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Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to the distribution of Bibles amongst army and navy personnel including twenty-four holograph or autograph letters, 1780-1794 and undated, addressed variously to The Committee of the Bible Society, The President of the Humane Society, Messrs. Audinet & Co., Mr. Tho[ma]s Dobson, the Reverend Mr. Foster, Mr. Keysall, Mr. W[illia]m Rogers, Mr. W[illia]m Surgey, and Mr. Thackray, all in London, by J. Cartwright, major in the Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia, Dorking, J. Catermole [Portsmouth], Luis Delvin, J. Doting, Spithead, Portsmouth, W[illia]m Fallowfield [?Newgate Prison] (2), F. Harrison, Chat[ha]m Dock (enclosing a letter from Thomas Turnbull and W[illia]m Savage, privates in the Goth Regiment), J[oh]n Hey [Warwickshire Militia], Tiptree Camp, B. Hudson, captain and adjutant, East York Militia, Dartford Camp, Rob[er]t Hudson, Haslar, [ ] Jones, captain, commandant of the Anglesea Regiment [of] Militia, Dartford, R. Langton, Cornhill, J. Lewis, Plymouth Dock, [ ] Middleton, W[illia]m Palmer, Chatham, Tho[ma] s Rankin, Rob[er]t Reynol[ds], Chat[ha]m, ?J. Saunders, Derbyshire Militia, Barnet, Samp[son] Stanniforth, Greenwich, W. Wallis, surgeon, H.M.S. Minerva, Portsmouth, Mrs. Wesley, Mary bone [London], John Wingrove, Freshford, Richard Worsley, Stratford Place, and W[illia]m Young (requests for Bibles for distribution amongst army units, crews of naval vessels, military prisoners in Newgate prison, etc., acknowledgements of receipt of Bibles, matters relating to the work of distribution); a draft of an undated circular letter written by W[illia]m Surgey, as secretary of the society founded in 1780 for distributing Bibles to the army and navy, inviting recipients to assist with the work of distribution; a 'List of Subscribers for Purchasing Bibles to be distributed among ye Army and Navy . . .' (undated); a letter from J. and J. Merrill to William Surgey, London, undated (supplies of Bibles [to the society of which recipient was secretary]); three miscellaneous vouchers, 1789-1790 and undated; an English translation of a petition from 'that Part of the Welsh Militia, Viz. the Anglesey & Caerna[r]von & the Montgomry Shires, now Encamped on Dartford Common, Kent, Sepr. 21, 1780, To the Committee of the Humane Soci[ety] for Distributing Bibles for the Use of the Fleets & Army of Great Britain & Ireland', requesting a supply of Bibles in the Welsh language; an English translation of a letter addressed by 'the Montgomry Rigm[en]t of Militia at the Camp, Sepr. 21, 1780 (Dartford Common)', to the committee of the same society expressing their thanks for the fact that Bibles, ? in the Welsh language, were being distributed (this and the preceding item had been translated [from Welsh] by Rob[er]t Rowland, Cumberland Street, London); and a copy of the Report of the Proceedings of the Naval and Military Bible Society . . . for the year ending May 1841.
