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Two note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, forty-four letters, 1802-1811 and undated, and a few other miscellaneous items. The writers of the letters include Mr. Bensley, Thomas Bowen, Neath, [the Rev.] E[dward] Burn, Birm[ingha]m, [the Rev. Thomas] Charles, Bala, R. Davies, Goodmansfield, [the Rev.] W[illiam] Dealtry, E[ast] I[ndia] College [Haileybury], Geo[rge] Gaskin, secretary [of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London], John Griffith, Neath, [?the Rev.] D[avid] Jones, [?vicar of] Llangan, [the Rev.] Sam[ue]l Jones, Kildimo Glebe [Limerick], Mr. Jones, Durham, [the Rev.] John Owen [joint home secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society (B.F.B.S.)] from Cambridge and Fulham, [William Owen], Denbigh, the Rev. Legh Richmond [rector of Turvey], L. B. Seeley [London], [John Shore, 1st baron] Teignmouth [president of the B.F.B.S.], J. Smith, University Printing Office [Cambridge], Tho[mas] Smith [collector for the B.F.B.S., London], R[ichard] Watts [university printer], Cambridge, [?the Rev.] M. Whist [recte Whish], Redcllff Vicarage, and [the Rev.] W[illia]m Williams [previously curate of St. Genys], from Carmarthen. Such of the letters as bear addresses are directed to the following officials of the B.F.B.S., viz. [John Shore, 1st baron] Teignmouth (president), the Rev. John Owen and the Rev. J[oseph] Hughes (joint home secretaries), and Joseph Tam (assistant secretary). The letters and other items relate mainly to the activities of the Bible Society more particularly in respect of the demand for, and the publication of, Welsh editions of the New Testament and Bible.

Two note-books inscribed on the outside, upper covers 'C[hurch] M[ issionary] S[ociety]', and containing transcripts of, or extracts from, forty-two letters, 1799-1816, and other miscellaneous items. The writers of the letters include E[dward] Bickersteth, Norwich, John Davies of Vronhaulog, near Corwen, from Dolgelley, [the Reverend] Josh[ua] Davies [vicar of Dingestow and Tregare] from Goytre Lodge, near Abergavenny, Tho[mas] Evans, [?curate of] Llanddowror, Tim[oth]y Evans, [? vicar of] Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Nath[aniel] Gilbert, [? rector of] Bledlow, W[illia]m Grey, York, [the Reverend] Edw[ar]d Griffin, [the Reverend] D[avid] Griffith, vicar of Nevern, ?John Hughes, Talsarn, near Lampeter, [the Reverend] John Jenkin, minister of Newchurch, from Mydrim, Benj[ami]n Jones, Haverfordwest, Hezekiah Jones [? curate of St. Bride's Wentlloog] from Cadaxton [sic], [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Jones, [curate of] Creaton, John Mayor [? vicar of Shawbury] from Shrewsbury, [the Reverend] W[illia]m Owen, curate of Milborne Port, [the Reverend] D[avi]d Prothero, curate of Llanstephan, near Carmarthen, [the Reverend] John Roberts, [vicar of] Tremeirchion, [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Scott, [rector of] Aston Sandford, Tho[ma]s Smith, Little Moorfields [London], [the Reverend] Ja[me]s Thomas, vicar of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest, John Venn, [? rector of] Clapham, J[ohn] Walker, Chester, and Rowland Williams, Bangor. Only in a few instances are the names of the addressees given, and on every such occasion the recipient is either the Reverend Tho[ma]s Scott or the Reverend Josiah Pratt. Both these clergymen served as secretaries of the missionary society founded in 1799 and called firstly 'The Society for Missions to Africa and the East', and subsequently 'The Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East', and the correspondence and other items transcribed in these two note-books relate largely to matters (financial contributions, recruiting, etc.) ? appertaining to this society. Other matters referred to include the edition of the Welsh Bible [published in 1799 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge] and [the Reverend Thomas] Charles's interest in obtaining supplies thereof (No. 2), a clerical meeting held at Creaton, August 1800 (No. 4), the persecution of [the Reverend Edward] Griffin (No. 4), a proposed new edition of the Bible [with commentaries] published by Thomas Scott (Nos. 4-5), the possibility of forming a society for publishing ? abridged editions of 'the best of our divinity books' (No. 5), a Welsh treatise on infant baptism being written by Thomas Jones, Creaton (No. 5), the founding of the Bible Society in 1804 (No. 7), clergymen who had allegedly 'espoused [Joanna] Southcott's imposture' (Nos. 8 + 10), Welsh orthography (No. 29), a letter from [the Reverend Thomas] Charles, ?in the Evangelical Magazine, on the subject of teaching Welsh children to read the scriptures in their own language rather than through the medium of English, and the applicability of this principle to work in the foreign mission field (No. 42), etc.

