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Correspondence and notes relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary. They comprise typescript copies of ten letters, 1925-1929, from G. J. Williams, Coed Menai, Bangor, to [John Ballinger] (librarian), National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (2); Timothy Davies, London; W[illiam] Llewelyn Davies, National Library of Wales; the Rev. J. E. Hughes, Caernarfon; O. Morgan Owen (general manager), Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Caernarfon; the secretaries of the Bank of England, London, and of Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London; and the Rev. John Thickens, London, all in connection with the writer's proposed article on Griffith Davies; together with eighteen holograph and autograph letters, 1925-1929, to G. J. Williams, from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales (2); Ronald Dale (secretary), Bank of England, London; J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies (principal), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; William Ll[ewelyn] Davies, National Library of Wales; Grace Ellis, The Library, University College of N[orth] Wales, Bangor; the Rev. J. E. Hughes (ed. of Y Traethodydd), Caernarvon (2); Nellie Hughes, Nantlle, Penygroes, and Pwllheli (?3); [the Rev.] D[avid] E[rwyd] Jenkins, Denbigh; O. Morgan Owen, Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Carnarvon (2); W. P. Wheldon (registrar), University College of North Wales, Bangor (enclosing a letter from the above mentioned O. Morgan Owen); and W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, Llanwnda (2), all replying to the queries sent by the recipient concerning Griffith Davies; and typescript notes on Griffith Davies extracted from The Insurance Cyclopaedia.

A note-book containing copies of baptismal entries relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary, and some of his brothers and sisters.

A volume of miscellaneous material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary, including an abstract of an essay entitled 'Griffith Davies, F.R.S., the Actuary', [?by Miss Dew Roberts]; biographical notes extracted from Y Traethodydd, 1855, and from Cymru, 8 (1895) and 15 (1898); a copy of a letter from S. H. Jarvis (assistant secretary), the Institute of Actuaries, Holborn, to Miss Grace Ellis (librarian), Old College, Bangor, 1925 (information concerning material relating to Griffith Davies); and (inset) a holograph letter and postcard from Grace Ellis, the Library, University College of North Wales, Bangor, to G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1925 (replies to requests for information relating to Griffith Davies). Included also in this volume are notes on Benjamin Gompertz, extracted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. XV.

Miscellaneous material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary, comprising rough draft notes of an intended article on Griffith Davies [?by G. J. Williams, Coed Menai, Bangor]; genealogical data relating to Griffith Davies; and a photostat copy of his certificate of election as an honorary member of La Société Francaise de Statistique Universelle, July 1833.