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- [1901x1937]. (Creation)
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Seven note-books containing miscellaneous extracts, transcripts, etc., including extracts, 1798-1808, from the diary of David Jones, [? rector of] Llangan; extracts, 1792-1807, ? from the minute books of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge relating mainly to preparations for publishing successive editions of the Welsh Bible; a transcript of a letter from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1801 (personal, religious reflections, the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton); a transcript of a report, 1903, by William Weir of Abingdon on Llanfihangel Abercowin church; a transcript of an indenture, 21 July 1800, appointing the Reverend Thomas Charles, Jonathan Wilcoxon of Chester, and John Walker, also of Chester, trustees of the aforementioned Phillip Oliver's church at Boughton; transcripts of the title-pages and prefaces of Thomas Charles: A Short Evangelical Catechism . . . (2nd ed., Bala, 1804) and (3rd ed., Bala, 1808), and of the same author's An Exposition on the Ten Commandments . . . (Bala, 1805), and of Sir Richard Hill's testimonial in favour of, and Thomas Charles's post-script to, the third edition of the Catechism; an abridged version of an account of the life and career of Griffith Davies, actuary , ? taken from The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. V, pp. 337-48; an incomplete copy of a Welsh translation of a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to [Mary Hughes, Liverpool, 1812] (see Goleuad Cymru, 1823, Llyfr III, tt. 225-7); extracts from the reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805-1815, relating mainly to the publication by the Society of Welsh Bibles and Testaments; and extracts containing an account of disbursements in respect of Northampton Chapel, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell, London, 1780-1816.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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English, Welsh.
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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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For the Spa Fields Chapel, London, see Welch, Edwin (ed.): Two Calvinistic Methodist Chapels, 1743-1811 ... (1975).
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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 91.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12821B.
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- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- St Michael (Church : Llanfihangel Abercywyn, Wales) (Subject)
- British and Foreign Bible Society -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Spa Fields Chapel (London, England) (Subject)
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) (Subject)
- British and Foreign Bible Society (Subject)
- Jones, David, 1736-1810 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Oliver, Phillip, 1763-1800. (Subject)
- Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814 (Subject)
- Wilcoxon, Jonathan (Subject)
- Walker, John, Chester (Subject)
- Davies, Griffith, 1788-1855 (Subject)
- Jones, David, 1736-1810 (Subject)
- Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814 (Subject)
- Walker, John, Chester (Subject)
- Weir, William, Abingdon (Subject)
- Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808. (Subject)
- Hughes, Mary, Liverpool (Subject)