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Twenty-seven letters, etc., from [the Reverend] E[dward] W[ilcocks] Raby, The Rectory, Jacobstow, near Bude, 1906 (information concerning the Reverend] W[illia]m Williams, curate of St. Gennys [co. Cornwall], in 1796), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Lambert Rees, Llandowror (sic) Rectory, 1906 (a copy of the inscription on the tomb of the Rev[eren]d John Davies, minister of the Gospel at Bank-y-felin, ob. 1821, and of his wife, Barbara, ob. 1841), the Rev[erend] Bernard Reynolds, The Rectory, Queen Street, E.C., 1905 (a portrait of the Rev[erend] Watts Wilkinson [ob. 1840]), C. Morgan Richardson, Cardigan, 1907 ([Madam] Bevan's Charity), A. Foulkes-Roberts, Denbigh and Goring-on-Thames, 1913-1935 (3) (legal matters, genealogical data relating to the writer's ancestors), A. Humphreys Roberts, Manchester, 1920 (books sent to recipient), Ella [ ] Foulkes Roberts, Denbigh, 1926 (a proposal that [Denbigh] County School would buy a set of the Dictionary of National Biography from the library of the writer's father, an offer for the set made by Mr. [aft. Sir John] Ballinger [Librarian of the National Library of Wales]), Evan E. Roberts (clerk to the governors), The County School, Denbigh, 1928 (conveying the school governors' sympathy to recipient on his illness), Mary Roberts, Llangynog Rectory, Oswestry, 1905 (the inscription on the tombstone of the Rev[eren]d Evan Griffiths, rector of Llangynog, ob. 1813, and of his wife Elizabeth, ob. 1806), the Rev[erend] S. Nowell-Rostron (joint secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society), London, 1919 (the resolution of the Society's General Committee to invite recipient to become an Honorary Governor of the Society for life), [the Reverend] John Rowlands, The Vicarage, Aberdovey, 1904 (enquiries by recipient concerning the letters, etc., of the Rev[erend] Tho[ma]s Jones), E. A. Saunderson, Dublin, undated (3) (the writer's ancestors), [the Reverend] S[amuel] Cooper Scott, St. John's Rectory, Chester, 1906 (a proposed visit by recipient to examine the St. John's registers), [the Reverend] W[illiam] J[ohn] L[immer] Sheppard, St. Peter's Vic[arage], Ipswich, [19]08 (the memorial inscription on the tomb of the Rev[erend] Edward Griffin, rector of the parish of St. Stephen's, Ipswich, ob. 1833, and of his wife, Elizabeth, also ob. 1833), [the Reverend] Spencer E[dward] Simms, Charmouth Rectory, Dorset, 1906 (a negative reply to a query relating to William Daw, M.D.), F[rancis] D[anvers] Sladen, British Museum, London, 1924 (3) (material recipient wished to consult in the British Museum), [Professor] W[illiam] B[arron] Stevenson, The Theological College, Bala, [19]01 (the revision by the writer of an unspecified MS. work), [the Reverend] H[enry] H[olmes] Stewart, The Rectory, Barry, undated (information relating to [the Reverend] Hezekiah Jones, curate of the parish of Porthkerry [late 18th century]), George Stinchcombe, Bristol, 1911 (2) (the writer's desire to prove his reputed descent from [Thomas] Charles in the belief that this would strengthen his application for a post he was desirous of obtaining, his need to contact Mr. Lloyd George in connection with his application), and A. J. Sylvester, Westminster, London, 1929 (apologising, on behalf of Mr. Lloyd George, for his having mislaid a thesis belonging to recipient).

