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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.

Jenkins, D. E. (David Erwyd), 1864-1937

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.

Barddoniaeth, etc.,

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.

Barddoniaeth,

Holograph copies and transcripts of Welsh verse in strict and free metre, including poems in strict metre entitled 'Cywydd marwnaed er Coffadwrieth am . . . Richard Owen, esqr., o Benierth, y rhwn a madawodd ar Byd . . . 1714', by Richard Edwards (y prydydd), 'Cywydd marwnaed Mr. Francis Williams ai Wraig, Mrs. Jane Williams, of [sic] Penierth ucha . . .' (1732 ), also by Richard Edwards (bardd ag athraw ysgol), 'Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Wiliam Wynn, Person Llan Gynhafal . . . a Manafon . . .', by Evan Evans, 'Cowydd Galarnad am Ynys Minorca a Phorthladd St. Philips, yr Hon a Gollwyd trwy ffalster a Llwfrdra A . . .l B . . . g', by Hugh Hughes, 'Cywydd Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Wiliam Wynn, Person Llann Gynhafal a Mynafon', by Rice Jones, 'Cywydd Marwnad Mrs. Sydney Fychan, Gwraig Howel Fychan o'r Hengwrt, Esqr., 1750', also by Rice Jones, 'Kowydd dau wr soredig wrth i gilidd o achos Merch', by Thomas Price (Plas Iolyn), 'Kowydd trafferth y byd ar Gyfraith', also by Thomas Prys, 'Cywydd Marwnad it parchedica Mr. John Nannau o faes y pandu', by Dafydd William, 'Cowydd Marwnad I William Wynn o Faes-y-neuoedd, Esqr., a ymadawodd a ni A[nn]o 1730', by Er. Will[ia]ms, 'Cowydd Marnad Mer. Robert Wynne', 'Englynion i Edward Sawdwr . . .,' by R. J., 'Englynion i annerch Edwart Hudol . . .' by Rice Jones, 'Englynnion er Coffadwrieth I Naid Mr. Hugh Pugh o Risie'r Mysseum ir Colofn gerllaw', by Mer. Lloyd, and 'Englynion'r Eos'; free- metre poems entitled 'Ychydig o ddiolch o waith William Davies i Mr. Wynn o fays yneyoedd, Dros gerdd ddorion Sir feirionydd' (1759) 'Carol y Scuthen', by Moris Lloyd, 'Cerdd o glod i Mr. William Weeinn o faes y neiodd i ofin hen wasgod' (1757), by Morris Parry, 'Carol Siani', by Phylip Richiard, 'Hanes Gwr Ifangc oedd mewn blinder achos Cariad . . .', ‘'Penhillion o foliant i Gras', 'Rhybydd ne Hanes Carwriaith drwstan dyn Ifangc', and 'Can i'r Gwydde . . .'; and other anonymous, miscellaneous compositions.

Biography of the Reverend John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, co. Caernarvon,

A typescript copy of a thesis entitled 'A Review and Revision of the Biography of John Jones, Talsarn, By Owen Thomas', submitted by D. E. Jenkins for the degree of M.A., of the University of Liverpool, 1924. The biographical work which is analysed in this thesis is Owen Thomas: Cofiant y Parchedig John Jones, Talsarn, mewn Cysylltiad â Hanes Duwinyddiaeth a Phregethu Cymru (Wrexham [1874]).

D. E. Jenkins.

Llên gwerin Sir Gaernarfon,

A holograph essay on 'Llên y Werin Sir Gaerynarfon. Wedi eu casglu ynghyd o Gof, o Glywed, ac o Lyfrau', by 'Hengof'. A note added after the pseudonym identifies the writer as William Jones ('Bleddyn') [antiquary and local historian], of Llangollen. The title-page bears the date 5 July 1880, and the essay was submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for that year, held at Caernarvon. Newspaper cuttings giving the adjudication of archdeacon John Evans [archdeacon of Merioneth], on the seven entries submitted, have been pasted in at the beginning of the work. The rubber-stamp impression of the National Eisteddfod held in London, 1887, is to be found on pp. 117 and 186.

Bleddyn and others.

Llên gwerin,

An incomplete holograph copy of an essay on 'Llên y Werin', by 'Elfod' [William Jones ('Bleddyn'), the writer of the essay in the preceding manuscript, N.LW MS 12734E]. In a foreword, dated 30 June 1887, the writer states tat he had intended compiling an anthology of the folk- lore of the whole of Wales, but that pressure of time had compelled him to limit the area dealt with to the counties of Merioneth and Caernarvon ('siroedd Meirion ac Arfon'). The rubber-stamp impression of the National Eisteddfod of Wales held in London in 1887 is to be found on the title- page and p. 1.

Bleddyn.

