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Fifty-one letters, etc., from Edward Carey (registrar), University of Liverpool, 1932 (acknowledging receipt of an application for admission to the degree of Litt. D., and enclosing a receipt for the fee), [the Reverend] J[ohn] E[dward] Carey, Treverbyn Vicarage, St. Austell, 1906 ( replying to recipient's query relating to the incumbents of Otterham, the writer's previous parish), [the Reverend] Arthur Carter, Thrussington Vicarage, Leicester, 1903 (enclosing information concerning the descendants of the Rev[erend] John Owen, a former vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] Reginald A[rthur] Cayley, Stowell Rectory, Sherborne, [19]06 ( replying to a query concerning the Rev[erend] James Hooper, rector of the parish, 1820-1828), David R[ ] Charles, Hoylake, 1904 (acknowledging the return of letters, a little memorandum book of Mr. [Thomas] Charles of Bala in the writer's possession, enclosing a portrait of the writer (now kept in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Maps)), C. A. Christie, Roydon, near Ware, [19]06 (requesting the return of 'the Rev. Jones's Diaries'), [Messrs.] R. and R. Clark, Limited (printers), Edinburgh, 1917- 1929 (6) (the disposal, by pulping, of part of the remaining stock of 'Charles of Bala' [recipient's Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles], financial matters, the binding of copies of recipient's work, Bedd Gelert, [its Facts, Fairies, and Folk Lore (Portmadoc, 1899)]), [the Reverend] G[erald] H[enry] Colvile, Weston Rectory, Shifnal, undated (a reply to recipients query re the Rev[erend] Robert Pugh, who, the writer suggests, had been curate of Weston under Redcastle, co. Salop), the Rev[erend] W[illiam] H [ ] Cooper (secretary of the Monmouthshire Presbytery), Abertysswg, [19] 36 (extending the Presbytery's official congratulations to recipient on completing fifty years service with the [Calvinistic Methodist] Connection), the Rev[erend] T[homas] G[eorge] Crippen (honorary secretary, the Congregational Historical Society), London, 1905-1906 (2) (replying to recipient's query concerning [the Reverend] Mr. [S.R.] Pittard [Congregational minister] at Somerton, co. Somerset, circa 1816-1830, a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to his son Thomas, 1807, in the writer's possession), Miss Frances M. Daniell, North Nibley, near Dursley, [19]08 (a reply to recipient's query concerning the Rev[erend] Charles Thomas [nephew of the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala], minister at North Nibley, 1832-1838), D. C. Davies (general secretary, Welsh Council of the League of Nations Union), Cardiff, 1921 (a meeting to be held [in Denbigh], the possibility of a canvassing campaign to enrol members), [the Reverend] Daniel Davies, The Rectory, Denbigh, [19]06 (informing recipient that the Rev[erend] John Williams was curate of Denbigh in 1788), [the Reverend] D[ avid] Davies, Llangwm Vicarage, Corwen, [1]905 (a record of the burial of Dorothy Ffoulkes, 1742, and of Tho[ma]s Ffoulkes, 1744, in the Llangwm registers), [the Reverend] David Davies, The Rectory, Trawsfynydd, 1905-1906 ( 2) (searches in the Trawsfynydd registers, an extract re the burial of the Reverend John Pryse, ob. 1809 [curate of the parish]), [the Reverend] D[avid] W[illiam] Davies [vicar of Cilcennin with Llanbadarn Trefeglwys], [19]07 (an extract from the Llanbadarn parish register, recording the burial of the Rev[erend] Timothy Evans, ob. 1837, vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] E[dward] J[ames] Davies, Nantglyn Rectory, Denbigh, 1906 (information concerning the Rev[erend] Rice Pughe, vicar of Nantglyn, 1788- 1806), [the Reverend] E[dward] O[wen] Davies, Bangor, 1927 (advice to recipient on certain [Calvinistic Methodist] denominational matters), Ellis W[illiam] Davies [M.P. for the Eifion division of co. Caernarvon, 1906-1918, and for Denbigh, 1923-1929], House of Commons, 1924 (congratulations to recipient on receiving the degree [of M.A. of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] J[enkin] Davies, Llanfair Rectory, Harlech, [19]06 (the writer's inability to trace the name of a Reverend R[ichar]d Morgan as incumbent of the parish), John Davies, Abergavenny, 1908 (a visit by the writer, in 1884, to ?George Thomas, then of Brynmawr, who claimed to be a nephew of [the Reverend Thomas] Charles of Bala, Thomas's story that his