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A. Stanley Davies Manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSSTANLEYD
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  • 1825-1938

Manuscripts and papers, 1825-1938, of or collected by A. Stanley Davies, consisting mainly of correspondence addressed to Abraham Howell, solicitor, of Welshpool, by members of his family, including his cousin Samuel Roberts (S.R.); together with other correspondence and papers of the Howell family, and letters addressed to Arthur Stanley Davies. The majority of the material is of Montgomeryshire interest.

Davies, A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley), 1889-1951

Abraham Howell correspondence, etc.,

Holograph letters from Abr[aha]m Howell, Welshpool, to Messrs. Edye and Jefferson, solicitors, Montgomery, 1836 (the writer's defence in respect of a charge intended to be brought against him by the parish of Montgomery ), John Jones, clerk to Messrs. Edye and Jefferson, Montgomery, 1836 (the charge referred to in the preceding letter) (copy), and the Rev[eren]d David Morgan [Calvinistic Methodist minister at Welshpool], 1836 (2) (the writer's intention of relinquishing his membership of the Welsh [Calvinistic Methodist] church in Welshpool and of joining the English Independents, partly for reasons connected with the charges mentioned in the preceding letters) (copies); holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at W[elsh] Pool, by J. ?Y. Jefferson, Montgomery, 1836 (the writer's belief in the recipient's innocence in respect of the charge the parish [of Montgomery] had intended bringing against him), and John Jones, Montgomery, 1836 (2) (the charge mentioned in the preceding letter); and a statement [by the aforementioned Abraham Howell] outlining his personal religious history, and tracing the development of his religious views in the direction of those held by the Independents (with a footnote stating ' Read by Mr. Morgan at preparation meeting Friday night, Nov[ember] 18th 1836') (draft copy).

Abraham Howell and others.

Accounts,

An account book containing a draft statement of [Abraham Howell's] account with [his employer] Joseph Jones [solicitor, Machynlleth], October-December 1831.

Abraham Howell.

Accounts,

Account books containing draft statements of Abraham Howell's accounts with [his employers] Messrs. [Hugh] Owen and [Joseph] Jones [solicitors, Machynlleth], 1829-1832. The partnership between Messrs. Owen and Jones was dissolved in September 1831, but payments and receipts by Abraham Howell on behalf of the firm until June 1832 are recorded.

Abraham Howell.

Accounts,

A note-book containing 'An Account of Money expended in the Repairs of the Embankments, Bridges, Sluices, Brooks, drains, &c., in the Manors [of] Streetmarshal (Ystrad Marchell), Tlrymynech, and Deyther [co. Montgomery], by John Jones, Surveyor', 1823-1825, with an attested statement, 25 Nov[ember] 1825, by David Pugh, esq., of Llanerchydol, one of the Justices of the Peace for co. Montgomery, that he had examined the said John Jones in respect of the sums expended, and allowed the account. At the reverse end of the volume is a 'Schedule of Debts of the late Mr. John Jones of Pool Quay in the Parish of Guildsfield [co. Montgomery]. Died Feb[ruar]y 26 1850'.

Articles of clerkship,

Articles of clerkship, 23 June 1836, whereby Abraham Howell of Welshpool became bound [as an articled] clerk to Joseph Jones of Welshpool, attorney of the Court of King's Bench and solicitor in the Court of Chancery, and undertook to serve the said Joseph Jones and his partner, Richard Griffithes, for a term of five years (copy, subsequently used as a rough draft when D[avi]d Howell [brother of Abraham Howell] became articled to H[ugh] D[avies] of Mach[ynlle]th in 1840); and an agreement, also 23 June 1836, whereby the said Abraham Howell agreed to serve the aforementioned Joseph Jones and Richard Griffithes for a further period of two years, after the expiration of the five year term stipulated in his articles of clerkship (copy).

Abraham Howell, Messrs Griffithes and Jones.

Correspondence,

A transcript of the following correspondence: five letters exchanged between Geo[rge] Meares, Dollys [near Llanidloes], and Thomas Edmund Marsh, Llanidloes, 1844-1845, relating to Mr. Meares's inability to support Mr. Marsh [in an election] owing to a prior promise to Mr. Slyman, and the canvassing of Mr. Meares's tenants on behalf of Mr. Slyman in the said contest; and a letter from Thomas Edmund Marsh to Geo[rge] Meares, 1845, and five letters exchanged between Thomas Edmund Marsh and the Rev[eren]d J. A. Herbert, Glanhafren, Newtown, 1845, concerning the attempted removal of Mr. Marsh from the office of clerk to the magistrates acting for the upper division of the hundred of Llanidloes, and differences about the calling of meetings of the said magistrates. Supplementary notes relating to the incidents referred to in the letters have been inserted. The whole transcript is possibly in the hand of D[avi]d Davies, clerk to the aforesaid Mr. Marsh.

David Davies.