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Twenty-four letters, etc., from J[ohn] Mortimer Angus (registrar of the University of Wales, previously professor of Latin, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), University Registry, Cardiff, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), D[avid] Brynmor Anthony (registrar of the University of Wales), University Registry, Cardiff, 1930-1931 (2) (the University's decision to award recipient the honorary degree of M.A.), J. Atkinson, Liverpool, [19]06 (enquiries made on behalf of recipient concerning Robert Roberts [? of Holyhead, 1777-1836], enclosing a photograph of a bust ? of Roberts), T[homas] W[illiam] Barker (diocesan registrar of the diocese of St. Davids), Carmarthen, 1905-1907 (5) (information from the St. David's diocesan records), E. C. Beharrell, British Museum [London], [19]09 (a reference to an article on charity schools in Wales in The Gospel Magazine, March 1798, enclosing a copy of the title-page of the Rev[erend] T[homas] Charles: An Evangelical Catechism (London, 1797)), W. W. Benham (joint manager), The Provident Association of London, Limited, London, 1915 (enclosing a certificate of appointment of recipient as an agent for the company), [the Reverend] T[homas] Bird, St. Fagan's Rectory, Cardiff, [19]07 (2) (enclosing a copy of the memorial inscription on the tomb of the Rev[erend] Daniel Jones, curate of Radir (ob. 1821), and of his wife Joan (ob. 1840), at St. Fagan's, and an extract from the parish register recording their marriage, 1792), [Professor] A[lexander] Bruce Boswell (dean of the Faculty of Arts), University of Liverpool, 1932 (2) (recipient's candidature for the degree of D. Litt.), [the Reverend] Stafford F[aulkner] Bourdillon, East Tytherley Vicarage, Salisbury, 1906 (information concerning the Reverend Edward Phillips (ob. 1851), a previous incumbent of the parish, a copy of the inscription on Phillips's tombstone), [the Reverend] Arthur J[ames] Bowen, Kington Magna Rectory, Dorset, 1905 (a promise to look at old letters [for references to Thomas Charles], mention of W[illia]m Williams ['Williams Pantycelyn', 1717-1791], and of the writing by him of [the hymn commencing with the line] 'O'er those gloomy hills of darkness', in Berry Hill Wood [near Llwyn-gwair, parish of Nevern, co. Pembroke], looking across to Carn Ingli), George B[evan] Bowen, Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, 1906 (a reply to a query re James Bowen of Llwyngwair (ob. 1816), and documents re Madam Bevan's Charity), Charles E. Breese, Portmadoc, 1904 (a query relating to John Williams, agent to Mr. [William Alexander] Madocks [of Tremadoc], with whom the Rev[eren]d Tho[ma]s Charles was friendly, Charles's stay with Mr. Madocks on the occasion of the opening of the new [Calvinistic Methodist] chapel in Tremadoc), Capt[ain] James Buckley, Castell Gorfod, St. Clears, 1910 (recipient's 'Life of Tho[mas] Charles', the writer's 'very large Welsh Library of M.S.S.', information required concerning David Bowen), Edward J. Burrow and Co. Ltd . (publishers), Cheltenham, 1928-1932 (3) (the publication of another edition of the Denbigh Official Guide), and F. M. Burton, Filey, [19]06 (extracts from the records of the Congregational church and from the register of the parish church, Gainsborough, relating to the Rev[erend] Daniel Rowland (ob. 1804), pastor of the former).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Fifty-one letters, etc., from Edward Carey (registrar), University of Liverpool, 1932 (acknowledging receipt of an application for admission to the degree of Litt. D., and enclosing a receipt for the fee), [the Reverend] J[ohn] E[dward] Carey, Treverbyn Vicarage, St. Austell, 1906 ( replying to recipient's query relating to the incumbents of Otterham, the writer's previous parish), [the Reverend] Arthur Carter, Thrussington Vicarage, Leicester, 1903 (enclosing information concerning the descendants of the Rev[erend] John Owen, a former vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] Reginald A[rthur] Cayley, Stowell Rectory, Sherborne, [19]06 ( replying to a query concerning the Rev[erend] James Hooper, rector of the parish, 1820-1828), David R[ ] Charles, Hoylake, 1904 (acknowledging the return of letters, a little memorandum book of Mr. [Thomas] Charles of Bala in the writer's possession, enclosing a portrait of the writer (now kept in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Maps)), C. A. Christie, Roydon, near Ware, [19]06 (requesting the return of 'the Rev. Jones's Diaries'), [Messrs.] R. and R. Clark, Limited (printers), Edinburgh, 1917- 1929 (6) (the disposal, by pulping, of part of the remaining stock of 'Charles of Bala' [recipient's Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles], financial matters, the binding of copies of recipient's work, Bedd Gelert, [its Facts, Fairies, and Folk Lore (Portmadoc, 1899)]), [the Reverend] G[erald] H[enry] Colvile, Weston Rectory, Shifnal, undated (a reply to recipients query re the Rev[erend] Robert Pugh, who, the writer suggests, had been curate of Weston under Redcastle, co. Salop), the Rev[erend] W[illiam] H [ ] Cooper (secretary of the Monmouthshire Presbytery), Abertysswg, [19] 36 (extending the Presbytery's official congratulations to recipient on completing fifty years service with the [Calvinistic Methodist] Connection), the Rev[erend] T[homas] G[eorge] Crippen (honorary secretary, the Congregational Historical Society), London, 1905-1906 (2) (replying to recipient's query concerning [the Reverend] Mr. [S.R.] Pittard [Congregational minister] at Somerton, co. Somerset, circa 1816-1830, a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to his son Thomas, 1807, in the writer's possession), Miss Frances M. Daniell, North Nibley, near Dursley, [19]08 (a reply to recipient's query concerning the Rev[erend] Charles Thomas [nephew of the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala], minister at North Nibley, 1832-1838), D. C. Davies (general secretary, Welsh Council of the League of Nations Union), Cardiff, 1921 (a meeting to be held [in Denbigh], the possibility of a canvassing campaign to enrol members), [the Reverend] Daniel Davies, The Rectory, Denbigh, [19]06 (informing recipient that the Rev[erend] John Williams was curate of Denbigh in 1788), [the Reverend] D[ avid] Davies, Llangwm Vicarage, Corwen, [1]905 (a record of the burial of Dorothy Ffoulkes, 1742, and of Tho[ma]s Ffoulkes, 1744, in the Llangwm registers), [the Reverend] David Davies, The Rectory, Trawsfynydd, 1905-1906 ( 2) (searches in the Trawsfynydd registers, an extract re the burial of the Reverend John Pryse, ob. 1809 [curate of the parish]), [the Reverend] D[avid] W[illiam] Davies [vicar of Cilcennin with Llanbadarn