File NLW MS 12518B. - Commonplace book of the Rev. David Bowen,

A commonplace book compiled by [the Rev.] David Bowen, first minister of Seion Baptist church, Llanelly, containing sermon notes; a copy of proposals made to David Bowen by the trustees of Seion church in 1843, whereby he was to resign his ministry of the church and receive an annual pension of twenty pounds subject to certain stipulated conditions; a list of marriage gifts received by David and Mary Bowen; a list of farm implements, livestock, household furniture, etc., with their values, given by David Bowen to several of his children on the occasion of their marriages, 182[?7]-1834; autobiographical data; comments on the growth of the Baptist denomination and the establishing of new churches in the Llanelly area; acknowledgements of the receipt of various sums of money on behalf of the Baptist chapel at Velinvoel [near Llanelly], 1820-1830; a note on Baptist meetings held at Aberystwith ('Hanes Cymanfa Aberystwith' [1803]); various recipes; and other miscellaneous memoranda. Inset are three holograph letters to [Thomas Eurwedd Williams] from B. Humphreys [?the Rev. Benjamin Humphreys, Baptist minister], Felinfoel, Igio, and Ifano Jones, Cardiff, 1910 (2) (replies to queries relating to the establishing of the aforementioned Seion Baptist church at Llanelly).