Thirty-four letters, etc., from [the Reverend] J[ames] Spinther James [Baptist minister and historian], Llandudno, 1906 (3) (information concerning [the Reverend] David Jones [Baptist minister], ob. 1792, his wife Hannah, and his connection with [the Reverend] P[eter] W[illiams, Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and the publication of the 'Beibl bach' [a Welsh edition of the 'Little Bible' of John Canne] in 1790, biographical notes on Lewis Richards of Llanbadarnfawr [co. ], who emigrated to America, and became co-founder and pastor of a Baptist church in Baltimore, 1785), [the Reverend] J[ohn] D[aniel] James, Cadoxton Vicarage, Neath, 1906 (a record of the burial at Cadoxton in 1820 of the Rev[erend] W[illia]m Williams, vicar of the parish, 1814-1820), R[obert] T[homas] Jenkins [head of the Department (aft. professor) of Welsh History], University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1936 (information required by the writer concerning the connection between [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and Pibwr [Lwyd, co. Carmarthen], and concerning a supposed biography of [the Reverend] William Williams [ob. 1820, curate of St. Gennys, Cornwall, in the late 18th century], the writer's work on the Moravians in North Wales [The Moravian Brethren in North Wales, being vol. XLV of Y Cymmrodor, 1938]), Catherine Jones, Aberdovey, [19]03 (2) (information concerning the descendants of Jane Thomas of Lower Court Farm [parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, co. Carmarthen], sister of the Reverend Thomas Charles), Charles W. F. Jones [London] and Ipswich, 1907 (2) ( information concerning the Rev[erend] Hezekiah Jones [ob. 1833], the writer's grandfather), [the Reverend] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Rhuddlan, 1911 (financial matters relating to the writer's church at Rhuddlan), E. Clwyd Jones, Rhyl, [19]26 (matters relating to recipient's superannuation benefit), [the Reverend] Edward Jones, Llangynhafal Rectory, 1906 (the date of burial of the Rev[erend] David Hughes (ob. 1817), one time rector of Llangynhafal), Eirene [Lloyd Jones, later White], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Thanet, [19]25 (the writer's illness, books read during her illness, her opinion that 'Winston [Churchill] can write magnificently', the illness of [her brother] Elphin, the start made by her father [Dr. Thomas Jones, C. H. See below] on 'his history of Wales during the war', an invitation to her father to write 4000 words on Ll[oyd] G[eorge] in the Encyclopaedia Britannica), Eirene T[heodora] Jones [mother of the previous correspondent], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Westminster, and Gregynog (Newtown), [19]33 (3) (the illness of the writer's husband [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H. See below] and his stay at Ruthin Castle, their daughter Eirene's travels in the United States of America and Canada, their son Tristan's activities at Balliol [College], Oxford, a meeting of the trustees of the Elphin Memorial Scholarship, a visit by Thomas Jones to Bargoed to see the newly formed occupational centre for the unemployed, the Pilgrim Trust and its connection with the Nat[iona]l Council of Social Service, the undertaking by [Sir] Percy Watkins [Secretary, Welsh Department of the National Council of Social Service, 1933-1938] of visits to the unemployment areas previously undertaken by Thomas Jones, the appointment of new controllers of the Gregynog Press, plans for temporary expansion at Coleg Harlech to accommodate 30 to 40 additional students from amongst the unemployed to be trained as leaders of occupational centres), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones, Llandegla Rectory, Mold, 1905 (2) (a note on [the Reverend] Simon Lloyd, curate of Llandegla, 1783-1788), John Jones, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1930 (the illness of the writer's niece), the Rev[erend] J[ohn] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Gellifor, Ruthin, 1913 (2) (plans ? in connection with church buildings), Kitty Idwal Jones, Swansea, undated (personal, the disappearance of the literary MSS. of [the Reverend] Thomas Jones [1756- 1820, Calvinistic Methodist minister]), [the Reverend] M[organ] H[ugh] Jones, Trevecca College, Talgarth, 1907 (enclosing a copy of a letter from [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric], from Caerfyrddyn, to Messures Roberts, Moses, & Co., Trevecca, 1789, relating to the proofs, etc. [of the edition of the Bible which the writer was preparing in conjunction with the Reverend David Jones. See letter from the Reverend James Spinther James above]) (the original Peter Williams letter is now Trevecka Letter 2760 amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales), the Rev[erend] Richard E. Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Porthcawl, [19]25 (attempts to build up a Sunday School library in the writer's church at Clydach, near Swansea, the possibility of help from the Rebecca Hussey charity, congratulations to recipient on his great biography [of the Reverend Thomas Charles]), T. Griffith Jones, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[gomery], 1916 (a query the writer had received concerning the diary of Richard Tibbott [1719-1798, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and Congregational minister], which he had sold to recipient), Tom Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H., Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, 1916- 1930, Secretary of the Pilgrim Trust, 1930-1945], London, 1924-1932 (4) (personal, family news, an offer to recipient of a grant from the Civil List, the distinction [degree of D.Litt.] which the University of Liverpool was about to confer upon recipient in 1932), Tom and Eirene T. Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, as in the four preceding letters, and his wife], [London] and Sandwich, 1928-1929 (2) (personal), and W[illiam] Garmon Jones, [associate professor of History and] librarian, The University of Liverpool, 1932 (3) (recipient's application to be admitted to the degree of DLitt. of the University).