Trefeglwys], [19]07 (an extract from the Llanbadarn parish register, recording the burial of the Rev[erend] Timothy Evans, ob. 1837, vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] E[dward] J[ames] Davies, Nantglyn Rectory, Denbigh, 1906 (information concerning the Rev[erend] Rice Pughe, vicar of Nantglyn, 1788- 1806), [the Reverend] E[dward] O[wen] Davies, Bangor, 1927 (advice to recipient on certain [Calvinistic Methodist] denominational matters), Ellis W[illiam] Davies [M.P. for the Eifion division of co. Caernarvon, 1906-1918, and for Denbigh, 1923-1929], House of Commons, 1924 (congratulations to recipient on receiving the degree [of M.A. of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] J[enkin] Davies, Llanfair Rectory, Harlech, [19]06 (the writer's inability to trace the name of a Reverend R[ichar]d Morgan as incumbent of the parish), John Davies, Abergavenny, 1908 (a visit by the writer, in 1884, to ?George Thomas, then of Brynmawr, who claimed to be a nephew of [the Reverend Thomas] Charles of Bala, Thomas's story that his elder brother, Charles, had been sent to Cheshunt College by his uncle, and that he had subsequently been ordained at Dursley, the writer's inference that this was the Charles Thomas who had been a minister at North Nibley, near Dursley [see letter from Frances M. Daniell above], the writer's conversations with 'old people who listened to Thomas Richards preaching [the Reverend Thomas] Charle's Funeral Sermon at Crickhowell'), J[ohn] Glyn Davies (University of Liverpool), Denbigh, [19]28 (enquiries concerning a house in Denbigh), [the Reverend] John H[enry] Davies, St. Mary's Vicarage, H[averford] West, 1904 (the writer's inability to find any information about John Charles), J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [registrar, and later principal, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], Aberystwyth and Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, 1905-1906 (3) (a note on some of the descendants of [the Reverend] Peter Williams [1723-1796, Methodist cleric], an inspection of books ? with a view to purchase by the college, a suggestion that a bust of Robert Roberts be placed in the National Library 'when it comes into existence', lack of further information about Tho[ma]s Charles and Marg[are]t Williams), [the Reverend] Joseph Davies, Goytre Rectory, Abergavenny, 1906 (2) (information concerning the Rev[erend] Joshua Davies (ob. 1820), one time curate in the parish of Goytre, and later vicar of Dingestow), L[eonard] Twiston Davies, Rockfield Park, Monmouth, [19]34 (a reply to recipient's query concerning John Davies, Maes y Groes, near Cilcain), R. Davies (town clerk), Denbigh, 1928-1932 (2) (the editing of the Official Guide to Denbigh, 1928, the town council's official congratulations to recipient on his receiving the degree of D. Litt., [of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] F[rederick] W[yldbore] Wingfield Digby, The Vicarage, Charlton Horethorne, 1906 (enclosing a copy of a memorial inscription to [the Reverend] John Taylour (ob. 1785), a former vicar of the parish), and F. J. Dryhurst, Woking and [London], 1925-1929 (12) (genealogical research relating to the Dryhurst family in North Wales) (included with one of the letters is a typescript copy of a letter seeking information concerning the Dryhurst family, written by D. E. Jenkins (with suggested amendments by F. J. Dryhurst), for insertion in the Western Mail).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Thirty-seven letters, etc., from Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Llanuwchllyn, [19]27 (a meeting of the Welsh History Group of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, in connection with the proposed Bibliography [of the History of Wales (Cardiff, 1931)]), [the Reverend] R[ichard] Meredith] Edwards, Ysbytty Vicarage, Bettws y Coed, [19]06 (a reply to recipient's query concerning the Rev[erend] Evan Hughes, minister of Ysbytty, circa 1781-1783, with tracings of his signature [from the parish register]), T. H. Elliott (deputy master and comptroller), Royal Mint, London, 1914 (2) (a request by recipient to be allowed to inspect records at the Mint), [the Reverend] D[avid] D[avies] Evans, Llangunnor Vicarage, 1906 (searches in the parish registers for Bowen and Charles entries, 1810- 1820), Henry Evans, Caerfarchell, Solva, 1907 (a copy of the memorial inscription on the tombstone of William Williams of Llandigige, parish of St. Davids (ob. 1835), and of his son John Williams (ob. 1866), both buried at St. Davids, remarks on John Williams, an offer to recipient of a copy of Thomas Jones's work on Mr. Charles [Cofiant neu Hanes Bywyd a Marwolaeth y Parch. Thomas Charles . . . wedi ei gyfieithu a'i gasglu gan y Parchedig Thomas Jones . . . (Bala, 1816)]), [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[wen] Evans, Nevern Vicarage, 1906 (searches in the parish registers for entries relating to members of the Bowen family of Llwyngwair), Richard Evans, Maestryfar, Bontddu [co. Merioneth], 1905 (2) (a reply to recipient's queries concerning John Evans [paternal grandfather of Sarah, wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], and Maestryfar farm, parish of Llanelltyd, home of the said John Evans, reference to the Clogau gold mine in the vicinity), W. R. Evans (clerk of the peace, co. Denbigh), Ruthin, 1918 (a testimonial for recipient), Owen Ffowc, Bettws, Abergele, 1911 (the financial difficulties of the [Calvinistic Methodist] church at Llysfaen in the Abergele district), the Rev[erend] S[amuel] E[dward] V[alpy] Filleul, All Saints Rectory, Dorchester, undated (a reply to queries regarding persons bearing the surnames Rowe and Hine), [the Reverend] W[illiam] H[enry] Fletcher, The Vicarage, Wrexham, undated (the marriage of Marian Jones of Wrexham and Thomas Rice Charles, 1806) Idris Ll[ewelyn] Foster, The University of Liverpool, 1937 (returning an unspecified work ? submitted by recipient for comment), [the Reverend] C[hristopher] W[illiam] Fullmer, Clifton Reynes Rectory, Newport Pagnell, [19]06 (information concerning the Rev[erend] Thomas Jones, curate of the parish of Clifton, circa 1772- 1792, who, in 1768, had been expelled from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and later had been befriended by Lady Huntingdon), I. E. Gibbon, Whitehall [London], 1914 (facilities for recipient to examine records at the Mint), [the Reverend] A[lfred] J[ohn] M[organ] Green, Halkyn Rectory, near Holywell, 1906 (a record of the burial of David Ellis of Halkyn, 1799), Francis Green, St. Davids, 1914 (a request for copies of vols. I and II of West Wales Historical Records), O. Gwilym Griffith, Peniel, Dinbych, 1911 (an effort to be made by Saron [Calvinistic Methodist] church, Denbigh, to