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Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to the distribution of Bibles amongst army and navy personnel including twenty-four holograph or autograph letters, 1780-94 and undated, addressed variously to The Committee of the Bible Society, The President of the Humane Society, Messrs. Audinet & Co., Mr. Tho[ma]s Dobson, the Reverend Mr. Foster, Mr. Keysall, Mr. W[illia]m Rogers, Mr. W[illia]m Surgey, and Mr. Thackray, all in London, by J. Cartwright, major in the Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia, Dorking, J. Catermole [Portsmouth], Luis Delvin, J. Doting, Spithead, Portsmouth, W[illia]m Fallowfield [? Newgate Prison] (2), F. Harrison, Chat[ha]m Dock (enclosing a letter from Thomas Turnbull and W[ illia]m Savage, privates in the Goth Regiment), J[oh]n Hey [Warwickshire Militia], Tiptree Camp, B. Hudson, captain and adjutant, East York Militia, Dartford Camp, Rob[er]t Hudson, Haslar, [ ] Jones, captain, commandant of the Anglesea Regiment [of] Militia, Dartford, R. Langton, Cornhill, J. Lewis, Plymouth Dock, [ ] Middleton, W[illia]m Palmer, Chatham, Tho[ma] s Rankin, Rob[er]t Reynol[ds], Chat[ha]m, ?J. Saunders, Derbyshire Militia, Barnet, Samp[son] Stanniforth, Greenwich, W. Wallis, surgeon, H.M.S. Minerva, Portsmouth, Mrs. Wesley, Mary bone [London], John Wingrove, Freshford, Richard Worsley, Stratford Place, and W[illia]m Young (requests for Bibles for distribution amongst army units, crews of naval vessels, military prisoners in Newgate prison, etc., acknowledgements of receipt of Bibles, matters relating to the work of distribution); a draft of an undated circular letter written by W[illia]m Surgey, as secretary of the society founded in 1780 for distributing Bibles to the army and navy, inviting recipients to assist with the work of distribution; a ‘List of Subscribers for Purchasing Bibles to be distributed among ye Army and Navy . . .’ (undated); a letter from J. and J. Merrill to William Surgey, London, undated (supplies of Bibles [to the society of which recipient was secretary]); three miscellaneous vouchers, 1789-90 and undated; an English translation of a petition from ‘that Part of the Welsh Militia, Viz. the Anglesey & Caerna[r]von & the Montgomry Shires, now Encamped on Dartford Common, Kent, Sepr. 21, 1780, To the Committee of the Humane Soci[ety] for Distributing Bibles for the Use of the Fleets & Army of Great Britain & Ireland’, requesting a supply of Bibles in the Welsh language; an English translation of a letter addressed by ‘the Montgomry Rigm[en]t of Militia at the Camp, Sepr. 21, 1780 (Dartford Common)’, to the committee of the same society expressing their thanks for the fact that Bibles, ? in the Welsh language, were being distributed (This and the preceding item had been translated [from Welsh] by Rob[er]t Rowland, Cumberland Street, London); and a copy of the Report of the Proceedings of the Naval and Military Bible Society . . . for the year ending May 1841.
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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 28.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12758E.
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- Great Britain. Army -- Religious life. (Subject)
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Religious life (Subject)
- Minerva (Ship) (Subject)
- Newgate (Prison : London, England) (Subject)
- Naval and Military Bible Society -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- British and Foreign Bible Society. Committee (Subject)
- Humane Society International. (Subject)
- Messrs Audinet & Co. (Subject)
- Naval and Military Bible Society (Subject)
- Dobson, Thomas, London (Subject)
- Rogers, William, London (Subject)
- Doting, J. (Subject)
- Surgey, William (Subject)
- Cartwright, J., Major (Subject)
- Catermole, J. (Subject)
- Delvin, Luis (Subject)
- Fallowfield, William, London (Subject)
- Hey, John, Warwickshire Militia (Subject)
- Hudson, B., Captain (Subject)
- Lewis, J., Plymouth Dock (Subject)
- Harrison, F., Chatham (Subject)
- Turnbull, Thomas, Private (Subject)
- Savage, William, Private (Subject)
- Hudson, Robert, Haslar (Subject)
- Langton, R. (Subject)
- Palmer, William, Chatham (Subject)
- Rankin, Thomas (Subject)
- Reynolds, Robert, Chatham (Subject)
- Rowland, Robert, London (Subject)
- Stanniforth, Samson (Subject)
- Wallis, W., surgeon (Subject)
- Wingrove, John (Subject)
- Young, William, fl. 1790 (Subject)
- Worsley, Richard, Stratford Place (Subject)