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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).

Eleven holograph letters, 1808-1841 and undated, addressed to Daniel Jones (at Mr. Painter's Printing Office, High Street, at Bridge Street, at Mr. R. Hughes, Church Street, etc.), Wrexham. The writers include Rob[er]t Davies , ? Llansannan, undated (instructions re a book, etc., a request for information to be sent by means of invisible ink), R. Humphreys, seaman on board H.M.S. Ulysses, Jersey, 1811 (personal), Dan[ie]l. Jones, Liverpool, 1811 (his return to Liverpool after a visit to Wales), Mary Jones [? widow of the Reverend Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Denbigh], from Denbigh, 1841 and undated (2) (personal, religious reflections, her wish to dispose of the copyright of [her husband's] martyrology [Diwygwyr, Merthyron, a Chyffeswyr Eglwys Loegr . . . (Dinbych, 1813)], a suggestion that the sections of the work dealing with 'Popish persecution' be published in instalments 'as popery is so much on the increase both in England and Wales'), [the Reverend] Tho[mas Jones [husband of the aforesaid Mary Jones], Syrior and Liverpool, 1816-1817 (2) (personal, preaching engagements, differences of opinion relating to the doctrine of redemption), ? Geo[rge] Philips, Caemynydd, 1827 (requesting recipient to check a letter ? relating to the Welsh language written for publication in Y Gwyliedydd, a suggestion that the writer should translate into Welsh and publish in Y Gwyliedydd [Thomas Tregenna] Biddulph's [published] lectures on the liturgy of the Church of England, the writer's return to Oxford [ University]), Ellis Phillips, Rhos, 1831 (preaching engagements), J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon'), Caerlleon, [18]40 (the writer's contributions to Y Drysorfa including letters relating to [an advertised Biblical] concordance [Mynegair Ysgrythyrawl . . . wedi ei helaethu a'i orphen allan o waith . . . T. Charles, B.A., gan D. Charles, B.A., Bala (Caerlleon, 1840- , published in parts, incomplete)], a ? promised letter from recipient relating to the concordance), and Rice Price, Llanelwy, 1808 (personal, a request to recipient to ask William Jones to come to St. Asaph to keep a school).