collect £60), [the Reverend] D[aniel] Griffiths, Llangranog Rectory, 1906 (an extract from the parish register recording the marriage of Brigetta Dorothea Price of Llangranog, and the Rev[eren]d Simon Lloyd of the parish of Llanykil, co. Merioneth, 1789), [the Reverend] J[ames] O[wen] Hannay, The Rectory, Westport, co. Mayo, [19]05 (information concerning [the Reverend Thomas] Grace, rector of Aughaval (Westport), circa 1800-1838), [the Reverend] Thomas Harries, Llanwonno Vicarage, 1907 (entries in the Llanwonno register relating to John Williams, baptised 1783, buried 1864), David R[obert] Harris (principal), Normal College, Bangor, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post, comments on the teaching of geography), C[harles] H[arold] Herford (professor of English at Manchester University, and previously at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), Manchester, [19]15 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[ldham] Hichens, Guilsborough, Northampton, [19]06 (2) (an extract from the Guilsborough register, and further information concerning the Rev[erend] Thomas Sikes, vicar of the parish, ob. 1834), [the Reverend] J[ohn] St. Clere Hick, Christ Church Vic[arage], Macclesfield, [19]06 (the date of death of Charles Roe, ob. 1781 [who had been responsible for building Christ Church]), [the Reverend] A[ndrew Albert] V[ictor] Hogg, St. Mary's Rectory, Gowran, co. Kilkenny, [19]07 (a reply to a query concerning [the Reverend] Mr. [Robert] Shaw, vicar of St. John's, Kilkenny, in the early 19th century), [the Reverend] Henry Hughes [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Llangybi Station, Chwilog, [19]06 (a request for a loan of 'llyfr Hughes Llanuwchlyn ar Mr. Charles' [the Reverend William Hughes (ed.) : Life and Letters of the Rev. Thos. Charles, B.A., of Bala (Rhyl, 1881)], in order to consult parts of the 'Welsh Looking Glass' [the Reverend Thomas Jones: The Welsh Looking Glass, or Thoughts on the State of Religion in North Wales (London, 1812)], which appeared therein, recipient's work on Thomas Charles, drawing recipient's attention to Charles correspondence published [under the title 'Gohebiaeth y Parchedig Thomas Charles, B.A., o'r Bala'] in Y Traethodydd, 1899, two contemporary letters [relating to the ordination debate amongst the Calvinistic Methodists, 1809-1810], published by the writer in Y Drysorfa, 1894), [the Reverend] H[ugh] O. Hughes [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Henllan [co. Denbigh], 1910-1911 (2) (financial matters relating to the church at Henllan), the Rev[erend] J. E. Hughes (North Wales District Secretary, The Religious Tract Society), Carnarvon, 1910 (a proposal to produce a Welsh text-book for the study of the Bible in schools and colleges), M. Hughes, ?Cardigan, [19]02 (thanking recipient for his book on Beddgelert), T. R. Hughes (headmaster of Houldsworth School), Reddish, Stockport, [19]35 (personal, the writer's impressions of the school, visits to the Manchester Central Reference Library), and Fred G. Humphreys, Carmarthen, 1904-1906 (2) (searches in the diocesan records in the St. David' s Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Thirty-four letters, etc., from [the Reverend] J[ames] Spinther James [Baptist minister and historian], Llandudno, 1906 (3) (information concerning [the Reverend] David Jones [Baptist minister], ob. 1792, his wife Hannah, and his connection with [the Reverend] P[eter] W[illiams, Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and the publication of the 'Beibl bach' [a Welsh edition of the 'Little Bible' of John Canne] in 1790, biographical notes on Lewis Richards of Llanbadarnfawr [co. ], who emigrated to America, and became co-founder and pastor of a Baptist church in Baltimore, 1785), [the Reverend] J[ohn] D[aniel] James, Cadoxton Vicarage, Neath, 1906 (a record of the burial at Cadoxton in 1820 of the Rev[erend] W[illia]m Williams, vicar of the parish, 1814-1820), R[obert] T[homas] Jenkins [head of the Department (aft. professor) of Welsh History], University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1936 (information required by the writer concerning the connection between [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and Pibwr [Lwyd, co. Carmarthen], and concerning a supposed biography of [the Reverend] William Williams [ob. 1820, curate of St. Gennys, Cornwall, in the late 18th century], the writer's work on the Moravians in North Wales [The Moravian Brethren in North Wales, being vol. XLV of Y Cymmrodor, 1938]), Catherine Jones, Aberdovey, [19]03 (2) (information concerning the descendants of Jane Thomas of Lower Court Farm [parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, co. Carmarthen], sister of the Reverend Thomas Charles), Charles W. F. Jones [London] and Ipswich, 1907 (2) ( information concerning the Rev[erend] Hezekiah Jones [ob. 1833], the writer's grandfather), [the Reverend] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Rhuddlan, 1911 (financial matters relating to the writer's church at Rhuddlan), E. Clwyd Jones, Rhyl, [19]26 (matters relating to recipient's superannuation benefit), [the Reverend] Edward Jones, Llangynhafal Rectory, 1906 (the date of burial of the Rev[erend] David Hughes (ob. 1817), one time rector of Llangynhafal), Eirene [Lloyd Jones, later White], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Thanet, [19]25 (the writer's illness, books read during her illness, her opinion that 'Winston [Churchill] can write magnificently', the illness of [her brother] Elphin, the start made by her father [Dr. Thomas Jones, C. H. See below] on 'his history of Wales during the war', an invitation to her father to write 4000 words on Ll[oyd] G[eorge] in the Encyclopaedia Britannica), Eirene T[heodora] Jones [mother of the previous correspondent], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Westminster, and Gregynog (Newtown), [19]33 (3) (the illness of the writer's husband [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H. See below] and his stay at Ruthin Castle, their daughter Eirene's travels in the United States of America and Canada, their son Tristan's activities at Balliol [College], Oxford, a meeting of the trustees of the Elphin Memorial Scholarship, a visit by Thomas Jones to Bargoed to see the newly formed occupational centre for the unemployed, the Pilgrim Trust and its connection with the Nat[iona]l Council of Social Service, the undertaking by [Sir] Percy Watkins [Secretary, Welsh Department of the National Council of Social Service, 1933-1938] of visits to the unemployment areas previously undertaken by Thomas Jones, the appointment of new controllers of the Gregynog Press, plans for temporary expansion at Coleg Harlech to accommodate 30 to 40 additional students