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'.

Seven note-books containing miscellaneous extracts, transcripts, etc., including extracts, 1798-1808, from the diary of David Jones, [? rector of] Llangan; extracts, 1792-1807, ? from the minute books of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge relating mainly to preparations for publishing successive editions of the Welsh Bible; a transcript of a letter from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1801 (personal, religious reflections, the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton); a transcript of a report, 1903, by William Weir of Abingdon on Llanfihangel Abercowin church; a transcript of an indenture, 21 July 1800, appointing the Reverend Thomas Charles, Jonathan Wilcoxon of Chester, and John Walker, also of Chester, trustees of the aforementioned Phillip Oliver's church at Boughton; transcripts of the title-pages and prefaces of Thomas Charles: A Short Evangelical Catechism . . . (2nd ed., Bala, 1804) and (3rd ed., Bala, 1808), and of the same author's An Exposition on the Ten Commandments . . . (Bala, 1805), and of Sir Richard Hill's testimonial in favour of, and Thomas Charles's post-script to, the third edition of the Catechism; an abridged version of an account of the life and career of Griffith Davies, actuary , ? taken from The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. V, pp. 337-48; an incomplete copy of a Welsh translation of a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to [Mary Hughes, Liverpool, 1812] (see Goleuad Cymru, 1823, Llyfr III, tt. 225-7); extracts from the reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805-1815, relating mainly to the publication by the Society of Welsh Bibles and Testaments; and extracts containing an account of disbursements in respect of Northampton Chapel, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell, London, 1780-1816.

Typewritten copies of sixteen letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Machynlleth, Milbourne Port, Oxford, Spa Fields Chapel [London], and Turk dean, near Northleach, including (a) nine letters to the Reverend Edward Griffin at Little Horwood, near Winslow, and Worcester, 1776-1788 and undated, and (b) seven letters, 1804-1812 and undated, one of which is addressed to S. Ralph, and all of which, according to D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . ., in which they have been published (see index, s.n. Ralph, Simon), were written to Simon Ralph of Seaton (Saighton, Seighton), near Chester. The seven letters of this second section deal mainly with matters relating to the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton.

Typewritten notes headed 'Nodiadau o Lyfr Mawr John Hughes, Llwyn, Llanrhaiadr', listing the names of [Calvinistic Methodist] preachers who had preached on specified dates during the period 1828-1863 in various places in North Wales including Abergele, Bala, Cerig y Drudion, Dinbych, Henllan, Rhuthin, etc., with the texts of their sermons.

Two sets of typewritten notes headed 'Mass Intelligence - Wales, 1789-1840', and 'The Cessation of Novelty'.

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 note-book containing mounted cuttings, 1894-1902, from The [Carmarthen] Journal, Y Llan, The Welshman, and Western Mail, their contents consisting of reports on the annual commemorative services held within the ruins or in the churchyard of the old parish church ('the Pilgrims' Church') of the parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, co. Carmarthen, and notes on the ruins of the church, the pilgrims' graves in the churchyard, and traditions connected with the locality.

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.

Abstracts of deeds, 1771-1866 [of Calvinistic Methodist churches in cos. Caernarvon, Denbigh, and Flint].

A note-book containing sermon notes; transcripts of two letters from Rob[er]t Saunderson from Bala, to a friend, 1814 (an account of the last illness and death of the Reverend [Thomas] Charles, and of the death of his wife [Sarah] Charles); and other miscellanea.

Two alphabetical lists of preachers who had preached [? in Salem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel] in Dolgellau, 1812-1835. The second list is incomplete (A - D only), but provides greater detail than the first, e.g., the dates of each individual's visit or visits, the names of preachers who preached on the same occasion, etc.

