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Forty-seven holograph letters, etc., 1735-1775, addressed to Robert Howard, Collector of His Majesty's Customs at Conway, co. Carnarvon. The writers include Rob[er]t Carrey, Carn[arvo]n, 1753 (a request to recipient to prevail upon J. Ellis, who was incapacitated through illness, to allow someone to examine his books so that his account with Sir J[oh]n Wynn could be settled), John Cross, Chester, 1757 (the execution by Mr. Perkins of a bond which would secure recipient against claims by Mr. Lloyd on a certain estate), [ ] Davies, Caerhun, 1758 (enclosing interest due), Tho[mas] Edwards, Pwllheli, 1751 (a bill drawn by his brother on the writer to pay Howard £150 [endorsed with recipient's answer]), Thomas Evans, Llanrwst, 1735 (sending 'Silver Spurrs and Stockins' and an account of money due to the writer from Cadwallader Williams), W[illiam] Holland, Lincolns Inn, 1756 (5) (legal proceedings), John Hookes of Gaunts, co. Dorsett, 1741 (letters of attorney appointing Robert Howard collector of the rents of the grantor's estates in the county of Carnarvon), H[ugh] Howard [recipient's brother], Bombay, 1746 (the writer's indisposition and his wishes with regard to the disposing of Mr. Hoar's money), Sam[ue]l Jennions, Holywell, 1753 (a request that he be considered if the recipient decided to let certain lands which he had bought 'to Venture for Ore' [ endorsed with a copy of Howard's reply]), W[illia]m Jones, Llanfihangel, 1775 (a lease of lands in Trefriw), T. Kyffin, Maynan, 1756 (personal, legal), [ ] Paynter, Chelsea, 1744 (personal, information from the Admiralty re Cad[waladr] W[illia]ms who had 'entered on board the Shrewsbury' and died in 1742), Z[achar]y [Pearce, bishop of] Bangor, 1752 ( a proposed visit to Bangor and Conway), John Penkett, Ches[te]r, 1753-1756 (4 ) (financial and legal matters, mention of Flintshire miners and the finding of ore and the possibility of recipient becoming 'a Great Mine Adventurer'), Henry Perkins, Chester, 1750-1757 (5) (legal and financial matters, the Trecastell estate), Anne Prendergast, Dublin, 1757 (parcels and chairs carried in the Catherine of Conway and their liability for duty), Rich[ar]d R. Short, Newport, 1772 (personal), John Spencer and W. Wake, Bombay [India], 1746/7-1750 (3 + 1 dup.) (the death of recipient's brother, Hugh Howard, and arrangements for the disposal of his estate), J[ohn] Spencer, Bombay [India], 1752-1753 (3 + 1 dup.) (matters relating further to the estate of recipient's deceased brother Hugh Howard, the death of recipient's nephew Mr. [Robert] Went), M. Went [sister of recipient], London, 1744/5 (personal, a request that her son Robert should be sent to London immediately as she had hopes of a post for him, plans with regard to Robert), Cadwallader Williams on board H.M.S. Shrewsbury in the Downs, 1742 (personal, a request to recipient to collect money due to him), ?R. Williams, 1756 (a law suit in which recipient was involved), W[illia]m Williams, 1758 (personal, legal matters), J. Wynn [1742-1743] (2) (the intention of the recipient's brother [Hugh Howard] to go to India and the signing of a bond in connection therewith), J. Wynn [London], 1758 (legal matters), and Sidney Wynne, Glynn, 1744 and undated (3 and a fragment) ( personal, domestic and farm news).
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English.
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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 Wigfair 26.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12426E.
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- Shrewsbury (Ship) (Subject)
- Trecastell Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Catherine (Ship) (Subject)
- Howard, Robert, d. 1776 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams, Cadwaladr, d. 1742 (Subject)
- Howard, Hugh, d. ca. 1745 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Howard, Hugh, d. ca. 1745 -- Estate (Subject)
- Went, Robert -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Howard, Hugh, d. ca. 1745 (Subject)
- Howard, Robert, d. 1776 (Subject)
- Carrey, Robert (Subject)
- Cross, John, Chester (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas, Pwllheli (Subject)
- Evans, Thomas, Llanrwst (Subject)
- Holland, William, Lincoln's Inn (Subject)
- Hookes, John, Dorset (Subject)
- Howard, Hugh, d. ca. 1745 (Subject)
- Jennions, Samuel (Subject)
- Jones, William, Llanfihangel (Subject)
- Kyffin, T., Maenan (Subject)
- Pearce, Zachary, 1690-1774 (Subject)
- Penkett, John (Subject)
- Perkins, Henry, Chester (Subject)
- Prendergast, Anne, Dublin (Subject)
- Short, Richard R. (Subject)
- Spencer, John, Bombay (Subject)
- Wake, W. (Subject)
- Went, M. (Subject)
- Williams, Cadwaladr, d. 1742 (Subject)
- Wynne, Sidney (Subject)
- Williams, William, fl. 1758 (Subject)