from amongst the unemployed to be trained as leaders of occupational centres), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones, Llandegla Rectory, Mold, 1905 (2) (a note on [the Reverend] Simon Lloyd, curate of Llandegla, 1783-1788), John Jones, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1930 (the illness of the writer's niece), the Rev[erend] J[ohn] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Gellifor, Ruthin, 1913 (2) (plans ? in connection with church buildings), Kitty Idwal Jones, Swansea, undated (personal, the disappearance of the literary MSS. of [the Reverend] Thomas Jones [1756- 1820, Calvinistic Methodist minister]), [the Reverend] M[organ] H[ugh] Jones, Trevecca College, Talgarth, 1907 (enclosing a copy of a letter from [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric], from Caerfyrddyn, to Messures Roberts, Moses, & Co., Trevecca, 1789, relating to the proofs, etc. [of the edition of the Bible which the writer was preparing in conjunction with the Reverend David Jones. See letter from the Reverend James Spinther James above]) (the original Peter Williams letter is now Trevecka Letter 2760 amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales), the Rev[erend] Richard E. Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Porthcawl, [19]25 (attempts to build up a Sunday School library in the writer's church at Clydach, near Swansea, the possibility of help from the Rebecca Hussey charity, congratulations to recipient on his great biography [of the Reverend Thomas Charles]), T. Griffith Jones, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[gomery], 1916 (a query the writer had received concerning the diary of Richard Tibbott [1719-1798, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and Congregational minister], which he had sold to recipient), Tom Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H., Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, 1916- 1930, Secretary of the Pilgrim Trust, 1930-1945], London, 1924-1932 (4) (personal, family news, an offer to recipient of a grant from the Civil List, the distinction [degree of D.Litt.] which the University of Liverpool was about to confer upon recipient in 1932), Tom and Eirene T. Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, as in the four preceding letters, and his wife], [London] and Sandwich, 1928-1929 (2) (personal), and W[illiam] Garmon Jones, [associate professor of History and] librarian, The University of Liverpool, 1932 (3) (recipient's application to be admitted to the degree of DLitt. of the University).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Forty letters, etc., from Henry Lambert (for the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office), Downing Street, 1914 (a reply to a query relating to Samuel Shute [1662-1742], Governor of New England), Audrey S. Lee, Kew Gardens, undated (personal, thanks for a book about Wales), [the Reverend] Robert M[cClellan] L[auriston] Lee, Yetminster Vicarage, Sherborne, 1906 (2) (information relating to [the Reverend] Edward and [the Reverend] Blakely Cooper, father and son, successively vicars of Yetminster, and a copy of a memorial inscription to the former, ob. 1810), C[harles] Leudesdorf (registrar), University Registry, Oxford, 1923 (extracts from University records relating to four persons named Thomas Beynon, who had been members of the University), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Morgan Lewis, Llanddeiniol, 1906 (searches in the Llanddeiniol parish registers), [the Reverend] J[ohn] T[imothy] Lewis, The Rectory, Llanfyrnach, 1906 (an extract from the Llanfyrnach parish register recording the burial of the Rev[eren]d David Davies, rector of the parish, 1820, and a copy of the inscription on his tombstone), [the Reverend] W[illiam] R[ichardson] Linton, Shirley Vicarage, Derby, 1906 (2) (information relating to [the Reverend] W[alter] Shirley, ob. 1859, and [the Reverend] W[alter] A[ugustus] Shirley, ob. 1847 [father and son], both former vicars of Shirley), [the Reverend] E[van] D[avid] Lloyd, Mallwyd Rectory, 1906 (the Rev[erend] Thomas Morgan's curacy at Mallwyd, 1783-1800 ), John Edward Lloyd (professor of History, University College of North Wales), Bangor, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), [the Reverend] J[ohn] S[mith] Longdon, The Rectory, Cadoxton - Barry, [19]60 (a list of the rectors of Cadoxton, 1626-1902), the Rev[erend] A. Macdonald (pastor of the Congregational church), Milborne Port, 1904 (the pastors of the church, 1754-1785, an appeal for a financial contribution towards the church), Arthur J. Mackey (diocesan registrar), Diocesan Registry, Exeter, 1905 (information relating to the Rev[erend] W[illia]m Williams, curate of St. Gennys [co. Cornwall], circa 1794), John E[yton] B[ickersteth] Mayor, [Kennedy Professor of Latin, University of] Cambridge, 1904 (information regarding the Rev[erend] John Mayor, vicar of Shawbury, ob. 1826, ? the writer's grandfather, the writer's opinion that Mr. [Thomas] Charles's letters, ? to the Reverend John Mayor, must have been destroyed years ago in a great holocaust at Cossington parsonage, drawing recipient's attention to an analysis of the story of Mary Jones and her Bible in W[illia]m Canton: [A] Hist[ory] of the [British and Foreign] Bible Soc[iety (London, 1904)], vol. I, appendix i), K. A. Mayor, ? sister of the previous writer, [London], undated (enclosing sketches of Shawbury church and village (missing), and extracts from letters sent by the Rev[eren]d John Mayor, from Shawbury, to his son, William Henry Mayor, in Bermuda, 1825 (personal and family news), by Lieut[ enant] John Mayor, R.N. [son of the aforementioned Reverend John Mayor], from Shawbury, to [his brother] W. H. Mayor, 1826 (the death of their father), and by the Rev[eren]d Robert Mayor [another son of the said Reverend John Mayor] to his brother, W. H. Mayor, at Madeley, 1829 (the writer's return from Ceylon, personal and family affairs, the settlement of the Catholic emancipation question)), [the Reverend] Cha[rle]s Morgan, Rhoscrowther Rectory, 1904 (a record in the Rhoscrowther parish register of the marriage of John Charles and Alice Gwyther, 1811), [the Reverend] Dan[ie]l Morgan, Llantrisant Rectory, Anglesey, 1907 (a copy of a memorial inscription to John Jones of Bodynolwyn wen, parish of Llantrisant, ob. 1813), Evan E[dward] Morgan, Brecon, 1914-1915 (6) (information relating to members of the Cook or Coke family having connections with the Brecon and Llanfrynach areas, mention of Joseph Harris [1704-1764, brother of Howel Harris], his book on optics [A Treatise on Optics (London, 1775)], his astronomical observations at Trevecka 'which he proposed to read before the Royal Society in London', his essay on money [An Essay