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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.

Sixteen holograph letters, some imperfect, 1802-1815, to or from persons connected with the Calvinistic Methodist movement in the early nineteenth century. They deal mainly with Methodist activities (monthly meetings, Association meetings, etc.), and include letters from [the Reverend] John Davies, Nantglun [co. Denbigh], to Mr. Ellis, Cloth Fair, London, 1806 ( personal, religious reflections, general comments on the state of the [ Calvinistic Methodist] movement), and D. Ellis, Wood Street, London (?the same as the recipient of the preceding letter), 1814 (personal, arrangements for the writer to visit London, religious activity in the writer’s own and neighbouring counties); John Elias [‘o Fôn’, as in the preceding manuscript] to the Calvinistic Methodist Church, London, 1808 ( the results of discussions at the Association meeting held at Machynlleth concerning cases where circumstances kept husbands apart from their wives for extensive periods), and [ ],1810 (2) (personal, arrangements for the writer to visit London, matters discussed at Association meetings); Dafydd Ellis, London, to J[oh]n Ellis, 1802 (religious reflections, troubles affecting the London [C.M.] Society), and Edw[ar]d and D. Peters of Caergwrley, at Mr. Rich[ar]d Jones, Wrexham, 1803 (religious reflections); John Hughes, Pont Robert ap Oliver [co. Montgomery], to ‘ Anwyl gyfeillion’ (personal, discussions at C.M. monthly meetings in Montgomeryshire regarding the attitude of parents towards their children in the matter of church membership and baptism), and Mr. Ellis (personal, a request for news, exhortations) (both these letters are on the same double sheet addressed, October 1808, to Mr. Ellis, London); Mary Hughes, Sarn, to her husband James Hughes, at Mr. David Ellis, London, 1809 ( personal, a monthly meeting held at Llithfaen, another to be held at Llanberis, local news) (Also on the same sheet is a note from J[oh]n Jones, Pen y bryn, Edeyrn, to recipient. This appears to be in the same hand as Mary Hughes’s letter); Robert Hughes, Llanfwrog [co. Anglesey], to Rice Jones, at Mr. Elis, London, 1811 (advising recipient to return from London, news of local people, the [C.M.] chapel being built at Llanfwrog, a request for books); Dan[ie]l Jones, Liverpool, to James Hughes, at Mr. David Ellis, London, 1809 (the favourable news of the [C.M.] cause in London, an account of the services and meetings being held every week in the [C.M.] chapels in Liverpool) (on the same sheet is an exhortation to recipient to beware of slanderers); Thomas Jones, Caerfyrddin, to Mr. Ellis, London, 1810-11 (3) (personal, details of proceedings at the Association meeting at Llangeitho in 1810, incorporating reports to the brethren of the [C.M.] churches or societies at Wilderness Row, Y Borrough, Deptford, and Woolwich, on the Association meetings at Swansea in November 1810 and at Llandilo in August 1811, including an account of the ordination of ministers at the latter); and [the Reverend] Eben[eze]r Morrice, Blanywern [co. Cardigan], to David Ellis, London, 1815 (personal, arrangements for sending a minister to London, a suggestion that someone from the London church be ordained, an account of an Association meeting [ at Llangeitho]), and W[illia]m Howells, London, 1812 (personal, ? arrangements for a visit to London).

Miscellaneous material (correspondence, returns, etc.), 1909-1920, relating to Calvinistic Methodist churches within the administrative sphere of the Vale of Clwyd Monthly Meeting. Most of the material relates to (a) a contributory scheme adopted for improving payments made by churches to visiting ministers and preachers in respect of Sunday services, (b) the reduction or liquidation by individual churches of debts incurred (mainly building debts), and (c) the valuation of church property for Inland Revenue Office purposes.

Manuscripts and papers, [1601x1937], of or in the possession of the Reverend David Erwyd Jenkins. They largely comprise material of Welsh historical, literary and religious interest, much of which relates to the Calvinistic Methodist movement in Wales during the early nineteenth century and includes transcripts of the letters of the Reverend Thomas Charles and John Jones, Tal-y-sarn. The collection also includes a substantial amount of correspondence addressed to David Erwyd Jenkins.

Copious extracts from (? transcript of) the account book of Bodedern Calvinistic Methodist Church [co. Anglesey], for the period 1828-1845.

Typescript copies of eight short stories or tales entitled 'Gold for Gold ', 'The Hunchbacks of Lavan Sands', 'The Minstrel's Timely Return', 'The Origin of Bala Lake', 'Manleth of Cwm Brochan', 'The Parish Stocks', 'The Mystery Man of the Lost Land', and 'The Bell of Llanpennar'. Also a typescript copy of a letter from Llewelyn Jenkins ? from Liverpool, to [ ], [19]21, drawing recipient's attention to these stories which are said to be the work of the writer's friend and to be 'based on Welsh Traditions and History'. Three of the stories, more particularly 'The Minstrel's Timely Return', which is based upon an episode in the career of Sir John Owen of Clenennau, co. Caernarvon, during the Civil War, have a Welsh historical background, whilst the others partake more of the nature of Welsh traditional or folk tales.

