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A file of documents relating to the life and work of Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869), chartist and poet. They include birthday greetings in verse, in the form of a holograph letter, from Ernest Charles Jones to his father Charles Jones, both at Reinbeck, 1830; a holograph letter from Charles Jones from Hanover, to his wife [Charlotte] Matilda [Jones], 1837 (the writer's audience with the King, the Queen's party, a description of the writer's journey to Hanover), with a postscript by E. C. Jones; a holograph letter from Ernest Charles Jones from Sevenoaks, Kent, to his father Major [Charles] Jones at Bedford Place, Kensington, London, 1841; a petition, 1843, from Charlotte Matilda Jones to [Ernest Augustus], King of Hanover, for a widow's pension; Address of Ernest Jones, Esq., in reply to the Rev. W. Chamberlain's 'Remonstrance' to John Bright, Esq., M.P., 1867; a holograph letter, [1887], relating to the sale of the works of Ernest Jones; six holograph letters, 1887-[1898], from L. A. Atherley Jones to E. I. Collings (documents relating to Ernest Jones, the writer's father); and press cuttings, 1869-1905, relating to Ernest Jones, W. H. Chadwick, L. A. Atherley Jones, etc.

Letters, 1808-1885, from persons interested in social reforms, politics, and education, including John Bright, Richard Cobden, Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), John Griffiths ('Gohebydd'), Walter D. Jerermy, Morgan Lloyd, Sir Theodore Martin, J. H. Puleston, Henry Richard, G. O. Trevelyan, Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn'), Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and C. W. Williams Wynn, to Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'), with drafts of replies to some of them; from 'S.R.' to his father, his brother John, and others; from John Roberts ('J.R.') to George Roberts and others; from Humphrey Gwalchmai to John Hughes; from A. Rees to J. Holden; from C. W. Williams Wynn to the electors of Montgomeryshire; and a letter of introduction to friends in America given to 'S.R.' by William Henry Channing. There are also pamphlets relating to postal and other reforms.

An account book of work done in the printing office of Messrs. Gee & Son, Denbigh, covering (with gaps) the period 1856-1876. The volume was subsequently used as a scrapbook, and contains printed reports and statements of the North Denbighshire Permanent Building Society ('Cymdeithas Adeiladu Barhaol Gogleddbarth Sir Ddinbych'), 1875-1877, 1881-1885, a printed list of sermons preached at the Calvinistic Methodist Quarterly Assembly at Denbigh, 17-20 June, 1879, and numerous press cuttings relating to the parliamentary election of 1868, the trial of the Tichborne claimant, 1868, political speeches of John Bright, M.P., etc.

Seventy-six items of correspondence and other papers (letters, postcards, etc.), 1848-1885, almost all from Samuel Roberts, 'S.R.', Conway, to his cousin, David Howell, Machynlleth (Dolguog, Penegoes), and Aberdovey, with one letter to Mrs. Howell and one to the Dolguog family, and one letter, 1884, from [John Roberts] 'J.R.', Conwy, to D[avid] Howell. The subjects touched upon include the Tennessee lands, the death of their Johnstown cousin, Evan Roberts, 1871, autographs, [Crynodeb o] Helyntion Bywyd S.R. (1875) and other works by 'S.R.', his brothers J[ohn] R[oberts] and R[ichard] R[oberts], Y Cronicl, a claim against the U.S. Government in respect of supplies furnished to the army during the war, the library of their late friend the Reverend Edward Hughes, incumbent of Meliden, the assassination of President Garfield, 1881, a visit from the Rt. Hon. John Bright, 1881, Cousin David Lewis, Dr. Abraham Rees, the funeral of [John Roberts, 'J.R.'], 1884, and in particular 'S.R.'s work copying, with David Howell's permission, for publication by the Reverend David Williams ['Apeles'] in Y Gofadail Fethodistaidd, Ail argraffiad (1882) and Ail gyfrol (1884), old sermons taken down in shorthand by David Howell's brother, W[illiam] Howell, Junr., Bont, Llanbrynmair. A few of the letters have been written on broadsides, etc., some in the form of appeals and other items by 'S.R.' (e.g. 'Cymydogaeth Gymreig yn Tennessee', n.d., 'S.R. a J. W. Jones. "Allan o'r 'Herald Cymraeg', Awst 20fed, 1879"', "The Old Story", July 4, 1881, 'Railway Management', July, 1877, 'Postal Reforms', December 5th, 1883, 'Railway Fares', June 16th, 1882, and 'Disgyblu drwy ryfel', n. d.). Other items include proof-sheets of the preface to, and list of contents of, Y Gofadail Fethodistaidd, Ail gyfrol (1884). The order in which the letters have been bound is not always strictly chronological.