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Elis, David, d. ca. 1826
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Miscellanea,

Miscellaneous items including typewritten copies of two letters from Ro[ber]t Saunderson, Bala, to [ ], October 1814 (the illness and death of [the Reverend Thomas] Charles and the death of Mrs. [Sarah] Charles); a typewritten copy of a letter from [the officers of] the Sunday school of Pall Mall [Calvinistic Methodist Church], Liverpool, to the Reverend [Thomas] Charles, Bala, 1814 (an account of the Sunday school); holograph notes by Daniel Jones, Wrexham, on a sermon he had heard, May 1837; holograph notes by [ Peters, Caergwrle], relating to his financial transactions with his brother-in-law David Ellis of London, 1812-1816, and his efforts to deal with claims against David Ellis's estate after his death, circa 1826; holograph notes, 1876, by Edw[ard] Peters, son of the aforementioned [ ] Peters, also relating to David Ellis and mentioning his books including 'valuable Puritanical Books'; notes of a sermon preached by Foulk Evans, Machynlleth, May 1858; a postcard sent to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh, from Aberystwyth, October 1905 [depicting the scene at the enforced sale of some of the possessions of the Reverend D. Treborth Jones, minister of Salem Calvinistic Methodist Church, Aberystwyth, for non-payment of a rate due under the provisions of the Education Act of 1902], and endorsed by the sender 'First Passive Resistance Sale in Cardiganshire, Oct- 3rd 1905'; a typewritten copy of a report and proposals presented by 'Pwyllgor Llawysgrifau Trevecka' ('The Trevecka [College] Manuscripts Committee') [to the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodist Connection meeting in London, 1915], together with a copy [in the hand of the secretary, the Reverend Morgan Hugh Jones] of resolutions passed at a meeting of the committee held at Bootle, 27 May 1914; and a copy of the words and music of a song entitled 'Annie Lisle'.

A letter to the C. M. societies in London,

A fraternal letter from the delegates at the Calvinistic Methodist Association meeting at Llangeitho [co. Cardigan], 28-29 July 1801, to the members of the Welsh C.M. Societies at Wilderness Row and Detford (sic), London, referring to differences which had arisen amongst the members of the London Societies and which had been discussed by the Association. The signatories include John Evans, Bala, Thos. Grey, Robert Roberts, John Elias, John Prytherch, Wm. Lloyd, Nathl. Rowland, D. Griffith, Nevern, W. Jones, Clerk, John Williams, Lledrod, John Hughes, Langeitho, and John Williams, Pantycelyn. Also on the same sheet is a holograph note from the aforementioned J. Hughes (signatory) to David Elis stating that the Association had requested that the letter should be sent to him (Elis) and that he should read the contents to the Societies at Wilderness Row, Deptford, and Borough. The letter is addressed to David Elis, No. 66 Barbican, London.