Upon Money and Coins (1757)], and his mission to the West Indies, references to 'Poole's History of Breconshire' [Edwin Poole: The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire (Brecknock,1886)], an elderly resident of Brecon (circa 1902-1904), who had seen Eliz[abeth] Prichard, née Harris [daughter of Howel Harris], the doubts about publishing the 'Historical Magazine' [Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, the first part of which appeared in March 1916], a list of the shareholders of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal in 1840 which included the name of Prichard Howell Harries, extracts from [Edwin] Poole [:History . . . of Brecknockshire] relating to T[homas] J[effery] Llewelyn Prichard, author of [The Adventures and Vagaries of] Twm Shon Catti [(Aberystwyth, 1828)], the possibility that Prichard was 'of the Harris breed', thanks for a copy of Bishop [aft. Archbishop Alfred George] Edwards: Landmarks [in the History of the Welsh Church (London, 1912)], with comments on the work), W. Morgan, Ilford, [19]20 (property transactions), A. Morris, Newport, [co.] Mon[mouth], [19]15 (the writer's intended work on Methodism in Monmouthshire), Lewis Morris, Carmarthen, [19]06 (the writer's grandmother, Mary Anne Morris, née Reynolds, ob. 1839), A[ndrew] Munro (bursar), Queen' s College, Cambridge, [19]32 (information relating to Robert Humphreys, B. A., of Queen's College, 1805, and Robert Humphreys, B.A., of the same college, 1843), F[rederick] J[ohn] North, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1937 (a query concerning the brothers Hugh and Robert Owen, who were connected with the publication of the maps of Humphrey Lhuyd [1527-1568, physician and antiquary. See F. J. North: Humphrey Lhuyd's Maps of England and of Wales (Cardiff, 1937), pp. 11-12]), W. T. Ottewill, India Office, Whitehall, 1935 (a note on the Reverend Josiah Woodward who had been appointed 'to the Chapel of Poplar' by the East India Company in 1690) ( attached is a copy of a letter addressed by Josiah Woodward to the secretary of the said Company, 1710), Owen J. Owen, West Kirby, 1918 (the writer's interest in any source-material relating to Thomas Charles and the Methodist cause in Liverpool), Frederick Pane, Abergele, [19]11 (inviting recipient to deliver an address to a class of young men), A. Parnell, Littlehampton, 1907 (the writer's great-uncle, Thomas Parnell), [the Reverend] David Phillips, Radyr Rectory, Cardiff, 1907 (2) (the Rev[erend] Daniel Jones, curate of Radyr, circa 1787-1821, the communion plate presented to the parish in 1784), Andrew Picken (secretary), Queen's University, Belfast, 1932 (recipient's request to be admitted as a candidate for a doctor's degree, and his gift of three books to the University), K[enneth] Povey (librarian), Queen's University, Belfast, 1932 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of recipient's biography of Thomas Charles), and A[rthur] Ivor Pryce (diocesan registrar), Diocesan Registry, Bangor, 1905-1907 (3) (searches in the diocesan records on behalf of recipient, recipient's book on Beddgelert, good wishes for the success of recipient's magnum opus [on Thomas Charles], general comments on church restoration, the writing of biography, the 18th century church's policy of moderating enthusiasm, and the wisdom of the steps taken by [Thomas] Charles and his friends).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Twenty-seven letters, etc., from [the Reverend] E[dward] W[ilcocks] Raby, The Rectory, Jacobstow, near Bude, 1906 (information concerning the Reverend] W[illia]m Williams, curate of St. Gennys [co. Cornwall], in 1796), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Lambert Rees, Llandowror (sic) Rectory, 1906 (a copy of the inscription on the tomb of the Rev[eren]d John Davies, minister of the Gospel at Bank-y-felin, ob. 1821, and of his wife, Barbara, ob. 1841), the Rev[erend] Bernard Reynolds, The Rectory, Queen Street, E.C., 1905 (a portrait of the Rev[erend] Watts Wilkinson [ob. 1840]), C. Morgan Richardson, Cardigan, 1907 ([Madam] Bevan's Charity), A. Foulkes-Roberts, Denbigh and Goring-on-Thames, 1913-1935 (3) (legal matters, genealogical data relating to the writer's ancestors), A. Humphreys Roberts, Manchester, 1920 (books sent to recipient), Ella [ ] Foulkes Roberts, Denbigh, 1926 (a proposal that [Denbigh] County School would buy a set of the Dictionary of National Biography from the library of the writer's father, an offer for the set made by Mr. [aft. Sir John] Ballinger [Librarian of the National Library of Wales]), Evan E. Roberts (clerk to the governors), The County School, Denbigh, 1928 (conveying the school governors' sympathy to recipient on his illness), Mary Roberts, Llangynog Rectory, Oswestry, 1905 (the inscription on the tombstone of the Rev[eren]d Evan Griffiths, rector of Llangynog, ob. 1813, and of his wife Elizabeth, ob. 1806), the Rev[erend] S. Nowell-Rostron (joint secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society), London, 1919 (the resolution of the Society's General Committee to invite recipient to become an Honorary Governor of the Society for life), [the Reverend] John Rowlands, The Vicarage, Aberdovey, 1904 (enquiries by recipient concerning the letters, etc., of the Rev[erend] Tho[ma]s Jones), E. A. Saunderson, Dublin, undated (3) (the writer's ancestors), [the Reverend] S[amuel] Cooper Scott, St. John's Rectory, Chester, 1906 (a proposed visit by recipient to examine the St. John's registers), [the Reverend] W[illiam] J[ohn] L[immer] Sheppard, St. Peter's Vic[arage], Ipswich, [19]08 (the memorial inscription on the tomb of the Rev[erend] Edward Griffin, rector of the parish of St. Stephen's, Ipswich, ob. 1833, and of his wife, Elizabeth, also ob. 1833), [the Reverend] Spencer E[dward] Simms, Charmouth Rectory, Dorset, 1906 (a negative reply to a query relating to William Daw, M.D.), F[rancis] D[anvers] Sladen, British Museum, London, 1924 (3) (material recipient wished to consult in the British Museum), [Professor] W[illiam] B[arron] Stevenson, The Theological College, Bala, [19]01 (the revision by the writer of an unspecified MS. work), [the Reverend] H[enry] H[olmes] Stewart, The Rectory, Barry, undated (information relating to [the Reverend] Hezekiah Jones, curate of the parish of Porthkerry [late 18th century]), George Stinchcombe, Bristol, 1911 (2) (the writer's desire to prove his reputed descent from [Thomas] Charles in the belief that this would strengthen his application for a post he was desirous of obtaining, his need to contact Mr. Lloyd George in connection with his application), and A. J. Sylvester, Westminster, London, 1929 (apologising, on behalf of Mr. Lloyd George, for his having mislaid a thesis belonging to recipient).

