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Two note-books inscribed on the outside, upper covers 'C[hurch] M[ issionary] S[ociety]', and containing transcripts of, or extracts from, forty-two letters, 1799-1816, and other miscellaneous items. The writers of the letters include E[dward] Bickersteth, Norwich, John Davies of Vronhaulog, near Corwen, from Dolgelley, [the Reverend] Josh[ua] Davies [vicar of Dingestow and Tregare] from Goytre Lodge, near Abergavenny, Tho[mas] Evans, [?curate of] Llanddowror, Tim[oth]y Evans, [? vicar of] Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Nath[aniel] Gilbert, [? rector of] Bledlow, W[illia]m Grey, York, [the Reverend] Edw[ar]d Griffin, [the Reverend] D[avid] Griffith, vicar of Nevern, ?John Hughes, Talsarn, near Lampeter, [the Reverend] John Jenkin, minister of Newchurch, from Mydrim, Benj[ami]n Jones, Haverfordwest, Hezekiah Jones [? curate of St. Bride's Wentlloog] from Cadaxton [sic], [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Jones, [curate of] Creaton, John Mayor [? vicar of Shawbury] from Shrewsbury, [the Reverend] W[illia]m Owen, curate of Milborne Port, [the Reverend] D[avi]d Prothero, curate of Llanstephan, near Carmarthen, [the Reverend] John Roberts, [vicar of] Tremeirchion, [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Scott, [rector of] Aston Sandford, Tho[ma]s Smith, Little Moorfields [London], [the Reverend] Ja[me]s Thomas, vicar of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest, John Venn, [? rector of] Clapham, J[ohn] Walker, Chester, and Rowland Williams, Bangor. Only in a few instances are the names of the addressees given, and on every such occasion the recipient is either the Reverend Tho[ma]s Scott or the Reverend Josiah Pratt. Both these clergymen served as secretaries of the missionary society founded in 1799 and called firstly 'The Society for Missions to Africa and the East', and subsequently 'The Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East', and the correspondence and other items transcribed in these two note-books relate largely to matters (financial contributions, recruiting, etc.) ? appertaining to this society. Other matters referred to include the edition of the Welsh Bible [published in 1799 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge] and [the Reverend Thomas] Charles's interest in obtaining supplies thereof (No. 2), a clerical meeting held at Creaton, August 1800 (No. 4), the persecution of [the Reverend Edward] Griffin (No. 4), a proposed new edition of the Bible [with commentaries] published by Thomas Scott (Nos. 4-5), the possibility of forming a society for publishing ? abridged editions of 'the best of our divinity books' (No. 5), a Welsh treatise on infant baptism being written by Thomas Jones, Creaton (No. 5), the founding of the Bible Society in 1804 (No. 7), clergymen who had allegedly 'espoused [Joanna] Southcott's imposture' (Nos. 8 + 10), Welsh orthography (No. 29), a letter from [the Reverend Thomas] Charles, ?in the Evangelical Magazine, on the subject of teaching Welsh children to read the scriptures in their own language rather than through the medium of English, and the applicability of this principle to work in the foreign mission field (No. 42), etc.

Forty letters, etc., from Henry Lambert (for the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office), Downing Street, 1914 (a reply to a query relating to Samuel Shute [1662-1742], Governor of New England), Audrey S. Lee, Kew Gardens, undated (personal, thanks for a book about Wales), [the Reverend] Robert M[cClellan] L[auriston] Lee, Yetminster Vicarage, Sherborne, 1906 (2) (information relating to [the Reverend] Edward and [the Reverend] Blakely Cooper, father and son, successively vicars of Yetminster, and a copy of a memorial inscription to the former, ob. 1810), C[harles] Leudesdorf (registrar), University Registry, Oxford, 1923 (extracts from University records relating to four persons named Thomas Beynon, who had been members of the University), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Morgan Lewis, Llanddeiniol, 1906 (searches in the Llanddeiniol parish registers), [the Reverend] J[ohn] T[imothy] Lewis, The Rectory, Llanfyrnach, 1906 (an extract from the Llanfyrnach parish register recording the burial of the Rev[eren]d David Davies, rector of the parish, 1820, and a copy of the inscription on his tombstone), [the Reverend] W[illiam] R[ichardson] Linton, Shirley Vicarage, Derby, 1906 (2) (information relating to [the Reverend] W[alter] Shirley, ob. 1859, and [the Reverend] W[alter] A[ugustus] Shirley, ob. 1847 [father and son], both former vicars of Shirley), [the Reverend] E[van] D[avid] Lloyd, Mallwyd Rectory, 1906 (the Rev[erend] Thomas Morgan's curacy at Mallwyd, 1783-1800 ), John Edward Lloyd (professor of History, University College of North Wales), Bangor, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), [the Reverend] J[ohn] S[mith] Longdon, The Rectory, Cadoxton - Barry, [19]60 (a list of the rectors of Cadoxton, 1626-1902), the Rev[erend] A. Macdonald (pastor of the Congregational church), Milborne Port, 1904 (the pastors of the church, 1754-1785, an appeal for a financial contribution towards the church), Arthur J. Mackey (diocesan registrar), Diocesan Registry, Exeter, 1905 (information relating to the Rev[erend] W[illia]m Williams, curate of St. Gennys [co. Cornwall], circa 1794), John E[yton] B[ickersteth] Mayor, [Kennedy Professor of Latin, University of] Cambridge, 1904 (information regarding the Rev[erend] John Mayor, vicar of Shawbury, ob. 1826, ? the writer's grandfather, the writer's opinion that Mr. [Thomas] Charles's letters, ? to the Reverend John Mayor, must have been destroyed years ago in a great holocaust at Cossington parsonage, drawing recipient's attention to an analysis of the story of Mary Jones and her Bible in W[illia]m Canton: [A] Hist[ory] of the [British and Foreign] Bible Soc[iety (London, 1904)], vol. I, appendix i), K. A. Mayor, ? sister of the previous writer, [London], undated (enclosing sketches of Shawbury church and village (missing), and extracts from letters sent by the Rev[eren]d John Mayor, from Shawbury, to his son, William Henry Mayor, in Bermuda, 1825 (personal and family news), by Lieut[ enant] John Mayor, R.N. [son of the aforementioned Reverend John Mayor], from Shawbury, to [his brother] W. H. Mayor, 1826 (the death of their father), and by the Rev[eren]d Robert Mayor [another son of the said Reverend John Mayor] to his brother, W. H. Mayor, at Madeley, 1829 (the writer's return from Ceylon, personal and family affairs, the settlement of the Catholic emancipation question)), [the Reverend] Cha[rle]s Morgan, Rhoscrowther Rectory, 1904 (a record in the Rhoscrowther parish register of the marriage of John Charles and Alice Gwyther, 1811), [the Reverend] Dan[ie]l Morgan, Llantrisant Rectory, Anglesey, 1907 (a copy of a memorial inscription to John Jones of Bodynolwyn wen, parish of Llantrisant, ob. 1813), Evan E[dward] Morgan, Brecon, 1914-1915 (6) (information relating to members of the Cook or Coke family having connections with the Brecon and Llanfrynach areas, mention of Joseph Harris [1704-1764, brother of Howel Harris], his book on optics [A Treatise on Optics (London, 1775)], his astronomical observations at Trevecka 'which he proposed to read before the Royal Society in London', his essay on money [An Essay Upon Money and Coins (1757)], and his mission to the West Indies, references to 'Poole's History of Breconshire' [Edwin Poole: The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire (Brecknock,1886)], an elderly resident of Brecon (circa 1902-1904), who had seen Eliz[abeth] Prichard, née Harris [daughter of Howel Harris], the doubts about publishing the 'Historical Magazine' [Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, the first part of which appeared in March 1916], a list of the shareholders of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal in 1840 which included the name of Prichard Howell Harries, extracts from [Edwin] Poole [:History . . . of Brecknockshire] relating to T[homas] J[effery] Llewelyn Prichard, author of [The Adventures and Vagaries of] Twm Shon Catti [(Aberystwyth, 1828)], the possibility that Prichard was 'of the Harris breed', thanks for a copy of Bishop [aft. Archbishop Alfred George] Edwards: Landmarks [in the History of the Welsh Church (London, 1912)], with comments on the work), W. Morgan, Ilford, [19]20 (property transactions), A. Morris, Newport, [co.] Mon[mouth], [19]15 (the writer's intended work on Methodism in Monmouthshire), Lewis Morris, Carmarthen, [19]06 (the writer's grandmother, Mary Anne Morris, née Reynolds, ob. 1839), A[ndrew] Munro (bursar), Queen' s College, Cambridge, [19]32 (information relating to Robert Humphreys, B. A., of Queen's College, 1805, and Robert Humphreys, B.A., of the same college, 1843), F[rederick] J[ohn] North, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1937 (a query concerning the brothers Hugh and Robert Owen, who were connected with the publication of the maps of Humphrey Lhuyd [1527-1568, physician and antiquary. See F. J. North: Humphrey Lhuyd's Maps of England and of Wales (Cardiff, 1937), pp. 11-12]), W. T. Ottewill, India Office, Whitehall, 1935 (a note on the Reverend Josiah Woodward who had been appointed 'to the Chapel of Poplar' by the East India Company in 1690) ( attached is a copy of a letter addressed by Josiah Woodward to the secretary of the said Company, 1710), Owen J. Owen, West Kirby, 1918 (the writer's interest in any source-material relating to Thomas Charles and the Methodist cause in Liverpool), Frederick Pane, Abergele, [19]11 (inviting recipient to deliver an address to a class of young men), A. Parnell, Littlehampton, 1907 (the writer's great-uncle, Thomas Parnell), [the Reverend] David Phillips, Radyr Rectory, Cardiff, 1907 (2) (the Rev[erend] Daniel Jones, curate of Radyr, circa 1787-1821, the communion plate presented to the parish in 1784), Andrew Picken (secretary), Queen's University, Belfast, 1932 (recipient's request to be admitted as a candidate for a doctor's degree, and his gift of three books to the University), K[enneth] Povey (librarian), Queen's University, Belfast, 1932 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of recipient's biography of Thomas Charles), and A[rthur] Ivor Pryce (diocesan registrar), Diocesan Registry, Bangor, 1905-1907 (3) (searches in the diocesan records on behalf of recipient, recipient's book on Beddgelert, good wishes for the success of recipient's magnum opus [on Thomas Charles], general comments on church restoration, the writing of biography, the 18th century church's policy of moderating enthusiasm, and the wisdom of the steps taken by [Thomas] Charles and his friends).

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).

A holograph letter from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Spa Fields [London], to [? Daniel Jones, Wrexham], 28 April 1813 (the writer's intention to attend meetings in recipient's district with [the Reverend] John Elias, a visit to the writer by the King's printer ('Argraffydd y Brenhin') who believed that the work [the new edition of the Bible in Welsh being published by the British and Foreign Bible Society] would be completed in fifteen months time).

Two note-books containing transcripts from printed sources of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles, Bala, to Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Carnachenwen [parish of Mathry, co. Pembroke], 1809 (Y Drysorfa, 1857, t. 43), [? the Reverend Edward Griffin], London, 1791 (The Christian's Magazine, January 1792), M[ary] H[ughes], L[iverpool], 1812 (Goleuad Cymru, [Mawrth] 1823, t. 57), D[ ]Jones, Liverpool, undated (Y Drysorfa, 1838, tt. 244-5), Robert Jones, Ty Bwlcyn [parish of Llaniestyn, co. Caernarvon], 1800 (ibid ., 1846, t. 241), the Reverend [Simon] Lloyd, Bristol, undated (Y Geiniogwerth, 1848, tt. 227-8), and [the Reverend S. R. Pittard, Westbury], Wiltshire, 1792 (The Christian's Magazine, March 1792); and extracts from Hugh Anderson: The Life and Letters of Christopher Anderson (Edinburgh, 1854), and Robert Philip: The Life . . . of the Rev. John Campbell (London, 1841). In two instances the published versions of the Thomas Charles letters consist of Welsh translations of English originals.

A note-book containing transcripts of letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to Henry Boase, London, 1803 (2) (a proposal by recipient that 'a new, cheap impression of the Bible in the Welsh Tongue' be published, the need for such Bibles, the edition printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, at the expense of the S.P.C.K. in 1799, the edition then being printed in Chester to appear in thirty-six numbers, two editions printed in Carmarthen prior to the 1799 Oxford edition, enquiries made and suggestions put forward as to the format, price, distribution, number of copies, etc. of the new edition), his brother [the Reverend David Charles, Carmarthen, ?1814] (personal, 'our Association [meeting at Bala]', his intention of going to Llangeitho), his wife [Sarah] Charles, at Chester [1784] (personal), Mrs. [Lydia] Foulks, Machynlleth, 1811 (2) (personal, his wife's health, religious reflections), and Miss [Mary] Foulkes, Machynlleth, undated (forwarding a copy of a Welsh Bible, praise of the Bible). These seven letters have been published in D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . .

Transcripts of five letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles of Bala, to Dr. [Thomas] Haweis [of the London Missionary Society, ? 1800] (recommending the bearer of the letter, John Davies [of the parish of Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, co. Montgomery], who was resolved to become a missionary, the slowness of 'our poor people' in offering their services in the missionary field, thanks for a letter with news of 'our Brethren at Otaheite', mention of 'our magazine' [probably Trysorfa Ysprydol first published 1799], receipt of [missionary] magazines [from London], assurance of the writer's exertions on behalf of the [missionary] cause), Mrs. Richards [formerly Miss Ann Stringer], Chester, [? 1810] (personal, the writer's return to Bala from a visit to Chester, subsequent travels, the illness of [the writer's wife] S[arah]), 'My dear Friends' [probably the Stringer family, Chester], ? 1805 (personal, religious reflections), Miss Mary Stringer [sister of Ann Stringer], Chester, 1803 (personal), and J[ohn] Walker, Chester, 1803 (personal, affairs at Chester). Four of the above letters have been published in D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . .

An exercise book containing transcripts of letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to the Reverend Walter Davies ['Gwallter Mechain'], 1805 (1 + 1 by inference) (forwarding, with comments, the copy of the Welsh Bible which the writer and Tho[ma]s Jones, Ruthin, had corrected at the request of the British and Foreign Bible Society in preparation for a new edition, requesting the return of same);and Sarah Charles [wife of Thomas Charles], Bala, to Mr. Edwards, 1810 (personal).

Miscellaneous items relating to Mary Jones [of Llanfihangel-y- Pennant, co. Merioneth] and her journey on foot to Bala in 1800 to seek a Bible from the Reverend Thomas Charles. They include a holograph letter from R[obert] Rowlands, Llandrillo, near Corwen, to [D. E.] Jenkins, 1910 (replying to a request recipient had sent to the writer's wife [Lizzie] Rowlands for information relating to Mary Jones [whom she had visited regularly for several years when she (Mary Jones) lived at Bryn-crug, co. Merioneth], forwarding an incomplete, manuscript copy of a paper on Mary Jones by Mrs. Rowlands (see below), the contents of the missing portion of this manuscript, a 'very full account' [of the story of Mary Jones] written by Mrs. Rowlands for Mrs. Edwards, wife of Dr. Lewis Edwards [principal of the C.M. College, Bala] (see below), the value of Mrs. Rowlands's testimony as a weekly visitor [to Bryn-crug], a letter she had written to R[obert] Oliver Rees concerning inaccuracies in his book on Mary Jones, the 'Goleuad correspondence' (see NLW MS 12808D above), an invitation to recipient to visit the writer and his wife); two incomplete, typewritten copies of a paper read by Mrs. Rowlands to the children of Gorphwysfa [C.M. Church, Penrhyndeudraeth], 1904, in which she described her visits to Bryn-crug, told the story of Mary Jones's walk to Bala and purchase of three Bibles from Thomas Charles (as told by Mary Jones herself), and explained how Mary Jones's niece, Lydia Williams, had presented her (Mrs. Rowlands) with one of the three Bibles as a keepsake; two typewritten copies of a letter from Lizzie [Rowlands] from the Board School, Penrhyn Deudraeth, to Mrs. Edwards [wife of Dr. Lewis Edwards, Bala], 1885 (reminiscences of Mary Jones largely as in the preceding item); typewritten notes of an interview between D. E. Jenkins and Mrs. Rowlands, 21 October 1910, in which she explained how Mary Jones's Bible came to be presented to the library of the C.M. College, Bala, and subsequently to the Bible Society in London, and how the Lydia Williams Bible had been donated to Bala College as a replacement; typewritten notes giving the substance of a letter sent by Mrs. Rowlands to D. E. Jenkins, 30 October 1910, subsequent to the above mentioned interview, confirming the information given and providing more details (attested by Mrs. Rowlands, 10 November 1910); typescript copies of letters from D. E. Jenkins to Ieuan R. Jones, Llandrillo [son of Mrs. Rowlands by a previous marriage], and [Robert] Rowlands [husband of Mrs. Rowlands], 27 October 1910 (returning manuscripts borrowed from Mrs. Rowlands, the controversy between the writer and 'Nodwr' in Y Goleuad (see NLW MS 12808D above), a suggestion that Mrs. Rowlands or I. R. Jones should contribute a note to Y Goleuad); and a holograph letter from the aforesaid Ieuan R. Jones, Llandrillo, to [D. E.] Jenkins, 30 October 1910 (acknowledging the return of manuscripts, forwarding a letter from his mother with permission to publish it, the possibility of publishing his mother's account of the story of Mary Jones, his regret for the fact that the [Lydia Williams] Bible had been given to [Bala C.M.] College).

Photographic copies of a letter from Sarah Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, to [? the Stringer family, Chester], 1805 (personal ); a letter from Robert Saunderson, Bala, to [John Walker, Bersham, near Wrexham], 1803 (the writer was now 'brought to Bala', they expected to commence printing in about a fortnight, the type had arrived from London, Mr. Charles wished the press to be called 'the Lord's Press', the writer's loss in not being able to understand the Welsh language); the will, 12 February 1790, of Jael Charles of the county borough of Carmarthen [mother of the Reverend Thomas Charles]; and the 'bishop's transcript' of the register of the parish of Llanddowror [co. Carmarthen] for the year ending March 1724/5.

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).

Five note-books the contents of which consist mainly of transcripts of, or extracts from, miscellaneous correspondence, 1786-1815, including letters to Joseph Tarn [assistant secretary, British and Foreign Bible Society], London, from Christopher Anderson, Edinburgh, 1814, [the Reverend] Tho[ma] s Charles, Bala, ?1807-1814 (?43), Sarah Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, ?1807-1813 (4, two being appendices to her husband's letters), Tho[ma]s R[ice] Charles [son of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, 1815, John Davies, Aberystwyth and Bronhaulog, near Bala and Corwen, 1813-1815 (5), [the Reverend] Ja[me]s Griffith, Machynlleth, 1813, [the Reverend] Dan[ie]l Jones, Liverpool, 1814 [recte 1815], [the Reverend] S[imon] Lloyd, Bala, 1815 (2), Rob[er]t Saunderson, Bala, 1814-1815 (2), and [ ], Shrewsbury, 1812; letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Barmouth, Dublin, Hawkstone, and London, to his son T[homas] R[ ice] Charles, Liverpool, 1807, Mrs. [Lydia] Foulks, Machynlleth, 1806-1814 ( 6), Miss Mary Foulks, Machynlleth, 1814, [the Reverend John Owen, joint secretary, British and Foreign Bible Society], 1809, his nephew J[oseph] Thomas, 1799, John Williams, Tremadoc, 1812, and [ ], 1812-1814 (2); and letters from D[avid] Charles, Carmarthen, to ? Joseph Tarn, 1812, John Davies, Bronhaulog, near Bala, to Messrs. Down, Thornton, and co., 1815, Sam[ue]l Davies, ?Llanarmon in Yale, to [ ], 1813, [the Reverend] John Elias, Llanfechell, to [ ], 1812, Samuel Mills, London, to [ ], 1815 , [the Reverend] Thomas Phillips, Neuaddlwyd, to Mr. Menzies, Carmarthen, 1812, and [ ], 1812 (2), Rob[er]t Price and others, Llanfyllin, to the Bible Society, 1812, [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Reader, Taunton, to [the Reverend] Thomas Charles, Bala, 1786, Rob[er]t Saunderson, Bala, to Evan Evans, London (? for Joseph Tarn), 1814, John Thomas, Lodge, near Llanidloes, to [ ], 1813, W. Williams, Carmarthen, to [ ], 1813, and [ ], Carmarthen, to ? James Black, 1812. Most of the letters relate to the activities of the British and Foreign Bible Society in connection with Wales.

Twelve note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, seventy- eight letters including seventy-one addressed to the Reverend Thomas Charles at Bala, London, Milborne Port, Oxford, Queen Camel, and Shepton Beauchamp, by M[ary] Ashwell, Milborne Port, 1784-1788 (4), M. A. Astle [London], undated, W[illia]m Astle, London, 1799, James Bowen, Castle Gorfod, 1793-1795 (3), John Campbell, Edinburgh, 1792, [the Reverend] I[saac] Crouch, Billericay, 1781, Ellis Edward, Penrhos, 1799, [Lady] A[nn] A[gnes] Erskine, Spa Fields, 1794, Cha[rles] Grant, Clapham, 1792, [the Reverend] Edward Griffin, Ipswich, Leicester, Little Harwood, Swansea, and Worcester, 1778-1800 (16), Joseph Hardcastle, London, 1799 (2, with postscripts by G[eorge] Hodson), [the Reverend] T[homas] Haweis [London], 1799-1800 (2), [Selina, countess of Huntingdon], Bath, 1781, Edward Jones, Llynden, 1799 (with a note from the writer's grandson Tho[ma]s Jones added), [the Reverend] W[illia]m Jones, Broxbourn, Enfield, and Jamaica, [17]78-1782 (5), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Lucas, Milborne Port, 1784 (2), A[mbrose] Martin, London, 1799 (2), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Mayor, Salop, 1781, [the Reverend] S. R. Pittard, Westbury, 1792, [the Reverend] R[obert] Pugh, Weston, 1790, [the Reverend] Lewis Richards, Baltimore [America], 1787-1793 (2), John Roberts, Erddreiniog [parish of Tregaean, co. Anglesey], 1799, Rob[er]t Roberts, New York, 1794, [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Scott, London, 1787-1792 (4), Tho[mas] Smith, London, 1799 (2), R[ebecca] Tomkins, London, 1798 (2), [the Reverend] Watts Wilkinson, Hoxton, London, and Winslow, 1778-1784 (6), Sion William, Plasybrain [parish of Llanbedr-goch, co. Anglesey], 1799, W[illia]m Williams, Llandigige [parish of St. David's, co. Pembroke], 1799, and [the Reverend] W[illiam] Williams, St. Ginys, 1787-1792 (2). The other seven include letters to [Sarah] Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, from [Lady] A[nn] A[gnes] Erskine, Spa Fields, 1795, and S[elina, countess of] Huntingdon, Spa Fields, 1789 (2); to Daniel Jones, Liverpool, from his father Rob[er]t Jones, Ty Bwlcyn [parish of Llaniestyn, co. Caernarvon], 1790-1798 (3); and to the Reverend [Philip] Oliver, Chester, from Ch[arle]s Glover, Birmingham, 1799.

Miscellaneous correspondence including holograph letters from W. Aldridge, London, to Rob[er]t Ellis at the College, Trevecka, 1785 (personal); G[eorge Davys, bishop of] Peterborough, to [? the Reverend Edward Morgan, vicar of Syston, co. Leicester], 1846 (the acceptance of district visitors as candidates for deacons' orders); [the Reverend] John Elias ['o Fôn'], Fron [co. Anglesey], to the Reverend Ellis Phillips, 1840 (1 + 1 by inference) (legal action threatened against the writer and recipient ); [ ] Foulkes, Machynlleth, to Ann ?Peters, 1835 (personal) (incomplete); E. J. Hamilton, Brighton, to the Reverend J. B. Figgis, ? Brighton, 1906 (information relating to the Reverend J. Trego [? Congregational minister], and London Road [Congregational] Church, Brighton) (forwarded to [ ]); Dan[iel Jones], Wrexham, to [ ], 1837 (an abstract of a sermon) (incomplete); E. Jones, Wrexham, to his brother, 1864-1878 (2) (dates of birth of the writer, his brothers, and sisters, a school at Adwy['r Clawdd, near Wrexham] kept by Thomas Evans circa 1804, the publication of Mân Gofion [o bethau crefyddol, moesol, a diddanol . . . (Gwrecsam, 1821)] by the writer's father with Thomas Evans's name 'put to it as the author', the publication of the Reverend T[homas] Charles: Geiriadur [Ysgrythyrol . . .] in one volume, the publication of the works of the Reverend Lewis Edwards of Bala in two volumes, an address presented to the Reverend O[wen] Evans [Congregational minister] on his departure from Wrexham, books on the miracles and parables of Christ [Gwyrthiau Crist . . . (Wrexham, 1868), and Dammegion yr Arglwydd Iesu (Wrexham, 1873)] by the said Owen Evans); Ebenezer Jones, Wrexham, to ? his brother, 1843 (the founding of a society for civil and religious liberty at Ruthin, the need to reform the [Anglican] Church but from within, the improvement in the character of the clergy, a tract by the Reverend T[homas] Spencer [perpetual curate of Hinton Charterhouse] entitled Practical Suggestions on Church Reform); [the Reverend] W[illia]m Leigh, The Vicarage, Eglwysilan, to [ ], 1849 (the reopening of the rebuilt church of Llanvabon, a harvest festival at ?Eglwysilan, the ordaining of [the Reverend William] Davies as curate of Llanvabon); [the Reverend] Ed[ward] Morgan, [vicar of] Syston [co. Leicester], to Tho[ma]s Jones, Chester, undated (material relating to [?the Reverend Simon] Loyd ( sic) [Methodist cleric], a letter to St. David's College [Lampeter] on behalf of recipient, the writer's biographies of H[owel] Harris and [the Reverend Thomas] Charles, an intended work on the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists by [the Reverend John] Hughes [Methodistiaeth Cymru . . . ( Gwrecsam, 3 cyf. 1851-1856)]), and W[illia]m Jones, Wrexham, [18]45 (an intended biography of [?the Reverend John] Humphreys [C.M. minister] by recipient's friend, the writer's intention of publishing selected letters of [the Reverend John] Elias ['o Fôn']); H. Raikes to [ ] Hutton, 1854 (the writer's declining strength, his ?resignation from a committee of ?the British and Foreign Bible Society, reflections on the work of that Society ); and [the Reverend] Henry Rees [C.M. minister], Benarth, to [ ], 1867 (preaching engagements).

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).

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.

Five note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, miscellaneous letters and other items including:- (a) Letters from [the Reverend] John Elias from Llanfechell, to David Ellis, London, 1801-1817 (11), [ ], 1810 (2) (possibly also to David Ellis), and the Calvinistic Methodist Church meeting in London, 1808. (b) Letters from the said John Elias from Fron [Llangefni], to the Reverend Ellis Phillips, 1840 (1 + 1 by inference); and a letter from H. Lloyd Jones, Denbigh, to Edward Peters, Caergurley, near Mold, enclosing copies of a letter from John Elias to J. V[aughan] Horne, Denbigh, and of Mr. Horne's reply thereto, 1840. (c) Letters from [the Reverend] D[avid] Charles [1], Carmarthen, to the Reverend D[avid] Griffiths [vicar of Nevern], 1812, and Miss P[hilli]ps [ Haverfordwest], 1791; [Lady] A[nn] A[gnes] Erskine, Spa-Fields [London], to the Reverend [Thomas] Charles, Bala, 1801; [the Reverend] D[avid] Griffith, [vicar of] Nevern, to [the aforesaid Reverend David Charles, Carmarthen], 1813; [the Reverend] Peter Williams, Gelly [Lednais, parish of Llandyfaelog], to his son the Reverend Eliezer Williams in Scotland, 1791; and [the Reverend] W[illiam] Williams, Pantycelyn, to Sally [Jones, Bala], 1776, and his son [? William Williams], 1786. The originals of the letters in this section are now with the correspondence in the Bala College Group of manuscripts and documents amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales. (d) Letters from [the Reverend] Rowl[an]d Hill, Wotton Underedge, to the Reverend D[avid] Charles [1], Carmarthen, 1817; Tho[ma]s Jones, Mold, to the Reverend [Thomas] Charles, Bala, 1801; Matthew Lewis, Carmarthen, to Howel Harris, Trevecka, near Talgarth, 1739; and [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Scott to the Reverend Thomas Charles, Bala, 1789. The originals of these four letters also are to be found in the aforementioned Bala College Group of manuscripts and documents. (e) The certificate issued to David Edwards of Bala, 17 January 1800, on his subscribing to the oaths denoted in the 'Act for the further relief of Protestant Dissenting Ministers . . .', a draft copy of the proposals for ordaining Calvinistic Methodist ministers [in 1811], and a copy of the questions put to candidates nominated for ordination. The original certificate and the copies of the ordination proposals and questions from which the present transcripts were made are in the aforementioned Bala College Group of documents. Copies of, or extracts from, many of the above letters (English translations in the case of Welsh originals) appear in D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles. . .

Two note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, thirty-two miscellaneous letters, 1798-1814 and undated, including letters from R. Banister, Liverpool, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1798, and [ ], 1798- 1800 (2); [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Denbigh, and [Spa Fields, London], to Mary Stringer, Abbey Green, Chester, 1802-[1805] (3), [? the Stringer family, Chester, 1803], and John Walker, Chester, 1803-[1810] ( 4); Sarah Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, to [Mary Stringer, Chester], 1803, and [? the Stringer family], 1805; Tho[ma]s Edwards, Liverpool, to James Prescot, Delamere, undated; [the Reverend] Ed[ war]d Griffin, Ipswich, to the Reverend Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, 1809; [the Reverend] P[hilip] O[liver, Chester], to [John] Walker [? 1800] (3); [the Reverend] Robert Pugh, Weston, Hawkstone, to [Mrs. Richards, Chester], 1814, and [John Walker, Chester], 1814; Robert Saunderson, Bala, to [John] Walker, Bersham, near Wrexham, 1803; [the Reverend] W[alter] Shirley, [curate of] Orlingbury, to John Walker, Chester, 1800, and [ ], 1800; [Mary Stringer, Chester] to [the Reverend Thomas Charles, 1805]; and Jonathan Wilcoxon, Chester, to John Walker, Bersham, near Wrexham, ?1802- 1805 (8). The letters are largely personal in nature (news of the writer, his family, and acquaintances, religious reflections), but several refer to the churches [of the Philip Oliver connexion] in Chester and the vicinity. Other matters referred to include sermons preached by [the Reverend Thomas] Kelly at Bala, Corwen, and Llangollen [1810], and Mr. Kelly's religious views (No. 4), Robert Saunderson's move to Bala to set up [Thomas Charles's] printing press there in 1803 (No. 13), the death of the Reverend Thomas Charles and his wife in 1814 (No. 23), etc.

Two note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, forty-four letters, 1802-1811 and undated, and a few other miscellaneous items. The writers of the letters include Mr. Bensley, Thomas Bowen, Neath, [the Rev.] E[dward] Burn, Birm[ingha]m, [the Rev. Thomas] Charles, Bala, R. Davies, Goodmansfield, [the Rev.] W[illiam] Dealtry, E[ast] I[ndia] College [Haileybury], Geo[rge] Gaskin, secretary [of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London], John Griffith, Neath, [?the Rev.] D[avid] Jones, [?vicar of] Llangan, [the Rev.] Sam[ue]l Jones, Kildimo Glebe [Limerick], Mr. Jones, Durham, [the Rev.] John Owen [joint home secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society (B.F.B.S.)] from Cambridge and Fulham, [William Owen], Denbigh, the Rev. Legh Richmond [rector of Turvey], L. B. Seeley [London], [John Shore, 1st baron] Teignmouth [president of the B.F.B.S.], J. Smith, University Printing Office [Cambridge], Tho[mas] Smith [collector for the B.F.B.S., London], R[ichard] Watts [university printer], Cambridge, [?the Rev.] M. Whist [recte Whish], Redcllff Vicarage, and [the Rev.] W[illia]m Williams [previously curate of St. Genys], from Carmarthen. Such of the letters as bear addresses are directed to the following officials of the B.F.B.S., viz. [John Shore, 1st baron] Teignmouth (president), the Rev. John Owen and the Rev. J[oseph] Hughes (joint home secretaries), and Joseph Tam (assistant secretary). The letters and other items relate mainly to the activities of the Bible Society more particularly in respect of the demand for, and the publication of, Welsh editions of the New Testament and Bible.