Fox hunting in Montgomeryshire,

Correspondence (nineteen letters) and notes, November-December 1840, relating to proposals for establishing fox hunting in co. Montgomery. The correspondence includes letters from J. Robinson Jones, Welshpool, to R[ichar]d Griffiths Parry, W[elsh] Pool (soliciting recipient's company at a meeting to be held at Welshpool, 9 November, to consider proposals relating to fox hunting in the county) (autograph), and [Edward Herbert, 7th earl of] Powis (enclosing a copy of the resolutions passed at the aforementioned meeting held 9 November, viz., that a subscription be 'set on foot in aid of the intended establishment of The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds', that a committee be formed in connection therewith, that the committee should solicit the support of the earl of Powis and other landed proprietors in the county, that John Buckley Williams be appointed master of the fox hounds, that Tho[ma]s Bowen and Alfred Meredith be treasurer and secretary respectively, etc.) (holograph draft); a letter from John Vaughan, Crosswood, to J. Robinson Jones, Welsh Pool (an offer by the writer to lend his hounds to the gentlemen of the county for the remainder of the season) (holograph); a copy of a circular letter addressed by the aforesaid Alfred Meredith (as secretary), from Welch-Pool [to landed proprietors in the county] (informing recipients of the meeting held 9 November, soliciting subscriptions, requesting permission to draw recipients' coverts); and fifteen holograph letters, eight of which are addressed to Alfred Meredith, and the remainder of which were also, by inference, intended for him, from Fra[nci]s Allen, Pool, P. Devereux, Llanfair, Tho[ma]s Edgworth, Wrexham (on behalf of the Rev[eren]d N. Roberts, Cefn Park, near Wrexham), John Edmunds, Edderton, the Rev[erend] G[eorge] A[rthur] Evors, Newtown, J[ohn] R[alph] Ormsby Gore [aft. 1st baron Harlech], Porkington, the Rev[eren]d J[ohn] A[rthur] Herbert, Glan Hafren, Rob[ert] Lightbody, Pant, R[obert] M[aurice] Bonnor Maurice, Preston, Cirencester, W[illia]m Morris, Pentre pant, R[ichard] H[erbert] Mytton, The Derwin, J. M. Severne, Wallop Hall (2), Sir R[obert] W [illiames] Vaughan [2nd bart. of] Nannau, and J. B. Williames, Pennant (replies to the circular sent out by recipient). The notes, dated ?26 December 1840, are in the hand of the earl of Powis, and give the substance of a conversation between the writer and representatives of the hunt committee, concerning the drawing of coverts on the Powis estate.

Howell family correspondence,

Forty-one holograph and autograph letters, copies of letters, and telegrams, exchanged between the brothers Abram [sic], David, and Evan Howell, including letters from A[bram] Howell to David Howell, 1885 (5) (financial matters involving the writer, the recipient, and their brother Evan) (carbon copies), and Evan Howell, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1888 (5) (financial matters) (carbon copies); from D[avid] Howell, Aberdovey and Llandrindod, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 (7) (financial matters, their brother Evan's business affairs, mention of colliery shares and of Barry docks), and Evan Howell, 1885 (2) (recipient's business affairs) (carbon copies); and from Evan Howell, London, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 and undated (20 + 2 telegrams) (financial matters in connection with the writer's silk manufacturing business in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, comments on the state of the trade, mention of the 'good trade dying out by mere freak of fashion', and of 'the Spitalfields weavers 30,000 of them dying out or gone to the work-house').

Howell family.

Howell family correspondence,

Fifty-four holograph and ?autograph letters, 1836-1897 and undated, to or from members of the Howell family including: (a) Forty holograph letters to Abraham Howell, Welshpool, from Jane Bebb, W[elsh] Pool, 1836 (personal) (endorsed with comments by recipient), Henry T[obit] Evans (of Neuadd - Llanarth, Aberayron, co. Cardigan), London, 1887 (reminding recipient that they had met at S[amuel] R[oberts]'s funeral and discussed the possibility of obtaining a 'government annuity for Miss Roberts' [?Margaret Roberts, niece of Samuel Roberts], and suggesting that a memorial be sent to the authorities in connection therewith), David Howell [recipient's brother], Machynlleth, Aberdovey, and Wolverhampton, [?1839]-1885 and undated (21) (personal and family matters including the illness of [their brother] Samuel, legal matters, financial affairs especially in connection with [their brother] Evan, colliery shares, Llanfair Railway (1876), the Barry Dock and Railway Co[mpany] (1885), the death of Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn, 6th bart. of Wynnstay] in 1885), Edw[ar]d Howell, recipient's brother, Chertsey, 1852 (plans for building cottages, and financial arrangements in connection therewith), Evan Howell [recipient's brother], St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1874-1883 (9) (the writer's activities as a manufacturer of silk and satin in London, financial matters in connection with the business, complaints about the 'dying away of the silk trade' and the ruin of 'all Silk Manufacturers in Spitalfields', a biographical note on [?the writer's deceased brother] William extracted from 'a little book called Dryorfa [sic] for June 1828', mention of the Welsh school [in London]), [Mary Howell], recipient's wife, undated (2) (personal and family matters), Mary [Jones, later Howell, recipient's wife], undated (3) (personal), R. Owen, Gelly, [18]39 (business matters), and Samuel Roberts ['S.R.'], Llanbrynmair, 1838 (a request to recipient to send on [copies of] the Patriot to the writer and his brother John). (b) Seven holograph and autograph letters (1 draft + 6 carbon copies) from Abraham Howell from Welchpool, to Mr. Benbow, Aberhavesp, Newtown, 1848 (financial matters), Henry T[obit] Evans, J.P., Neuadd-Llanarth, Aberayron, 1887 (the writer's political opinions, conjectures as to the opinions of S[amuel] R[oberts] and J[ohn] R[oberts] had they been alive, Cardiganshire's rejection of Mr. [David] Davies [of Llandinam] [at the parliamentary election for the county seat in 1886] because he would not follow Gladstone 'however often his views changed', the writer's response to the recipient's previous letter concerning a memorial [see section (a) above]), Edward Howell [the writer's brother], officer of excise, Chertsey, Surrey, 1852 (advice in respect of investing in house property), [Elinor and William Howell], the writer's parents [Llanbryn-mair], 1836 (financial matters) (one sheet barely legible), Lewis Jones, the writer's uncle, Castle Forgate, Salop, 1836 (the acceptance by Messrs. Griffithes and Jones [solicitors of Welshpool] of the writer as an articled clerk, his need of £130 to meet the expenses in connection therewith, the writer's financial account with recipient, and a request for a loan), Tho[ma]s Penson, 1837 (acknowledging the news of the appointment of the writer's brother [Edward Howell] to a post in the Oswestry excise district, thanking the recipient for the part he had played in securing the said appointment, and requesting him to convey the writer's thanks to Sir John Conroy for his help), and Sam[ue]l Roberts ['S.R.'], 1847 (financial and legal). (c) Seven miscellaneous holograph letters: David Howell, Llanbrynmair, to Mr. [ ] Howell [?son of Abraham Howell], 1897 (an ?imagined insult to recipient's father and uncle, David Howell, in a paper read at Machynlleth on the history of the Sunday school there, a proposal to publish in book form the story of the Sunday schools in the Llanbrynmair and Glan Dyfi districts, a paper prepared by the writer on the Sunday school at Bont [dolgadfan], the absence of religious bigotry at Llanbrynmair, mention of a picture of 'old Bont Chapel' [Bethel C.M. Chapel, Bontdolgadfan], and of 'a brief outline of the history of the cause here since 1739' by the writer in the Goleuad [9 December 1896], the writer's hopes that recipient would succeed in getting 'the University [of Wales] offices located at W[elsh] pool') (enclosed with the letter is a transcript of three eight-line stanzas from an elegy to William Howell of Bont[dolgadfan], [?recipient's uncle] by his cousin Richard Williams); David Howell, Machynlleth, to [his sister-in-law] Mrs. [Abraham] Howell, Welshpool, 1844-1845 (2) (personal and family news); Edward Howell, Lawley Bank [near Wellington, co. Salop], to his father Will[ia]m Powell, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair. To the care of [his brother] David Howell, Machynlleth, 1838 (personal and family news, the writer's movements as an officer in the excise, comments on his various lodgings, etc.) (two letters, one to the writer's parents, the other to his brother, on one sheet; this was then forwarded by the recipient, David Powell, to [his brother] Abraham Howell at W[elsh] Pool, with added comments on personal, family, and business matters); E[van] Howell [London], to [his brother] Edw[ar]d Howell, Shrewsbury, 1838 (personal); John Howell, Portsmouth [America], to his brother Abraham Howell, Welch pool, 1840 (the writer's activities in America, details of the economic possibilities of a wool and cloth factory, the possibility of borrowing money from recipient, the death of an uncle Edw[ar]d Bebb, news of [their brother] Lewis, comments on the economic situation and on prices and wages, the presidential election to be held in November, some of the differences between the political parties, the economic policy of the party in power, the opposition party's success in state elections, and the possibility of a change of administration) (the letter, though directed to the writer's brother Abraham Howell, was written to his parents [William and Elinor Howell of Llanbrynmair]; a postscript intended for Abraham Howell states that the writer's original intention was to write two separate letters); and W[illia]m Loudan, London, to David Howells, Machynelleth [sic], 1839 (legal documents) (endorsed with a copy of recipient's reply).