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Thirty-eight letters, etc., from W. R. Taylor, Chester, [19]03 (drawing recipient's attention to information re Tho[ma]s Charles in [Edwin] Paxton Hood: Christmas Evans [the preacher of Wild Wales]), A. B. Thomas (chief clerk), Probate Registry, Llandaff, 1907 (the will of the Rev[eren]d Hezekiah Jones, curate of St. Bride's, etc., ob. 1833), Professor John Owen Thomas, The Theological College, Bala, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post in Denbigh), Oswald Thomas, Education Offices, Ruthin, 1930 (points relating to recipient's pension and superannuation), R. H. Thomas, Llansannan, 1914 (railings around a statue to Ed. Parry), William Thomas (secretary of Pembroke Terrace [Welsh Calvinistic Methodist] Church), Cardiff, 1925 (a preaching engagement for recipient), W[illia]m G. S. Thomas, Carmarthen, 1905 (a reply to recipient's queries re members of the Reynolds and Bowen families), A. E. Thompson, Llanrhaiadr, near Denbigh, [19]29 (permission for recipient to fish in the writer's portion of the river), [the Reverend] A[rthur] H[uxley] Thompson, Ide Vicarage, Exeter, 1907 (members of the Holmes family ? buried in Ide churchyard), Udea Onslow Thompson, Cheltenham, 1915 (3) (thanks for recipient's book on Bedd Gelert, news of family and friends), G. Herbert Thring (secretary of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights, and Composers), London, 1915-1925 (9) ( recipient's life membership, legal points raised by recipient concerning contracts, libel, copyright, etc.), Emily S. Walker, Chester and [London], 1905 and undated (2) (personal, the writer's reading of W[illiam] Canton: History of the [British and Foreign] Bible Society, enquiries about recipient's book [on Thomas Charles]), the Rev[erend] Leonard G. Webb (district secretary of the Religious Tract Society), Birmingham, 1928 (3) (arrangements for a meeting to be held in Denbigh), [the Reverend] D[avid] Williams, Llanynys Vicarage, 1907 (the dates of death and burial of the Rev[erend] Richard Jones, vicar of Llanynys, ob. 1825), [the Reverend] Evan Williams, Nantcwnlle Vicarage, 1906-1907 (2) (the date of death, and a tracing of the signature of, the Rev[erend] John Hughes, ? curate of Nantcwnlle, ob. 1813), [Professor] Hugh Williams, The Theological College, Bala, 1903-1905 (2) (an extract from a family Bible recording the marriage of Robert Saunderson and Rebeccah Thomas, niece of Tho[ma]s Charles, in Llanycil parish church, 1806, the presence of Tho[ma]s Charles and his son, Tho[ma]s Rice Charles, at the wedding, searches, on behalf of recipient, in the parish registers [of Llanycil]) (enclosed with the first letter is a copy of a fragment of a letter [from the Reverend John Yale, rector of Llandegla and Bryn Eglwys, to the Reverend Simon Lloyd, curate of the said parishes], 1783, requesting the recipient not to officiate any longer in his curacies owing to his connection with the Methodist movement), [the Reverend] Hugh [Esau] Williams, Stanford Bishop Vicarage, Bringsty, 1907 (searches in the Stanford parish registers on behalf of recipient), [the Reverend] John Williams, Llanwddyn Vicarage, [19]05 (the possibility that [Thomas] Charles may have assisted the curate of Llanwddyn, a request for a copy of recipient's book on Bedd Gelert, a visit to Beddgelert, references to 'Llythyr Adda Jones' in Baner [ac Amserau Cymru], March 1869), [the Reverend] W[illiam] Williams, Jeffreyston Rectory, 1906 (2) (searches in the parish register on behalf of recipient), Cha[rle]s Wooldridge (district registrar), Winchester, 1906 (an unavailing search for the will of the Rev[eren]d E[dward] Phillips [? vicar of East Tytherley, Hants., 1802-1851] in the records for the years 1851-1853), and [the Reverend] D[avid] Worthington, Llangeitho Rectory, 1906 (2) (information relating to the Rev[erend] John Hughes, vicar of Llanddeiniol and Nantcwnlle, circa 1811, an extract from the Llangeitho parish register recording the burial of Daniel Jenkins [son-in-law of the Reverend Daniel Rowland], 1815).