elder brother, Charles, had been sent to Cheshunt College by his uncle, and that he had subsequently been ordained at Dursley, the writer's inference that this was the Charles Thomas who had been a minister at North Nibley, near Dursley [see letter from Frances M. Daniell above], the writer's conversations with 'old people who listened to Thomas Richards preaching [the Reverend Thomas] Charle's Funeral Sermon at Crickhowell'), J[ohn] Glyn Davies (University of Liverpool), Denbigh, [19]28 (enquiries concerning a house in Denbigh), [the Reverend] John H[enry] Davies, St. Mary's Vicarage, H[averford] West, 1904 (the writer's inability to find any information about John Charles), J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [registrar, and later principal, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], Aberystwyth and Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, 1905-1906 (3) (a note on some of the descendants of [the Reverend] Peter Williams [1723-1796, Methodist cleric], an inspection of books ? with a view to purchase by the college, a suggestion that a bust of Robert Roberts be placed in the National Library 'when it comes into existence', lack of further information about Tho[ma]s Charles and Marg[are]t Williams), [the Reverend] Joseph Davies, Goytre Rectory, Abergavenny, 1906 (2) (information concerning the Rev[erend] Joshua Davies (ob. 1820), one time curate in the parish of Goytre, and later vicar of Dingestow), L[eonard] Twiston Davies, Rockfield Park, Monmouth, [19]34 (a reply to recipient's query concerning John Davies, Maes y Groes, near Cilcain), R. Davies (town clerk), Denbigh, 1928-1932 (2) (the editing of the Official Guide to Denbigh, 1928, the town council's official congratulations to recipient on his receiving the degree of D. Litt., [of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] F[rederick] W[yldbore] Wingfield Digby, The Vicarage, Charlton Horethorne, 1906 (enclosing a copy of a memorial inscription to [the Reverend] John Taylour (ob. 1785), a former vicar of the parish), and F. J. Dryhurst, Woking and [London], 1925-1929 (12) (genealogical research relating to the Dryhurst family in North Wales) (included with one of the letters is a typescript copy of a letter seeking information concerning the Dryhurst family, written by D. E. Jenkins (with suggested amendments by F. J. Dryhurst), for insertion in the Western Mail).

Thirty-seven letters, etc., from Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Llanuwchllyn, [19]27 (a meeting of the Welsh History Group of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, in connection with the proposed Bibliography [of the History of Wales (Cardiff, 1931)]), [the Reverend] R[ichard] Meredith] Edwards, Ysbytty Vicarage, Bettws y Coed, [19]06 (a reply to recipient's query concerning the Rev[erend] Evan Hughes, minister of Ysbytty, circa 1781-1783, with tracings of his signature [from the parish register]), T. H. Elliott (deputy master and comptroller), Royal Mint, London, 1914 (2) (a request by recipient to be allowed to inspect records at the Mint), [the Reverend] D[avid] D[avies] Evans, Llangunnor Vicarage, 1906 (searches in the parish registers for Bowen and Charles entries, 1810- 1820), Henry Evans, Caerfarchell, Solva, 1907 (a copy of the memorial inscription on the tombstone of William Williams of Llandigige, parish of St. Davids (ob. 1835), and of his son John Williams (ob. 1866), both buried at St. Davids, remarks on John Williams, an offer to recipient of a copy of Thomas Jones's work on Mr. Charles [Cofiant neu Hanes Bywyd a Marwolaeth y Parch. Thomas Charles . . . wedi ei gyfieithu a'i gasglu gan y Parchedig Thomas Jones . . . (Bala, 1816)]), [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[wen] Evans, Nevern Vicarage, 1906 (searches in the parish registers for entries relating to members of the Bowen family of Llwyngwair), Richard Evans, Maestryfar, Bontddu [co. Merioneth], 1905 (2) (a reply to recipient's queries concerning John Evans [paternal grandfather of Sarah, wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], and Maestryfar farm, parish of Llanelltyd, home of the said John Evans, reference to the Clogau gold mine in the vicinity), W. R. Evans (clerk of the peace, co. Denbigh), Ruthin, 1918 (a testimonial for recipient), Owen Ffowc, Bettws, Abergele, 1911 (the financial difficulties of the [Calvinistic Methodist] church at Llysfaen in the Abergele