File NLW MS 12736C. - Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

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NLW MS 12736C.

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Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

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  • 1904-1932. (Creation)

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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).

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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 6.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12736C.

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