Letters from the Reverend John Elias,

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).

Reverend John Elias.

Correspondence,

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).

Barddoniaeth, etc.,

An exercise book containing miscellaneous transcripts, extracts, etc., including copies of two anonymous poems entitled 'Cerdd Newydd i atteb yr Ynfyd yn ôl ei Ynfydrwydd rhag iddo fod yn ddoeth yn ei olwg ei hun', and 'Cân o glod i offeiriadau ac eraill ou plaid am sefyll yn gadarn yn erbyn pregethwyr cyffredin sydd yn tramwy'r gwledydd, &c.'; seventy-four lines headed 'Pedair o Bleidiau yn cael eu dynodi: sef Dissenters, Methodistiaid, Wesleyaid, a'r Baptistiaid', being a variant version of a section of Thomas Edwards ['Twm o'r Nant']'s interlude Bannau y Byd . . . [( Treffynnon, 1808)]; a transcript of the said Thomas Edwards's poem Cân ar Berson Paris . . .[(Caerlleon, 1802)]; a transcript of the poem Thomas Edwards, yn gymmaint ac na allaf gyd fyned â chwi yn eich canu diweddaf â' r Offeiriadau, anturiais eich anrhegu a'r Gân ganlynol [(Caernarfon, 1802 )], written by W[illiam] Jones, Cefn Berain, Llanefydd [co. Denbigh] in reply to Cân ar Berson Paris; and extracts from Cylch-Grawn Cynmraeg neu Drysorfa Gwybodaeth, rhif. I-IV, 1793.

Recipes, etc.,

An imperfect volume containing medical, culinary, and household recipes, and miscellaneous literary items including extracts from [Edward] Bysshe: The Art of [English] Poetry [(London, 1702)], an incomplete transcript of [John] Dryden's poem 'Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musique', extracts from 'Sir Charles Grandison's Memoirs' [? Samuel Richardson: The History of Sir Charles Grandison . . . (1754)], extracts from [Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd earl of] Shaftesbury: Characteristicks [of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)], extracts from [William] Mason's poem ['Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope'], etc.

Material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S.,

An exercise book containing a copy of a biographical essay on Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary ('Memoir of the late Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S .') by his nephew, Thomas Barlow, of the Metropolitan Life Assurance Society.

Barlow, Thomas (Actuary)

Material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S.,

A volume of miscellaneous material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary, including an abstract of an essay entitled 'Griffith Davies, F.R.S., the Actuary', [?by Miss Dew Roberts]; biographical notes extracted from Y Traethodydd, 1855, and from Cymru, 8 (1895) and 15 (1898); a copy of a letter from S. H. Jarvis (assistant secretary), the Institute of Actuaries, Holborn, to Miss Grace Ellis (librarian), Old College, Bangor, 1925 (information concerning material relating to Griffith Davies); and (inset) a holograph letter and postcard from Grace Ellis, the Library, University College of North Wales, Bangor, to G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1925 (replies to requests for information relating to Griffith Davies). Included also in this volume are notes on Benjamin Gompertz, extracted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. XV.

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