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William Owen Pughe letter,

A brief letter, 3 April 1827, from W[illia]m Owen Pughe, London, to his fellow antiquary the Rev. W[illiam] J[enkins] Rees, Cascob, Radnorshire, regretting that he will not see Rees on his visit to London.
Pughe also mentions his son Aneurin Owen. The address (f. 55 verso) is written in a different hand.

Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835

William Owen Pughe letter to the Rev. Hugh Davies

A letter, 4 August 1819, from William Owen Pughe, London, to the Rev. Hugh Davies, Beaumaris, relating to Coll Gwynfa (London, 1819), Pughe's recently published translation of Milton's Paradise Lost.
Pughe quotes extracts of letters in praise of Coll Gwynfa from John Humphreys Parry (f. 23) and William Probert (f. 23 recto-verso). He also discusses the search for the so-called 'Welsh Indians' and includes a sketch of a Native-American pipe (f. 23 verso).

Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835