district), the Rev[erend] S[amuel] E[dward] V[alpy] Filleul, All Saints Rectory, Dorchester, undated (a reply to queries regarding persons bearing the surnames Rowe and Hine), [the Reverend] W[illiam] H[enry] Fletcher, The Vicarage, Wrexham, undated (the marriage of Marian Jones of Wrexham and Thomas Rice Charles, 1806) Idris Ll[ewelyn] Foster, The University of Liverpool, 1937 (returning an unspecified work ? submitted by recipient for comment), [the Reverend] C[hristopher] W[illiam] Fullmer, Clifton Reynes Rectory, Newport Pagnell, [19]06 (information concerning the Rev[erend] Thomas Jones, curate of the parish of Clifton, circa 1772- 1792, who, in 1768, had been expelled from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and later had been befriended by Lady Huntingdon), I. E. Gibbon, Whitehall [London], 1914 (facilities for recipient to examine records at the Mint), [the Reverend] A[lfred] J[ohn] M[organ] Green, Halkyn Rectory, near Holywell, 1906 (a record of the burial of David Ellis of Halkyn, 1799), Francis Green, St. Davids, 1914 (a request for copies of vols. I and II of West Wales Historical Records), O. Gwilym Griffith, Peniel, Dinbych, 1911 (an effort to be made by Saron [Calvinistic Methodist] church, Denbigh, to collect £60), [the Reverend] D[aniel] Griffiths, Llangranog Rectory, 1906 (an extract from the parish register recording the marriage of Brigetta Dorothea Price of Llangranog, and the Rev[eren]d Simon Lloyd of the parish of Llanykil, co. Merioneth, 1789), [the Reverend] J[ames] O[wen] Hannay, The Rectory, Westport, co. Mayo, [19]05 (information concerning [the Reverend Thomas] Grace, rector of Aughaval (Westport), circa 1800-1838), [the Reverend] Thomas Harries, Llanwonno Vicarage, 1907 (entries in the Llanwonno register relating to John Williams, baptised 1783, buried 1864), David R[obert] Harris (principal), Normal College, Bangor, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post, comments on the teaching of geography), C[harles] H[arold] Herford (professor of English at Manchester University, and previously at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), Manchester, [19]15 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[ldham] Hichens, Guilsborough, Northampton, [19]06 (2) (an extract from the Guilsborough register, and further information concerning the Rev[erend] Thomas Sikes, vicar of the parish, ob. 1834), [the Reverend] J[ohn] St. Clere Hick, Christ Church Vic[arage], Macclesfield, [19]06 (the date of death of Charles Roe, ob. 1781 [who had been responsible for building Christ Church]), [the Reverend] A[ndrew Albert] V[ictor] Hogg, St. Mary's Rectory, Gowran, co. Kilkenny, [19]07 (a reply to a query concerning [the Reverend] Mr. [Robert] Shaw, vicar of St. John's, Kilkenny, in the early 19th century), [the Reverend] Henry Hughes [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Llangybi Station, Chwilog, [19]06 (a request for a loan of 'llyfr Hughes Llanuwchlyn ar Mr. Charles' [the Reverend William Hughes (ed.) : Life and Letters of the Rev. Thos. Charles, B.A., of Bala (Rhyl, 1881)], in order to consult parts of the 'Welsh Looking Glass' [the Reverend Thomas Jones: The Welsh Looking Glass, or Thoughts on the State of Religion in North Wales (London, 1812)], which appeared therein, recipient's work on Thomas Charles, drawing recipient's attention to Charles correspondence published [under the title 'Gohebiaeth y Parchedig Thomas Charles, B.A., o'r Bala'] in Y Traethodydd, 1899, two contemporary letters [relating to the ordination debate amongst the Calvinistic Methodists, 1809-1810], published by the writer in Y Drysorfa, 1894), [the Reverend] H[ugh] O. Hughes [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Henllan [co. Denbigh], 1910-1911 (2) (financial matters relating to the church at Henllan), the Rev[erend] J. E. Hughes (North Wales District Secretary, The Religious Tract Society), Carnarvon, 1910 (a proposal to produce a Welsh text-book for the study of the Bible in schools and colleges), M. Hughes, ?Cardigan, [19]02 (thanking recipient for his book on Beddgelert), T. R. Hughes (headmaster of Houldsworth School), Reddish, Stockport, [19]35 (personal, the writer's impressions of the school, visits to the Manchester Central Reference Library), and Fred G. Humphreys, Carmarthen, 1904-1906 (2) (searches in the diocesan records in the St. David' s Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen).