Howell family and others.

Letters from Samuel Roberts,

Fourteen holograph letters from Samuel Roberts [S.R.] from Llanbrynmair, to his cousin (the first letter is addressed to Ab[raham] Howell, solicitor, Welshpool, and the others, by inference, are also intended for the same addressee), 1846-1848 and undated (personal and family news, financial and legal matters, financial transactions undertaken by the recipient on behalf of Mr. Charles Benbow of Aberhavesp, Newtown, references to [Y] Cronicl Bach, the writer's opinion ?on the impending appointment of a clerk of the peace [for co. Montgomery], his possible conversion to the doctrine 'that government grants on Fair Principles for the Promotion of Education are justifiable').

Roberts, Samuel, 1800-1885

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and very occasionally elsewhere, by his brother David Howell mainly from Machynlleth. 12558D. Seventy-seven letters, 1833-1837 (financial and legal matters [relating to the professional activities of the two brothers in the solicitors' offices in which they were working in Welshpool and Machynlleth respectively], personal and family affairs including the writer's efforts to improve his education, his inclination to seek a post in Manchester so that he could study at the Mechanics' Institution, his prospects in his law career at Machynlleth, his attempts to become an articled clerk, the problem of deciding upon a career for [their brother] George, the sending of [their sister] Elinor to school at Minsterley [co. Salop], and the health of their brother Edward, the possibility of a new bank being opened at Machynlleth, the certificates of registration of a chapel at Mallwyd and of Hebron chapel at Aberangell (1836), mention of Llanbrynmair and Diosg schools, the presenting of the rules of the Darowen Friendly Society to the [Quarter] Sessions (1836), a fire at [Machynlleth] (1836), mention of the Mer[ioneth] election (1836), a public dinner and ? firework display to be organised [at Machynlleth] to celebrate the coming of age of Princess Victoria) (one of the letters contains an abstract of the contents of a letter sent by another brother, Lewis Howell, from Lake Providence, Louiziana, to his father and mother, January 1837, in which he comments on wages, land transactions, cotton growing, etc., in that state). 12559D. Seventy-two letters, 1838-1840 (the financial and legal activities of the two brothers, personal and family news, the writer's career prospects in the solicitor's office in which he was employed at Machynlleth, [their sister] Ellen's schooling at Minsterley, the writer's impressions of James Rees Jones ['Kilsby'] the prospective minister of Capel y Graig [Independent Church at Machynlleth], the members who had separated from Capel y Graig, trouble concerning possession of the said chapel and the advisability of having it registered, a plan to invest in property in London (the letter referring to this topic is accompanied by a copy of a letter from David Howell to his brother Evan in London giving more details of the plan), the tenancy of a factory [? at Llanbryn- mair] (the letter referring to this point is on the dorse of a lengthy letter to Abraham Howell from [Elinor Howell] his mother, from Llanbrynmair, 27 November 1838, containing local news including details of a fatal shooting accident near Diosk [farm, Llanbryn-mair], news of [the recipient's brother] Lewis in America, moral exhortations to the recipient and his brothers and sisters in the form of verse, and a long poem advocating the cause of temperance), an attack by Hugh Thomas, clerk to the Board of Guardians [of the Machynlleth Union], on Captain Thruston [? chairman of the board] at [his home in] Talgarth, the election of the writer as clerk to the aforementioned Board of Guardians as successor to Thomas (some of the letters dealing with this election are dated January 1838, but this is a mistake for 1839 as the election was held in January of that year), a query with regard to the registration of a Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Aberangell in 1836, a subscription by the writer towards six copies of the Rev[eren]David W[illiam] Williams ['Caledfryn']: Drych Barddonol [neu Draethawd ar Farddoniaeth . . ., Caernarfon, 1839], a meeting to discuss enclosing 'the Park and other Commons', possible proposals for enclosures in the manor of Cyfeiliog) the letters contain occasional references to Samuel Roberts and John Roberts, the writer's cousins). 12560D. Eighty letters, 1841-1845 (personal and family news, legal and financial transactions by the writer and recipient, the commutation of Machynlleth tithes, a query concerning the legal venue for the parliamentary election for the county of Montgomery (1841), doubts as to 'whether the Conservative voters at Newtown will be allowed by the mob to vote' [? in the election for the borough seat], a post for [their brother] George in Liverpool, the moving of the Dovey bridge toll gate and the building of a road by Sir John Edwards, owner of Ffrydd, in order to evade paying toll at the new gate, the birth of recipient's son, mention of the certificate of registration of Capel y Graig [Independent Chapel at Machynlleth], [their sister] Hannah's schooling, the mental illness of [ their brother] Samuel, a request for advice in connection with the commutation of Darowen tithes).