Twenty-one holograph letters, 1806-1827 and undated, some imperfect, from [the Reverend] John Humphreys [Calvinistic Methodist minister and author] from Croeswian, Caerwys, and Cil-y-Llwyn [near Bodfari]. Ten of the letters are addressed to Daniel Jones at Chester (1) and at Mr. Painter's, printer, Wrexham, and the remainder, though bearing no address, are in all probability intended for the same person. They refer to personal and family matters, preaching engagements, religious meetings, etc., but deal mainly with the publication and distribution of the parts of a scriptural work on which the writer appears to have been engaged at the time, possibly the translation into Welsh of Samuel Clark's commentary on the Bible (see D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . ., vol. II, pp. 487-91).

Typewritten notes on 'Emigration from Wales, 1760-1868', 'Chartism in Wales', 'Poor Law', 'Denbigh Priory', and 'Canmlwyddiant Y Drysorfa'; and typewritten extracts from reviews or appreciations of D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . .

The printers' copy (typescript, with manuscript emendations) of D[avid] E[ rwyd] Jenkins (ed.): Religious Societies (Dr. Woodward's 'Account') . . . ( Liverpool, 1935), in which sections of Josiah Woodward: An Account of the Religious Societies in the City of London, &c., and of their Endeavours for Reformation of Manners (4th ed., enlarged, London, 1712), were reprinted, with a historical introduction by D. E. Jenkins, dealing more specifically with Wales.

A folio volume, the contents of which consists mainly of transcripts, in a variety of hands, of Welsh verse in strict metre, including 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Tho[mas] lloyd Ienga, Cad[wala]dr Thomas, W[illia]m Phillip, Huw Lloyd Cynfel, John Davies, Owain Griffith, Robert Humphrey (y prydydd bach), John Richart, Davydd lloyd llewelyn ap Gruffyth (o fathafarn), Gutto'r Glynn, Davyd Nanmor, Lewis Môn, Theodor (Tydur) Aled, Robin ddu ap sianckin Bledrydd, Hugh Machno, John Phylyp, Gruffyth Phylip, Richard Kynwal, Ievan llwyd, John Owenes, Philip Jo[h]n Philip, Rys Cain, Jo[h]n V[ augha]n (Caergai), David Davies, Edm[wnd] Prys, and D[avi]d Lloyd ap Will[ ia]m. There is also some Welsh verse in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (Caer Gai). Other items include copies of a rental of chief rents issuing to the crown out of the hundred of Ardydwy ywch artro, and out of Isartro [co. Merioneth], 1623, and of a rental of assize rents in the vill of Llanaber [co. Merioneth], 1637; pedigrees of the families of Anwyll [of Park, parish of Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth], Wynn [of Gwydir, co. Caernarvon], and Wynn [of Maesyneuadd, parish of Llandecwyn, co. Merioneth ]; maternal pedigrees of several North Wales families; a copy of 'The message of king Hen[ry] the seventh, as he was on his march to Bosworth field, to John ap Meredith, as it is in Edward Puleston's Bk.'; a memorandum, 1676, by Robert Wynne, of a lease of lands called Moel y Glo to Gruff Owen; and a few lines of English and Latin verse.

Twelve holograph letters, some imperfect, from [the Reverend] John Elias [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Llanfechell [co. Anglesey], to David Ellis, London, 1801-1817 (personal and family news, the writer's travels, comments and advice in respect of the contention between Mr. [Edward] Jones and the [Calvinistic Methodist] church or society under his charge in London (1801-1803), an order for shawls, etc., ?as stock for Mrs. Elias's shop, a request to recipient to buy specified books on behalf of one of the writer's acquaintances, some of the moral, doctrinal, and other problems discussed at various [Methodist] Association meetings, e.g., the slave trade, the selling of milk and baking on Sundays, the importance of setting a good example for children, continuance in grace, religious 'enthusiasm', the meaning of discipline, the doctrine of redemption, the practice of fasting, etc., the sending of James Hughes (1809) and of Rich[ar]d Lloyd (1812) to [the society in] London, a comment on the lack of Bibles and the degree of illiteracy in Anglesey (1813)) (the twelfth letter, July 1817, is on the same sheet as a letter to David Ellis from his wife, Ann, who, at the time, was staying in Llanfechell).

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').

A typescript copy of a genealogical chart headed 'Disgynyddion Teulu Bodgarad, Rhostryfan, Llanwnda, ger Caernarfon', compiled by W. Roberts, [19]28.