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Transcripts by Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900) of letters from Lewis Edwards (1809-1887) to his parents and brother and from them to him, 1829-1830, of a letter from John Elias (1774-1841), 1828, to the church at Jewin Crescent, London, and of a letter, 1827, from David Jones and Peter Davies, Llangeitho, to Lewis Edwards. The material appears to have been intended for inclusion in Thomas Charles Edwards's proposed biography of his father.

Letters, 1822-1829, to John Jones, printer, Liverpool from John Elias o Fôn (1774-1841) and James Hughes (Iago Trichrug) (1779-1844).

Twelve holograph letters, some imperfect, from [the Reverend] John Elias [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Llanfechell [co. Anglesey], to David Ellis, London, 1801-1817 (personal and family news, the writer's travels, comments and advice in respect of the contention between Mr. [Edward] Jones and the [Calvinistic Methodist] church or society under his charge in London (1801-1803), an order for shawls, etc., ?as stock for Mrs. Elias's shop, a request to recipient to buy specified books on behalf of one of the writer's acquaintances, some of the moral, doctrinal, and other problems discussed at various [Methodist] Association meetings, e.g., the slave trade, the selling of milk and baking on Sundays, the importance of setting a good example for children, continuance in grace, religious 'enthusiasm', the meaning of discipline, the doctrine of redemption, the practice of fasting, etc., the sending of James Hughes (1809) and of Rich[ar]d Lloyd (1812) to [the society in] London, a comment on the lack of Bibles and the degree of illiteracy in Anglesey (1813)) (the twelfth letter, July 1817, is on the same sheet as a letter to David Ellis from his wife, Ann, who, at the time, was staying in Llanfechell).

Photostat copies, [1935], of original letters, 1826-1840, from John Elias to his wife and children, John and Phebe.