David Howell.

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Sixty-six holograph and autograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool, in London (2) and in Salop (1), 1836-1846 and undated. The writers include Sam[ue]l Bakewell, Oulton near Stone [Staffordshire], 1845 (5) (the mental and physical condition of recipient's brother [Samuel] who had been placed in the writer's care) (attached to one of the letters is a copy of the reply sent by Abraham Howell), Charles Benbow [? Newtown], [18]46 (2) (financial matters), Geo[rge] Broughall, Oswestry, 1841 (the making of Pont Llanerchymris, Llanfechan bridge and New Bridge over the Verniew [co. Montgomery] into county bridges), [ ] Clarke [London], 1841 (2) ( business matters), J. Foulkes, Milford near Newtown, 1841 (the birth of recipient's son, financial and property matters), J. Griffiths [London], 1838 (personal, law books), John Hamer, Werglodd y Maip, 1837 (uncertainty as to whether Union Chapel [in the parish of Kerry, co. Montgomery] had been licensed, some details concerning the chapel), Ed[ward] Hughes, Llanbrynmair, 1836 (personal, a request for money for the writer's mother, a temperance meeting at the 'Old Chapel'), Edward Hughes, Cambridge, 1838- 1841 (4) (the writer's journey from Pool to Cambridge and his activities at Cambridge in preparation for entering [Queen's College] (1838), applications for money, the writer's degree prospects, news that 'the Cantabs have beaten the Oxonians in a rowing contention on the Thames' (1839), the presence of a small number of 'Oxford-tract-men' at Cambridge and sermons by Professor [James] Scholefield against their views), Charles Jones, Manchester, 1841 (a) (personal, payment for a horse), David Jones, Park Llwydiarth, 1840 (? an answer to applications by recipient for a lease of farms in the Llanbrynmair area), J. Jones, Montgomery, 1836 (enclosing a letter from Messrs. Edye and Jefferson, Montgomery, to A[ braham] Howells, 1836, concerning personal matters), J. Jones, Henllan, 1851 (matters relating to y Ty Mawr farm), John Jones, Bank, Machynlleth, 1839 (a request for copying work from recipient's office), Lewis Jones, Shrewsbury [recipient's uncle], 1836-1841 (3) (personal, financial matters) (enclosing a letter from Hugh Davies, Machynlleth, to the writer, 1839, re financial matters), Morris Cha[rle]s Jones, Welshpool, Liverpool, etc., 1839-1841 and undated (16) (personal, legal and business matters, the tithe commutation agreement for the parish of Hirnant [co. Denbigh], attendance at a ball at Bruce Castle where Rowland Hill 'the immortal penny postage man' was present, the birth of the recipient's first child), Henry Kitson, Shrewsbury, 1840 (the premium on an [insurance] policy), D. Macrorie, Liverpool, 1841 (medical advice for Mrs. H[owell, recipient's wife]), Messrs. Milno, Parry, Milno, and Morris, Temple [London], 1841 (3) ( recipient's application for admission [as an attorney], the regulations relating to the admission [of articled clerks as attorneys]) (enclosed are a circular dated 1836 relating to the said regulations, with a copy of a questionnaire to be completed by the clerk seeking admission and by the attorney under whom he had served his articles, and a copy (printed) of the said questionnaire with the answers supplied (pencilled in) in the case of Abraham Howell), [the Reverend] Thomas Morgan, Tipton [ Staffordshire, previously Independent minister at Welshpool, circa 1832-1837], 1840 (personal, ? the possibility of [the Reverend Cyrus] Hudson becoming [Independent] minister [at Welshpool], comments on Hudson, a meeting at Stafford of the association of the ministers in Staffordshire, the writer's unhappy memories of his ministry at Welshpool with unfavourable comments on the inhabitants) (added as a postscript is a letter from Jane Ann Morgan [wife of the Reverend Thomas Morgan], with personal greetings, remarks on ? the manse, and news of a Baptist missionary meeting at Dudley attended by twelve ministers from London, Birmingham, and America, and a slave), J. R. Ogle, Harlescott and Gungrog, [1839]-1841 (6) (transactions relating to a mare), A[nne] W[arburton] Owen, G[lan] S[evern], 1845 and undated (3) (the possible sale by the proprietors of the [Montgomery] Canal of the 'Feeder from the Rhiew', the powers the said proprietors claimed under the 'General Sale Act', a debt due from Mr. [John] Burke [genealogist] whose Peerage had been advertised, the wish of all the proprietors of the [Montgomery] Canal, with the exception of the writer, to sell the canal, mention of the turnpike road at Brithdir, a request to recipient to write to London concerning Berriew tithe commutation book, the rents for property [in Liverpool]), Rich[ar]d Griffithes Parry, 1841 (personal, business affairs), John Phillips, Newtown, 1846 (a request for aid for the writer's brother Evan to go to America), [the Reverend] Henry Rees [Methodist minister], Shrewsbury, [18]36 (a request for information concerning any small farms in the Carno-Llanbrynmair district, and more especially concerning Bryn Cae Miler farm near Machynlleth, which were for sale as part of the Esgir Evan estate, information the writer had received about a farm near Whitechurch 'Ond nid oes yno un Seiat, Cyfarfod Misol na ddaith Sabboth yn agos'), Mary Ryder [1840] (a request to recipient to hand a note to Mrs. Jones concerning her son's illness), James Smith, Chester, 1839 (a request, on behalf of the writer's friend, Mrs. Collins of Little Sutton near Chester, for information concerning the settlement of the affairs of her uncle, Mr. Clarke, deceased, of Welshpool), W[illia]m Ward, 1841 (a request for an increase in his salary as a clerk in Mr. Jones's office, from twenty-one to twenty-five shillings a week), C. Wilding, [18]40 (a promise to consider an application by a friend of the recipient in respect of Gesseldu farm), and J. Yearsley, Welchpool, undated (the writer's return from Brighton, congratulations on the birth of recipient's son).