Thirty-eight letters, etc., from W. R. Taylor, Chester, [19]03 (drawing recipient's attention to information re Tho[ma]s Charles in [Edwin] Paxton Hood: Christmas Evans [the preacher of Wild Wales]), A. B. Thomas (chief clerk), Probate Registry, Llandaff, 1907 (the will of the Rev[eren]d Hezekiah Jones, curate of St. Bride's, etc., ob. 1833), Professor John Owen Thomas, The Theological College, Bala, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post in Denbigh), Oswald Thomas, Education Offices, Ruthin, 1930 (points relating to recipient's pension and superannuation), R. H. Thomas, Llansannan, 1914 (railings around a statue to Ed. Parry), William Thomas (secretary of Pembroke Terrace [Welsh Calvinistic Methodist] Church), Cardiff, 1925 (a preaching engagement for recipient), W[illia]m G. S. Thomas, Carmarthen, 1905 (a reply to recipient's queries re members of the Reynolds and Bowen families), A. E. Thompson, Llanrhaiadr, near Denbigh, [19]29 (permission for recipient to fish in the writer's portion of the river), [the Reverend] A[rthur] H[uxley] Thompson, Ide Vicarage, Exeter, 1907 (members of the Holmes family ? buried in Ide churchyard), Udea Onslow Thompson, Cheltenham, 1915 (3) (thanks for recipient's book on Bedd Gelert, news of family and friends), G. Herbert Thring (secretary of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights, and Composers), London, 1915-1925 (9) ( recipient's life membership, legal points raised by recipient concerning contracts, libel, copyright, etc.), Emily S. Walker, Chester and [London], 1905 and undated (2) (personal, the writer's reading of W[illiam] Canton: History of the [British and Foreign] Bible Society, enquiries about recipient's book [on Thomas Charles]), the Rev[erend] Leonard G. Webb (district secretary of the Religious Tract Society), Birmingham, 1928 (3) (arrangements for a meeting to be held in Denbigh), [the Reverend] D[avid] Williams, Llanynys Vicarage, 1907 (the dates of death and burial of the Rev[erend] Richard Jones, vicar of Llanynys, ob. 1825), [the Reverend] Evan Williams, Nantcwnlle Vicarage, 1906-1907 (2) (the date of death, and a tracing of the signature of, the Rev[erend] John Hughes, ? curate of Nantcwnlle, ob. 1813), [Professor] Hugh Williams, The Theological College, Bala, 1903-1905 (2) (an extract from a family Bible recording the marriage of Robert Saunderson and Rebeccah Thomas, niece of Tho[ma]s Charles, in Llanycil parish church, 1806, the presence of Tho[ma]s Charles and his son, Tho[ma]s Rice Charles, at the wedding, searches, on behalf of recipient, in the parish registers [of Llanycil]) (enclosed with the first letter is a copy of a fragment of a letter [from the Reverend John Yale, rector of Llandegla and Bryn Eglwys, to the Reverend Simon Lloyd, curate of the said parishes], 1783, requesting the recipient not to officiate any longer in his curacies owing to his connection with the Methodist movement), [the Reverend] Hugh [Esau] Williams, Stanford Bishop Vicarage, Bringsty, 1907 (searches in the Stanford parish registers on behalf of recipient), [the Reverend] John Williams, Llanwddyn Vicarage, [19]05 (the possibility that [Thomas] Charles may have assisted the curate of Llanwddyn, a request for a copy of recipient's book on Bedd Gelert, a visit to Beddgelert, references to 'Llythyr Adda Jones' in Baner [ac Amserau Cymru], March 1869), [the Reverend] W[illiam] Williams, Jeffreyston Rectory, 1906 (2) (searches in the parish register on behalf of recipient), Cha[rle]s Wooldridge (district registrar), Winchester, 1906 (an unavailing search for the will of the Rev[eren]d E[dward] Phillips [? vicar of East Tytherley, Hants., 1802-1851] in the records for the years 1851-1853), and [the Reverend] D[avid] Worthington, Llangeitho Rectory, 1906 (2) (information relating to the Rev[erend] John Hughes, vicar of Llanddeiniol and Nantcwnlle, circa 1811, an extract from the Llangeitho parish register recording the burial of Daniel Jenkins [son-in-law of the Reverend Daniel Rowland], 1815).

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).