A holograph copy of the adjudication by T[homas] Gwynn Jones [professor of Welsh Literature, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] on the four poems submitted for the chair competition at the Denbighshire Chair Eisteddfod [held at Denbigh, 3, 5, 6 June], 1922.

A holograph copy of an introduction written by D. E. Jenkins for a proposed new edition of Edward Charles: Epistolau Cymraeg at y Cymry ( Llundain, 1797), which he intended publishing in 1905.

A note-book containing an essay entitled 'A Defence of the Welsh People against the Misrepresentations of their English Critics', written by 'Cerdic' ? in 1867 (see pp. 30 and 52).

An incomplete, typescript copy of an essay on 'Ratiocination in Welsh Literature, 1789-1840', ? by D. E. Jenkins.

Essays or papers ? by D. E. Jenkins on 'Oliver Wendell Holmes' (52 pp.), 'Henry David Thoreau' (44 pp.), and 'Lessons from the life of John Penry to the Nonconformists of the present day' (18 pp.).

Copious extracts from the account books of Horeb [Calvinistic Methodist] Church, Llanfairfechan [co. Caernarvon], 1820-1824, and of the [Calvinistic Methodist] Church at Treffynnon (Holywell) [co. Flint], 1837-1849; and an alphabetical list of preachers who had preached at Horeb, 1820-1824, with the dates of each engagement.

Extracts, 1797-1805, from the diaries [of Miss Mary Stringer of Chester] relating to sermons preached by Mr. [Thomas] Charles and others at Boughton, near Chester, the death and burial (July 1800) of the Reverend P[hilip] Oliver, minister at Boughton, 1793-1800, personal and family activities, etc.

An exercise book containing baptismal, marriage, and burial entries, 1704- 1799, relating to the Charles family extracted from the registers of the parishes of Kidwelly, Llanarthney, Llanddarog, Llanddewror, Llanegwad, Llanfihangel Abercywyn, Llangodock, Llangendeirne, Llangunnor, Llansadwrn, Meidrym, Merthyr, St. Ishmael, and St. Peter's [Carmarthen], co. Carmarthen.

Extracts from the minute books of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1792-1802, and from the annual reports of the said Society for 1800 and 1801, relating to the publication and disposal of Welsh editions of the Bible and New Testament.

Notes headed 'Extracts from A Short Abstract of the Minutes of the S.P.C.K ., showing the extent of the Society's operations in regard to Welsh publications from A.D. 1698 to A.D. 1804'. The extracts refer to Bibles and Testaments only.

A note-book containing an incomplete essay on the origin and growth of Bryn 'r odyn Calvinistic Methodist Church, parish of Llandwrog, co. Caernarvon ('Hanes yr achos yn Bryn 'r odyn o'i ddechreuad hyd yn awr').

An exercise book containing notes on the poems of Laurence Minot, 'The Tale of Gamelyn', [John] Dryden's essays on 'Satire', 'Translation', and 'The Parallel between Poetry and Painting', and [John] Milton's 'Paradise Regained'. They are probably notes by D. E. Jenkins of lectures delivered at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, ?1892-1895, by C[harles] H[arold] Herford [professor of English].

Nineteen holograph letters from Daniel Jones and two letters from the said Daniel Jones and his wife Lydia, from Wrexham, to their son Thomas Jones in Chester, 1833-1844 (personal and family news, the possibility of recipient emigrating to America (1833), his inclination to become a missionary (1836-1837), Daniel Jones's conversations with the Reverend Geo[rge] Cunliffe [vicar of Wrexham] and the Reverend [?John Henry Montague] Luxmoore [?rector of Marchwiel] concerning recipient's possible entry into the missionary field, mention of the Reverend [Henry] Raikes, chancellor [of Chester Cathedral, 1830-1854], in connection therewith, a Church Missionary Society meeting held at Wrexham, February 1837, figures relating to the temperance movement in North Wales (1837), comments on recipient's intention of setting up in business on his own, the title to a small estate at Croeswian, parish of Caerwys [co. Flint], the local trade in butter (1841), comments on the occupation of 'traveller ', a request to recipient to interest himself 'in aiding the errecting of an immense Building in this town [Wrexham] to educate about 600 Children', religious reflections and exhortations, advocacy of the temperance movement). (On the dorse of letter No. 19, 3 April 1844, is a note to recipient from his brother W[illiam]).

Five holograph letters from Daniel Jones from Flint and Wrexham, to Mrs. Jones, 1841 (personal, religious reflections, the writer and [John Phillips] 'Tegidon' had read and copied 'Ychydig hanes y Parch. T. Jones ' [? the Reverend Thomas Jones of Denbigh], 'Tegidon' would like to see the works of Charles [the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala] and ' Jones o Ddinbych' [the aforementioned Reverend Thomas Jones] republished in parts to appear every two months), his wife and family, 1842-1844 (2) ( personal), and [Mr. Parry], 1845 (2) (personal, arranging preaching engagements for recipient, religious sentiments).