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and very occasionally elsewhere, by his brother David Howell mainly from Machynlleth. 12558D. Seventy-seven letters, 1833-1837 (financial and legal matters [relating to the professional activities of the two brothers in the solicitors' offices in which they were working in Welshpool and Machynlleth respectively], personal and family affairs including the writer's efforts to improve his education, his inclination to seek a post in Manchester so that he could study at the Mechanics' Institution, his prospects in his law career at Machynlleth, his attempts to become an articled clerk, the problem of deciding upon a career for [their brother] George, the sending of [their sister] Elinor to school at Minsterley [co. Salop], and the health of their brother Edward, the possibility of a new bank being opened at Machynlleth, the certificates of registration of a chapel at Mallwyd and of Hebron chapel at Aberangell (1836), mention of Llanbrynmair and Diosg schools, the presenting of the rules of the Darowen Friendly Society to the [Quarter] Sessions (1836), a fire at [Machynlleth] (1836), mention of the Mer[ioneth] election (1836), a public dinner and ? firework display to be organised [at Machynlleth] to celebrate the coming of age of Princess Victoria) (one of the letters contains an abstract of the contents of a letter sent by another brother, Lewis Howell, from Lake Providence, Louiziana, to his father and mother, January 1837, in which he comments on wages, land transactions, cotton growing, etc., in that state). 12559D. Seventy-two letters, 1838-1840 (the financial and legal activities of the two brothers, personal and family news, the writer's career prospects in the solicitor's office in which he was employed at Machynlleth, [their sister] Ellen's schooling at Minsterley, the writer's impressions of James Rees Jones ['Kilsby'] the prospective minister of Capel y Graig [Independent Church at Machynlleth], the members who had separated from Capel y Graig, trouble concerning possession of the said chapel and the advisability of having it registered, a plan to invest in property in London (the letter referring to this topic is accompanied by a copy of a letter from David Howell to his brother Evan in London giving more details of the plan), the tenancy of a factory [? at Llanbryn- mair] (the letter referring to this point is on the dorse of a lengthy letter to Abraham Howell from [Elinor Howell] his mother, from Llanbrynmair, 27 November 1838, containing local news including details of a fatal shooting accident near Diosk [farm, Llanbryn-mair], news of [the recipient's brother] Lewis in America, moral exhortations to the recipient and his brothers and sisters in the form of verse, and a long poem advocating the cause of temperance), an attack by Hugh Thomas, clerk to the Board of Guardians [of the Machynlleth Union], on Captain Thruston [? chairman of the board] at [his home in] Talgarth, the election of the writer as clerk to the aforementioned Board of Guardians as successor to Thomas (some of the letters dealing with this election are dated January 1838, but this is a mistake for 1839 as the election was held in January of that year), a query with regard to the registration of a Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Aberangell in 1836, a subscription by the writer towards six copies of the Rev[eren]David W[illiam] Williams ['Caledfryn']: Drych Barddonol [neu Draethawd ar Farddoniaeth . . ., Caernarfon, 1839], a meeting to discuss enclosing 'the Park and other Commons', possible proposals for enclosures in the manor of Cyfeiliog) the letters contain occasional references to Samuel Roberts and John Roberts, the writer's cousins). 12560D. Eighty letters, 1841-1845 (personal and family news, legal and financial transactions by the writer and recipient, the commutation of Machynlleth tithes, a query concerning the legal venue for the parliamentary election for the county of Montgomery (1841), doubts as to 'whether the Conservative voters at Newtown will be allowed by the mob to vote' [? in the election for the borough seat], a post for [their brother] George in Liverpool, the moving of the Dovey bridge toll gate and the building of a road by Sir John Edwards, owner of Ffrydd, in order to evade paying toll at the new gate, the birth of recipient's son, mention of the certificate of registration of Capel y Graig [Independent Chapel at Machynlleth], [their sister] Hannah's schooling, the mental illness of [ their brother] Samuel, a request for advice in connection with the commutation of Darowen tithes).

David Howell.

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Seventy-one holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and Rhyl (1), by his brother Evan Howell from London, 1836-1845 and undated (personal and family matters including the writer's own career in business in London, the sending of [their sister] Ellen to school at Minsterley [co. Salop], the finding of employment for younger brothers, news in 1836 of their brother Lewis who was in America, the mental illness and the delusions suffered by [their brother] Edward in London in 1841, the birth of recipient's first child in 1841, and the physical and subsequent mental illness of [their brother] Samuel in 1843, the purchasing of books and other articles for recipient in London and arrangements for having books bound for him, the sending of newspapers from London to recipient and others including [their cousin] S[amuel] Roberts, with comments on some papers such as the Observer, Sunday Times, Bells [New Weekly Messenger], the Examiner and the Spectator (1836), the imprisonment of Jack Jones of Llanbrynmair in Newgate for theft, visits to London by the writer's cousin John Roberts in 1836 and 1841, and a sermon preached by him on the first occasion, lectures by a clergyman called Denham [? the Reverend Joshua Frederick Denham, rector of St. Mary's le Strand, London, 1839-1861] at St. Bride's, Fleet Street, in 1838, comments on the Tories in 1838 and on Sir John Conroy's friendliness with ministers and all around the court, enquiries at the Herald's Office in 1838 with regard to a grant of arms [? on behalf of recipient], the choice made by the Montgomery boroughs in the [parliamentary election of June 1841], provisions made in the will of [Charles] Maddison, father of the Rev[eren]d John George Maddison [rector of West Monkton, co. Somerset, 1825-1847], and mention of the Coalport Porcelain works in connection therewith, news of acquaintances) (the writer occasionally writes a few sentences of a letter in shorthand).

Evan Howell.

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Fifty-five holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and in London (1) by various members of his family, 1835-1845 and undated. The writers include Edward Howell [recipient's brother], Shrewsbury, Quatt, Collingbourn, Bontdolgadfan, Towyn and Carshalton, 1837-1841 (12) (personal and family news, the writer's activities as an excise officer in the Quatt- Bridgnorth area [co. Salop] and in the Collingbourn area [co. Wilts.], his posting to the Croydon excise district, comments on his health, lodgings, acquaintances, etc., a visit to [their sister] Ellen who was at school in Minsterley [co. Salop] (1837), the writer's plans to have Ellen to live with him at Carshalton, a visit to London and wonder at seeing a 'Diving Bell', a visit to Windsor and a sight of the Queen and Prince Albert (1841)), Eleanor Howell [recipient's sister], Minsterley [co. Salop], 1838-1839 (2 ) (personal, mention of the Llanidloes rioters, hopes that there would be no attack on her parents), Elinor Howell [recipient's mother], Llanbryn- mair and [Y] Drefnewydd, 1835-1841 (5) (personal and family affairs, the sending of [recipient's sister] Elinor to school in [y] dref newidd in 1835, the need to speak to the steward about wainwen, concern about an impending visit by recipient and his wife in 1840 and the inadequate state of the house, worry because [recipient's brother] Samuel was not settling down in his job in Newtown) (one of the letters is endorsed with a note from S[amuel] Howell from Newtown, 1839), Geo[rge] Howell [recipient's brother], Machynlleth and Liverpool, 1839-1841 and undated (11) (personal, copying work undertaken for recipient at Machynlleth, the writer's office employment in Liverpool), Lewis Howell [recipient's brother], Cincinnati [America], 1841 (recipient's marriage, reflections on the married state and on the death of the writer's wife), Samuel Howell [recipient's brother], Newtown, Carshalton, London and Bont[dolgadfan], 1839-1845 (17) (personal, family affairs, a request to recipient to buy specified medical and scientific books for the writer (1839), the writer's employment in druggist stores in Newtown and London, his unfavourable impressions of London and the English, a bad report (1842) on the flannel trade [in Llanbryn-mair], a proposed move to a shop in Brighton in 1844), and W[illiam] and E[linor] Howell [recipient's parents], Llanbrynmair, 1836-1839 and undated (7) (personal and family affairs, news from America of [recipient's brother] Lewis, of the illness of Lewis's wife, and of the death of recipient's uncle Edward Bebb, mention of other emigrants to America, a visit to London by [recipient's cousin] John Robearts [sic] who, in company with Evan [Howell, recipient's brother], had visited the Houses of Parliament and heard [Daniel] O'Conel [sic] making a speech [1836], the purchase of £130 worth of wool by recipient's father, straitened financial circumstances, the [flannel] factory at Llanbrynmair, condemnation of alcoholic drinks (including verses on this theme), the poor harvest prospects in 1839, and a request for information concerning the leasing of Geselddu farm).

Howell family.

Letters to Abraham Howell,

Holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and very occasionally elsewhere, by his brother David Howell mainly from Machynlleth. 12558D. Seventy-seven letters, 1833-1837 (financial and legal matters [relating to the professional activities of the two brothers in the solicitors' offices in which they were working in Welshpool and Machynlleth respectively], personal and family affairs including the writer's efforts to improve his education, his inclination to seek a post in Manchester so that he could study at the Mechanics' Institution, his prospects in his law career at Machynlleth, his attempts to become an articled clerk, the problem of deciding upon a career for [their brother] George, the sending of [their sister] Elinor to school at Minsterley [co. Salop], and the health of their brother Edward, the possibility of a new bank being opened at Machynlleth, the certificates of registration of a chapel at Mallwyd and of Hebron chapel at Aberangell (1836), mention of Llanbrynmair and Diosg schools, the presenting of the rules of the Darowen Friendly Society to the [Quarter] Sessions (1836), a fire at [Machynlleth] (1836), mention of the Mer[ioneth] election (1836), a public dinner and ? firework display to be organised [at Machynlleth] to celebrate the coming of age of Princess Victoria) (one of the letters contains an abstract of the contents of a letter sent by another brother, Lewis Howell, from Lake Providence, Louiziana, to his father and mother, January 1837, in which he comments on wages, land transactions, cotton growing, etc., in that state). 12559D. Seventy-two letters, 1838-1840 (the financial and legal activities of the two brothers, personal and family news, the writer's career prospects in the solicitor's office in which he was employed at Machynlleth, [their sister] Ellen's schooling at Minsterley, the writer's impressions of James Rees Jones ['Kilsby'] the prospective minister of Capel y Graig [Independent Church at Machynlleth], the members who had separated from Capel y Graig, trouble concerning possession of the said chapel and the advisability of having it registered, a plan to invest in property in London (the letter referring to this topic is accompanied by a copy of a letter from David Howell to his brother Evan in London giving more details of the plan), the tenancy of a factory [? at Llanbryn- mair] (the letter referring to this point is on the dorse of a lengthy letter to Abraham Howell from [Elinor Howell] his mother, from Llanbrynmair, 27 November 1838, containing local news including details of a fatal shooting accident near Diosk [farm, Llanbryn-mair], news of [the recipient's brother] Lewis in America, moral exhortations to the recipient and his brothers and sisters in the form of verse, and a long poem advocating the cause of temperance), an attack by Hugh Thomas, clerk to the Board of Guardians [of the Machynlleth Union], on Captain Thruston [? chairman of the board] at [his home in] Talgarth, the election of the writer as clerk to the aforementioned Board of Guardians as successor to Thomas (some of the letters dealing with this election are dated January 1838, but this is a mistake for 1839 as the election was held in January of that year), a query with regard to the registration of a Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Aberangell in 1836, a subscription by the writer towards six copies of the Rev[eren]David W[illiam] Williams ['Caledfryn']: Drych Barddonol [neu Draethawd ar Farddoniaeth . . ., Caernarfon, 1839], a meeting to discuss enclosing 'the Park and other Commons', possible proposals for enclosures in the manor of Cyfeiliog) the letters contain occasional references to Samuel Roberts and John Roberts, the writer's cousins). 12560D. Eighty letters, 1841-1845 (personal and family news, legal and financial transactions by the writer and recipient, the commutation of Machynlleth tithes, a query concerning the legal venue for the parliamentary election for the county of Montgomery (1841), doubts as to 'whether the Conservative voters at Newtown will be allowed by the mob to vote' [? in the election for the borough seat], a post for [their brother] George in Liverpool, the moving of the Dovey bridge toll gate and the building of a road by Sir John Edwards, owner of Ffrydd, in order to evade paying toll at the new gate, the birth of recipient's son, mention of the certificate of registration of Capel y Graig [Independent Chapel at Machynlleth], [their sister] Hannah's schooling, the mental illness of [ their brother] Samuel, a request for advice in connection with the commutation of Darowen tithes).

David Howell.

Letters to Arthur Stanley Davies,

Forty-five holograph and autograph letters, 1931-1938 and undated, addressed to A[rthur] Stanley Davies at Welshpool, at Llanidloes, and [in Nigeria]. The writers include Richard S. Biddle, Columbus, Ohio [U.S.A.], 1937 (2) (a genealogical query concerning the writer's ancestors who were from the parish of Carno, co. Montgomery), M. E. Bull, the Cathedral Library, Hereford, 1934 (books from Cwm [Jesuit 'college'] in Hereford Cathedral Library), Frank G[eorge] G[riffith] Carr, House of Lords Library, 1936 (a reply to a query by recipient concerning enclosure acts, noting four such acts relating to cos. Merioneth and Montgomery, 1761-1816, and giving an estimate of the cost of providing copies), [Messrs.] Churchill, Clapham, and Co., London, 1938 (?the binding of Collections . . . relating to Montgomeryshire), L. E. Dales, Plas Hafod, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[ gomery], [19]36 (the location of the 'Howells family Bible'), Ellis W[ illiam] Davies [Member of Parliament for South Caernarvonshire, 1906-1918, and for Denbigh, 1923-1929], Caernarvon, 1937 (?problems relating to publishing, mention of the Cymmrodorion, the National Eisteddfod Society, and the Gregynog Press), J. Breese Davies, Dinas Mawddwy, 1933 (the Talglannau palstaves [see John Ward: 'The Bronze Age in Montgomeryshire', Collections... relating to Montgomeryshire..., Vol. XLIII, pp. 110- 65]), [The Reverend] Lewis Davies (acting rector of Llandysilio), Llandysilio, Oswestry, 1937 (a promise to check the parish registers), Llywarch P[eredur] C[aenog] Dodd, the County School, Portmadoc, 1938 (back numbers of Min y Traeth [the school magazine]), T[homas] P[eter] Ellis [Dolgellau], [1935] (a reply to recipient's query concerning a [Catholic] priest named [Philip] Parry [referred to in Calendar of State Papers Domestic, July 1 to September 30, 1683, pp. 12-13]), [The Reverend] Llewelyn Grey, The Vicarage, Llandinam, [19]37 (a promise to examine the churchwardens' accounts for items of interest), W[illiam] A[rthur] Griffiths, Malta Dockyard [Malta], 1937 (the writer's transcripts of the earlier Guilsfield and first extant Llandrinio [parish] registers, suggestions that the Montgomeryshire marriage licences at St. Asaph and the Montgomeryshire Quarter Session Books should be indexed, queries re Window Tax lists), C. F. C. Hawkes (Honorary Secretary), Royal Archaeological Institute, St. James's [London], 1934 (an offer of twenty- four volumes of back numbers of the Archaeological Journal at special rates if the Powysland Museum were enrolled as a subscribing member of the Institute), Hillside Mining Company, London, 1938 (a refusal to grant permission to visit the gold mine at Bontddu [co. Merioneth]), James Hornell, St. Leonards on Sea, 1935-1937 (3) (the writer's researches in Wales and Ireland on coracles and curraghs, and papers read or published thereon, a request for information about canoe making in Nigeria [where recipient was at the time], other subjects of research), [The Reverend] Alfred Ivett, Aberhafesp Rectory, Newtown, 1937 (the bells of the parish church), J[ohn] Charles Jones, The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, London, 1936 (forwarding a parcel of books from a friend of the Powysland Museum), Katie Griffith Jones, Llansantffraid, [19]38 (acknowledging condolences, her husband's papers and Welsh books), [Robert William Jones] 'Erfyl Fychan', Llanerfyl, Welshpool, [19]36 (a reply to a query concerning harp makers and harpists mentioning Thomas Peters of Llangynog (fl. circa 1820), harp maker, Griffith James of Dolgelley (fl. circa 1820), harp maker, Ellis Roberts ('Eos Meirion'), harpist, a note by Carnhuanawc [Thomas Price] on 'Y Delyn Fach', the making of harps by Sackville Gwynne of Glanbran Park, near Llandovery, and their presentation to wandering harpists, the presentation of a harp to John Roberts ('Telynor Cymru') by Lady Llanover), T. Griffiths Jones, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[gomery], [19]36 (a [family] bible with entries re the Howell family), Nest Lloyd, Cynghordy, Llandovery, 1934 (3) (the writer's interest in objects, buildings, etc., with Stuart and Jacobite associations), J. B. Oldham, Shrewsbury, 1937 (forwarding four deeds relating to Montgomeryshire), Bryan H. St. J. O'Neil, H. M. Office of Works, Westminster, 1931-1938 (5) (replies to queries concerning a wig curler, clay pipes, and the handle of a jug or pitcher, local bridges, Newtown churchyard, the demolition of Wrexham old town hall), Maureen O'Reilly, University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, 1934-1937 (3) (a proposed exchange of a stone axe found near Montford Bridge, Shropshire, for a Cambridgeshire stone axe, a cast of the former), N. Bennett Owen, Llanidloes, [19]37 (a photograph of John Roberts [? 'Telynor Cymru'] in the possession of Nicholas Bennett [of Glanyrafon, co. Montgomery, 1823-1899 ], ? Roberts's harp, the disposal of Bennett's library), Arthur Ll. Phillips, The Robert Owen Museum, Newtown, 1936 (newspaper cuttings exhibited in the museum), Ivor Powell, London, 1935 (2) (a query about the writer's grandmother), [Walter FitzUryan Rhys, 7th baron] Dynevor [London], 1934 (his inability to present to the Powysland Museum a copy of his book [Trees at Dynevor Castle. A summary list with notes, Carmarthen, 1934]), D. C. Roberts, Welshpool County School, [19]37 (the writer's interest in a survey of Oswestry, 1577-1602), Mary E. Savage, Penstrowed, Caersws, 1937 (acknowledging condolences), F. R. Thomas, Llanfair, Welshpool, undated ( the location of a notebook in which Samuel Roberts, clockmaker, of Pant Tanhouse [Llanfair Caereinion], made a list of the clocks he made [1755-1774 ]) (for a photostat copy of the notebook see NLW MS 4519A), and Ivor Thomas, Adelphi [London], 1937 (2) (enquiring whether the Abraham Howell papers in recipient's possession contained material relating to David Davies [of Llandinam], whose biography the writer was compiling [Top Sawyer. A Biography of David Davies of Llandinam, London, 1938]).

