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Welsh chapels in London

The file comprises a MS list of Welsh chapels in London, arranged by denomination; a similar list with the addition of names and addresses of persons who will look after posting bills; a MS list of names and addresses of parties concerned with Welsh chapels in London; a letter from John Owens to C. W. Jones concering the lists, 1876; a similar letter from C. W. Jones to John Owens, 1880; and two notes on Welsh chapels

Sermon notes,

A pocket book containing sermon notes in Welsh ? by, and in the hand of, [the Reverend] Lewis Williams, Wesleyan minister, London, whose name, with the date 27 September 1842, appears on a fly-leaf at the beginning of the volume. The last page bears the date 1 July 1846. Miscellaneous memoranda in English have been inserted on a few pages.

Reverend Lewis Williams.

Religious societies,

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.

D. E. Jenkins.

Precedents,

Transcripts of writs, pleadings, and other legal instruments, taken mainly from records of cases in Devon, Cornwall and London.
Other than headings, many pages are blank.

Miscellaneous prose

Miscellaneous prose pieces by Idris Davies, [1930s]-[1940s], comprising an essay entitled 'Teify Side' (ff. 1-3); drafts of a memoir entitled 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 4-17); 'Portrait of an Old Welsh Miner' (ff. 18-29); fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 30-4) and draft of the beginning of a novel (ff. 35-9); five brief, surrealistic prose pieces (ff. 40-51); letter to the News Chronicle about a Fascist demonstration in Trafalgar Square, 1937 (ff. 52-7); Holiday in a Mining Valley (ff. 58-73); a Welsh version of 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 74-84); and copies of two prose pieces published in Comment, 19 September 1936 and 23 January 1937 (ff. 85-6).

John Rees Bequest 31 : [Views in England & Scotland]

Album containing 204 postcards, a mixture of photomechanical and real photographic cards. Included are a number of cards of Royalty and royal occasions, art drawn cards from L&NWR showing the interior of the royal train, Tucks cards (series C51) showing china production, world war one patriotic and regimental cards, Tucks Oilettes of London at night (series 768) and "Bonnie Scotland"