizabeth Owens, Dolgelly, 1834, and from Sarah Lloyd, Lake Cottage [near Oshkosh, Wisconsin], 1852-1853 (emigrant's experiences, inquiries after friends). Written on the dorse of some of the letters are notes of sermons by the recipient and others (e.g. at the Sunday School assembly at Holywell, 1836), and the following statement by Owen Owens, dated 31 January 1841: 'I propose to publish, soon should my life be spared, a Treatise or a Sermon, on the Duties of Xtn. Congregational Churches, towards the children baptized by their Ministers ...'; etc.

Pregethau, &c.

Sermons by Owen Owens, lists of sermon texts and of places at which they were delivered, memoranda relating to Congregationalist affairs, a few autograph letters, etc.

Pregethau, &c.

One of two volumes containing sermons by Owen Owens, lists of sermon texts and of places at which they were delivered by Owens, memoranda relating to Congregationalist affairs, a few autograph letters, etc.

Pregethau

Summaries of about one hundred and thirty sermons, 1828-1860 and undated, preached by Owen Owens at Rhes-y-cae, Waendymarch [Nannerch], and Salem [Cilcain]. Two sermons are written on the dorse of two holograph letters, relating to preaching engagements, respectively from Tho[ma]s Jones, Newmarket, 1828, and Hugh Pugh, Mostyn, 1846. Among a few miscellaneous papers at the end of the group is a draft petition, undated, by Owen Owens for financial assistance.