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Letters and papers of George Stephens, goaler and governor of the House of Correction of the county of Carmarthen. They include a notice of promotion to be one of the Inspectors of the Metropolitan Police Force, 29 April, 1844; an invitation, 14 August, 1847, under the signatures of magistrates of the county of Carmarthen, to discharge the duty of goaler till the Quarter Sessions; a certificate of good conduct in the Metropolitan Police Force, 1 September, 1847; a holograph letter, 4 November, 1847, from Charles Bishop, Llandovery, enclosing a copy of the order for the recipient's appointment as county gaoler and governor; eighteen holograph letters, 4-17 November, 1854, from visiting magistrates of Carmarthenshire and others, supporting his application for a similar post in the county of Middlesex; a printed statement of accounts, 21 January, 1870, between George Stephens, late treasurer, and the members and congregation of Zion Calvinistic Church, Carmarthen; a printed 'in memoriam' card of David Price Davies of Pumpsaint, 1874; and a holograph letter, 17 November [1876] from C. H. Spurgeon, Clapham.

Two notebooks containing inventories of stock left by George Stephens, gaoler and governor of the House of Correction of the county of Carmarthen, to his successor Thomas Evans, September, 1879.

Letters from Theophilus Lindsey, London, 1799, and John Davies, Makeney, near Derby, 1803, to Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'), the first addressed to Brechfa and the second to the County G[ao]l, Carmarthen.

Copy case and opinions relating to ways and means to recover non-payment of chief rents, ceisied, ced and cymortha in Llanelli, co. Carmarthen, within the lordship of Cydweli, 1762, and copy opinion of counsel, 1790, relating to the same, to the fees of the coroner of the lordship, to raising court fees and to the contribution of the inhabitants of the lordship towards the county rate to maintain the county gaol.