Forty-four holograph letters, 1842-1855 and undated, from [the Reverend] Edw[ ar]d Morgan [vicar of Syston, 1814-1869, and of Ratcliffe on the Wreak, 1818- 1867, both in co. Leicester], from Aberffraw (I), Bangor (I), Cheltenham (I), Pyle [co. Glamorgan] (I), and Syston. The names of the addressees are not ascertainable but the contents of the letters indicate that the majority were written to one person, possibly Thomas Jones of Chester, the recipient of the letters in NLW MS 12757C. Several of the letters contain advice to recipient with regard to preparatory studies, initial steps to be taken, etc., in connection with a desire he had expressed of offering himself as a candidate for Holy Orders. The college at St. Bees, the school at Cowbridge, the Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool, and St. David's College, Lampeter, are mentioned in this context. There are also numerous references to the biographies or selections of the letters of the Calvinistic Methodist clerics or ministers [Thomas] Charles, [John] Elias, Howell Harris, [David] Jones, Llangan, [Daniel] Rowland, and W[illia]m Williams, Pantycelyn, which the writer was preparing for publication or had already published. The letters also refer to correspondence of [the Reverend] Jo[hn] Humphreys [C.M. minister] in the writer's possession, the need to tell Mr. H. Griffith to proceed with a Welsh memoir of [John] Elias, the death of recipient's father, the possibility of recipient writing a memoir of his father and of the aforementioned [John] Humphreys, the writer's willingness to help recipient with his 'intended Periodical', Thomas Parry's account [Cofiant] of [the Reverend John] Davies [C.M. minister] of Nantglyn, contacting the Reverend E. Evans [? Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd')], 'Jones the poet at Mold' [? the Reverend Thomas Jones ('Glan Alun')], and the Reverend W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog'], with regard to William Williams, Pantycelyn, an attack on the writer's edition of the letters of [John] Elias ? by [William Williams] 'Caledfrin' (sic) in the Carnarvon Herald, a seminary for young ladies kept in Chester by Mrs. Williams 'wife of a preacher there', a subscription due from Chancellor [Henry] Raikes of Chester [Cathedral] for a copy of the biography of Howel Harris, and an article on the Reverend S[imon] Lloyd [ Methodist cleric] which the writer was preparing.

Five holograph letters from Daniel Jones from Flint and Wrexham, to Mrs. Jones, 1841 (personal, religious reflections, the writer and [John Phillips] 'Tegidon' had read and copied 'Ychydig hanes y Parch. T. Jones ' [? the Reverend Thomas Jones of Denbigh], 'Tegidon' would like to see the works of Charles [the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala] and ' Jones o Ddinbych' [the aforementioned Reverend Thomas Jones] republished in parts to appear every two months), his wife and family, 1842-1844 (2) ( personal), and [Mr. Parry], 1845 (2) (personal, arranging preaching engagements for recipient, religious sentiments).

Extracts, 1797-1805, from the diaries [of Miss Mary Stringer of Chester] relating to sermons preached by Mr. [Thomas] Charles and others at Boughton, near Chester, the death and burial (July 1800) of the Reverend P[hilip] Oliver, minister at Boughton, 1793-1800, personal and family activities, etc.

Typewritten copies of letters from the Reverend Tho[ma]s Jones (Calvinistic Methodist minister), Denbigh, to Joseph Tarn (assistant secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society), Spa Fields, London, 1813-1815 (5 + 2 by inference) (local branches of the Bible Society in Denbighshire, the supplying of Bibles and Testaments by the parent Society, problems relating to the price of Bibles, a proposed memoir of the Reverend [Thomas] Charles in English, the writer's progress with his 'Life' of Thomas Charles in Welsh [Cofiant neu Hanes Bywyd a Marwolaeth y Parch. Thomas Charles . . . wedi ei gyfieithu a'i gasglu gan y Parchedig Thomas Jones . . . (Bala, 1816)]); an obituary article on the Reverend Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Carmarthen, extracted from Yr Efangylydd . . ., 1831, tt. 133-7; a letter from E[van] Evans from Shacklewell [London], to the aforementioned J[oseph] Tarn, London, 1814 (the establishing of local branches [of the Bible Society] in different parts of London, the illness of Mr. [Thomas] Charles, the writer' s experience of stereotype printing, his application to go to Russia with an acquaintance named Alexander Smith, under the patronage of the Bible Society, to set up a stereotype printing office); and a letter from John Roberts [Calvinistic Methodist preacher] from London, to his son Michael Roberts [also C.M. preacher] in Liverpool, 1803 (the writer's visit to London, matters relating to C.M. churches in London).

Typewritten copies of sixteen letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Machynlleth, Milbourne Port, Oxford, Spa Fields Chapel [London], and Turk dean, near Northleach, including (a) nine letters to the Reverend Edward Griffin at Little Horwood, near Winslow, and Worcester, 1776-1788 and undated, and (b) seven letters, 1804-1812 and undated, one of which is addressed to S. Ralph, and all of which, according to D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . ., in which they have been published (see index, s.n. Ralph, Simon), were written to Simon Ralph of Seaton (Saighton, Seighton), near Chester. The seven letters of this second section deal mainly with matters relating to the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton.