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A volume of 'Unpublished Letters of Joanna Southcott. Collected by Gwilym Owain. Vol. VI', being letters dated 1802 and 1803 followed by various communications in prose and verse. The manuscript has 'LETTERS' '6' in gold on the spine. A partial list of contents is to be found at the beginning of the volume, the last three items being later additions transcribed from the book of A[nn] Underwood in 1815. The manuscript includes transcripts of letters from Joanna Southcott, some written from Market Deeping, co. Lincoln, to the following : [William] Sharp; Mr. [ ] Field; the Reverend S[tanhope] Bruce; the Reverend [ ] Bates of Eton; the Reverend T[homas] P. Foley; and Messrs. Bruce, Webster and Field; pp. 45-53, a letter from the Reverend J[ohn] Mossop, Market Deeping, to the Reverend [Joseph] Pomeroy; pp. 53-63, 'A Communication in answer to a Preacher, who said, that the Bible would be not more revealed than it was already'; pp. 64-67, 'A Communication in answer to a letter about the illness of Mr. Wilson'; pp. 68-77, 'On the rev. Mr. Mossop's question 'Is not Joanna led by a jesting spirit ?'; pp. 78-83, 'On the refusal of the rev. Mr. Mossop to ansr. whether he would attend at the proving of Joanna's Writings'; pp. 84-92, 'On the Flock of Pidgeons [sic] flying about the Mail Coach - and on Mr. Brothers's Writings'; pp. 93-97, 'On Swedenbourg's description of heaven'; pp. 97-108 , 'Joanna's prayer for Mr. Wilson, and the communication thereon - appearances in the skies, observed by Mrs. Bancroft'; pp. 108-23, 'Joanna's visit to the house where the reed. Mr. Bruce's children were brought up, and a communication thereon'; pp. 123-30, 'A Communication Shewing reasons for joining with the Woman'; pp. 130-2, 'A Communication Taken out of the Sealed Writings, written September 1799, and copied off March 9th. 1805'; pp. 132-7, 'In the year 1798, people were talking in Exeter, how they were to cut down timber, to prevent the French going through the land . . . '; pp. 138-40, 'The following Communication was given, in 1799, in answer to my sister's saying that my brother was like a man who pruned the tree upwards, till he came to the top; and then cried for help to come down'; pp. 141-2, 'An inquiry of letters, in answer to the words spoken at Christmas, to let May be over, and then they should be directed what they had to expect. June 21 st. 1805'. Also within the volume is a loose leaf containing 'A Communication given to Joanna Southcott, in answer to her father, who, seeing all that she had done for him, cried out with astonishment, 'Too much oil puts out the lamp; and too much goodness overcomes me!"'; this transcript is dated 22 April 1816.

A volume of 'Unpublished Miscellaneous Pieces by Joanna Southcott transcribed from the papers of W. Sharp by Gwilym Owain [= William Owen- Pughe] . . . Vol. III', the writings, both prose and verse, dating from 1797 to 1803. The manuscript has 'MSS TRACTS' '3' in gold on the spine. The contents, a list of which is to be found at the beginning of the volume, include: pp. 1-23, 'Accusations of Satan about her [Joanna Southcott's] father'; pp. 24-35, 'On the Grief of Joanna's Father, for being burdensome to her August 2d. 1800'; pp. 36-43, St. Swithin's Day. July 15th. 1800'; pp. 43-45, 'Answer about Faith'; pp. 46-48, 'Too Much Oil puts out the Lamp'; pp. 49-58, 'A Parable, which is here explained is of a young prince named Montezuma'; pp. 59-73, 'False Christs - and why Our Saviour was loath to die'; pp. 74-80, 'Sealed Writings, 12 May, 1798'; p. 80, 'Command of the Lord given to Joanna, on the 12 of February, 1803'; pp. 81-90, 'Why David [was] a Man after God's own heart'; pp. 90-91, a dream of a flooded river, with an interpretation; pp. 92-96, 'The Explanation of May'; pp. 97-127, a communication about Richard Brothers dated 29 May 1802; pp. 128-31, 'Communication June 1st. 1802'; pp. 132-5, 'Prayer for R. Brothers, May 27, 1802'; and pp. 136-8, a communication 'on the detraction of her enemies'.

A volume of 'Unpublished Letters from Joanna Southcott, To her Friends And various other persons. Collected by Gwilym Owain. Vol. V', the letters belonging to the years 1802 and 1803. The manuscript has 'MSS TRACTS' '5' in gold on the spine. The contents, a list of which is to be found at the beginning of the volume, are transcripts of letters, mainly from Joanna Southcott to the following persons: J. E. Field; the Reverend Stanhope Bruce; Ben Hadad, [London]; W[illiam] Sharp; [Richard] Brothers; [Beilby Porteus], Bishop of London; [Elias] Carpenter; [Nathaniel Brassey] Halhed; and the Reverend Mr. Wood, Lisson Green. Some of the letters have been written from Old-swinford and short letters from the Reverend Thos. P. Foley are appended to four of them. There is also a letter from Thos. P. Foley to W[illiam] Sharp and another from Geo[rge] Turner, Leeds, to E. T. Field with copies of letters from Turner to Lord Pelham and to [Henry Addington], Chancellor of the Exchequer. A loose leaf within the volume, in the hand of William Owen [-Pughe], would appear to contain an index of subjects connected with the Joanna Southcott material.

A volume of 'Unpublished Communications, given to Joanna Southcott. collected copied by Gwilym Owain. Vol. X', being transcripts of communications dated 1802-1806. The manuscript has 'LETTERS' '5' in gold on the spine. The contents, a list of which is to be found at the beginning of the volume, are as follows: pp. 1-16, 'A Communication concerning the War, and the sealed People being engaged in it, and other things: in a letter to Mr. Carpenter. Leeds, Dec. Stn. 1803'; pp. 17-25, 'A Letter to Mr. Sharp with Communications concerning Prayer; and injunctions for comparing the Scriptures so as to be enabled to judge aright of Joanna's Works. March 26. 1804'; pp. 25-32, 'A Communication, March 27, 1804' ('On difference in ceremonies, the same subject continued'); pp. 33-48, 'A Letter to Miss Townley with the continuation of the instructions begun in the Letter to Mr. Sharp. March 30. 1804'; pp. 49-53, 'Communications about Mr. Coy. on Bonaparte. May 3d. 1804'; pp. 54-71, 'On the funeral of Mr. Coy'; pp. 71-74, 'Joanna's Journey' [from London to Bristol]; pp. 74-80, 'On Mrs. J. Southcott's child dying on J's arrival at Bristol'; pp. 80-82, 'The particulars about the child's convulsions and death. . .'; pp. 82-84, 'The Types of the Two Johns' (Joanna's kinsmen); pp. 85-96, a letter from Joanna to Col. H.; pp. 97-105, 'A Letter from Joanna to Mr. Charles Taylor, with a Communication on the death of her Father, Jan 23d. 1802', William Owen [-Pughe]'s transcript, 6 June 1804, is said to have been taken from one made in March 1802 by Wm. Sharp; pp. 105-19, a letter, dated 11 Feb. 1806, 'On the strange account of the Eggs written on, and Bells in the Air'; pp. 119-27, 'A Communication on the account of a Fish with one eye Feb. 22. 1806'; pp. 127-34, 'On drawing of wrong judgment - A Communication given March the 18th. 1806'; and pp. 134- 41 'On the liberation of Richard Brothers'; the last three items appear to have been transcribed by William Owen [-Pughe] in March-April 1806 from material recorded by Ann Underwood and Jane Townley. The volume ends with the statement 'Not to be copied for any one'.