Letters to David Howell,

Nineteen holograph letters and copies of letters addressed to David Howell at Machynlleth, etc., 1837-1887 and undated. The writers include Sam[ue]l Bakewell, Oulton [near] Stone [Staffordshire], 1845 (acknowledging receipt of money due in respect of the recipient's brother [Samuel Howell], who had been placed in the writer's care [owing to his mental illness]), John Breese, Llanbrynmair, 1887 (requesting a donation towards a prize of ten pounds and a chair worth five guineas, which were to be awarded for the best 'pryddest' submitted in memory of 'y diweddar enwog dri Brawd o Gonwy' [Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'; d. 1885), and his brothers, John (d. 1884) and Richard (d. 1883), all of whom had settled at Conway] at an eisteddfod to be held at Llanbrynmair), [the Misses] A. and M. Griffiths, Minsterley [co. Salop], 1837 (their readiness to receive [recipient's sister] into their school, a statement of their terms) (in third person), A[braham] Howell [recipient's brother], Welchpool, 1844-1845 (10) (financial and legal matters) (carbon copies, some barely legible), E[linor] H[owell], recipient's mother, 18[ ]5 and undated (3) (the condition of [recipient's brother] Samuel, the school expenses of [recipient's sister] Hannah) (one of the letters is endorsed with a note from [recipient's brother] Abraham] Howell), Geo[rge] Howell [recipient's brother], Liverpool, 1841 (2) (personal and financial), and Morris Cha[rle]s Jones, Liverpool, 1841 (arrangements for employing [recipient's brother] George ? in the writer's office in Liverpool).

Letters to Thomas Rowley Morris,

Forty-nine autograph letters and post cards, 1894-1907 and undated, addressed to T[homas] Rowley Morris, Welshpool. The writers include [Professor, later Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, 1906, J. Henry Davies, Queensferry, [co.] Flint, [18]97, R. E. Davies, Aberystwyth, 1901 (2), the Rev[eren]d D. Charles Edwards, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, 1900-1903 (2), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]06-1907 (2), D. W. Elias, Wrexham, 1900, John Young Evans, Trefecca College, Talgarth, [19]03-[1906] (2), Hugh M. Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1901, T. Mortimer Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1904 (2), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Swansea and Liverpool, 1900-1901 (2), E. P. Hughes, Guilsfield, 1901, Howell H. Hughes, Theol[ogical] Coll[ege], Bala, 1900, D. Lloyd Jones, Llandinam, undated (2), E. Norman Jones, Three Cocks, Breconshire, 1904, J. Cynddylan Jones, Whitchurch, Cardiff, 1896, M. H. Jones, Treherbert, nr. Pontypridd, 1900, T. C. Jones, Penarth, [19]06, W. S. Jones, Machynlleth, 1900, F. Knoyle, U[niversity] C[ollege of] W[ales], Aberystwyth, [19]00, Celia Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1902, Fred[eri]ck Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1901, W. Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1895, W. Dickens Lewis [?the same as in the preceding letter], Shrewsbury, [19]03, Owen Matthias, Llan-y-Mynech, Oswestry, [19]04, J. Harry Owen, Welshpool, undated, E. Parry, Newtown, [18]94, W[illia]m Pritchard, Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire, 1901, F. Prothero, Hay, 1903, David Pryce, Montgomery, undated (2), Owen Prys, Trevecca College, Talgarth, [18]97-[1900] and undated (3), T. W. Reese, Ruthin, [18]97, [Principal] T[homas] F[rancis] Roberts, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1894, the Rev[eren]d J. Stephens Roose, Pontypridd, 1902, A. Wynne Thomas, Aberystwyth, [19]06, Cuthbert Thomas, Llandilo, [19]06, D. D. Williams, Oswestry, 1904, E. Williams, Trefecca College, Talgarth, 1900-1902 (2), and Howell Williams [Welshpool], 1904. All the letters are in connection with preaching engagements at the [English] Presbyterian Church, Welshpool.

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