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Philip, Robert, 1791-1858
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Autograph album

  • NLW MS 8922C
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  • [19 cent.]

An autograph album belonging to the Parry family of Glan Paith, Cardiganshire, containing sketches and quotations. The autographs include those of Rowland Hill, aged 86, 2 November 1830, W[illiam] Howels, Long Acre, 1831, Hannah More, 1831, Robert Philip, London, 1831, John Elias, 1831, Henry Rogers, 1831, Alf. Bishop, Bristol, 1832, J[ohn] Leifchild, 1832, Joshua Russell and John Poole, 1837. The sketches include a pencil drawing of Tintern Abbey by M. H. Evans.

Transcripts of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles, etc.,

Two note-books containing transcripts from printed sources of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles, Bala, to Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Carnachenwen [parish of Mathry, co. Pembroke], 1809 (Y Drysorfa, 1857, t. 43), [? the Reverend Edward Griffin], London, 1791 (The Christian's Magazine, January 1792), M[ary] H[ughes], L[iverpool], 1812 (Goleuad Cymru, [Mawrth] 1823, t. 57), D[ ]Jones, Liverpool, undated (Y Drysorfa, 1838, tt. 244-5), Robert Jones, Ty Bwlcyn [parish of Llaniestyn, co. Caernarvon], 1800 (ibid ., 1846, t. 241), the Reverend [Simon] Lloyd, Bristol, undated (Y Geiniogwerth, 1848, tt. 227-8), and [the Reverend S. R. Pittard, Westbury], Wiltshire, 1792 (The Christian's Magazine, March 1792); and extracts from Hugh Anderson: The Life and Letters of Christopher Anderson (Edinburgh, 1854), and Robert Philip: The Life . . . of the Rev. John Campbell (London, 1841). In two instances the published versions of the Thomas Charles letters consist of Welsh translations of English originals.