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Miscellaneous items including typewritten copies of two letters from Ro[ber]t Saunderson, Bala, to [ ], October 1814 (the illness and death of [the Reverend Thomas] Charles and the death of Mrs. [Sarah] Charles); a typewritten copy of a letter from [the officers of] the Sunday school of Pall Mall [Calvinistic Methodist Church], Liverpool, to the Reverend [Thomas] Charles, Bala, 1814 (an account of the Sunday school); holograph notes by Daniel Jones, Wrexham, on a sermon he had heard, May 1837; holograph notes by [ Peters, Caergwrle], relating to his financial transactions with his brother-in-law David Ellis of London, 1812-1816, and his efforts to deal with claims against David Ellis's estate after his death, circa 1826; holograph notes, 1876, by Edw[ard] Peters, son of the aforementioned [ ] Peters, also relating to David Ellis and mentioning his books including 'valuable Puritanical Books'; notes of a sermon preached by Foulk Evans, Machynlleth, May 1858; a postcard sent to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh, from Aberystwyth, October 1905 [depicting the scene at the enforced sale of some of the possessions of the Reverend D. Treborth Jones, minister of Salem Calvinistic Methodist Church, Aberystwyth, for non-payment of a rate due under the provisions of the Education Act of 1902], and endorsed by the sender 'First Passive Resistance Sale in Cardiganshire, Oct- 3rd 1905'; a typewritten copy of a report and proposals presented by 'Pwyllgor Llawysgrifau Trevecka' ('The Trevecka [College] Manuscripts Committee') [to the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodist Connection meeting in London, 1915], together with a copy [in the hand of the secretary, the Reverend Morgan Hugh Jones] of resolutions passed at a meeting of the committee held at Bootle, 27 May 1914; and a copy of the words and music of a song entitled 'Annie Lisle'.

Seven note-books containing miscellaneous extracts, transcripts, etc., including extracts, 1798-1808, from the diary of David Jones, [? rector of] Llangan; extracts, 1792-1807, ? from the minute books of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge relating mainly to preparations for publishing successive editions of the Welsh Bible; a transcript of a letter from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1801 (personal, religious reflections, the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton); a transcript of a report, 1903, by William Weir of Abingdon on Llanfihangel Abercowin church; a transcript of an indenture, 21 July 1800, appointing the Reverend Thomas Charles, Jonathan Wilcoxon of Chester, and John Walker, also of Chester, trustees of the aforementioned Phillip Oliver's church at Boughton; transcripts of the title-pages and prefaces of Thomas Charles: A Short Evangelical Catechism . . . (2nd ed., Bala, 1804) and (3rd ed., Bala, 1808), and of the same author's An Exposition on the Ten Commandments . . . (Bala, 1805), and of Sir Richard Hill's testimonial in favour of, and Thomas Charles's post-script to, the third edition of the Catechism; an abridged version of an account of the life and career of Griffith Davies, actuary , ? taken from The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. V, pp. 337-48; an incomplete copy of a Welsh translation of a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to [Mary Hughes, Liverpool, 1812] (see Goleuad Cymru, 1823, Llyfr III, tt. 225-7); extracts from the reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805-1815, relating mainly to the publication by the Society of Welsh Bibles and Testaments; and extracts containing an account of disbursements in respect of Northampton Chapel, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell, London, 1780-1816.

Typewritten copies of sixteen letters from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Machynlleth, Milbourne Port, Oxford, Spa Fields Chapel [London], and Turk dean, near Northleach, including (a) nine letters to the Reverend Edward Griffin at Little Horwood, near Winslow, and Worcester, 1776-1788 and undated, and (b) seven letters, 1804-1812 and undated, one of which is addressed to S. Ralph, and all of which, according to D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . ., in which they have been published (see index, s.n. Ralph, Simon), were written to Simon Ralph of Seaton (Saighton, Seighton), near Chester. The seven letters of this second section deal mainly with matters relating to the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton.

Nineteen note-books containing transcripts [by D. E. Jenkins] of one hundred and five letters, 1779-1811 and undated, from the Reverend Thomas Charles from Bala, Birmingham, Dolgelley, Limerick, Llanymowddwy, Milborne Port, Oxford, Pwllhely, Queen Camel, near Sherborne, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Spa Fields, etc., to his brother David Charles, Carmarthen (4), his son T[homas] R[ice] Charles, London, [Thomas] Foulks, Bala (2), [Sarah] Jones ( also as [Sarah] Charles, his wife), Bala, Chester, etc. (87), M[ary] Stringer, Abbey Green, Chester, J[ohn] Walker, junior, Chester (?9), and Miss Wright, Tarvin, co. Chester. The originals of one hundred and one of the letters transcribed are now in the Thomas Charles Edwards Collection of manuscripts and documents amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales. The originals of the other four form part of NLW MS 4797C.

Seven note-books containing transcripts of sixty-one letters to the Reverend Thomas Charles at Llangann, Llangeitho, Llanymowddy (sic), Milborne Port, Salop, Shawbury, Trawsfynydd, etc., from Sally (Sarah) Jones or Charles [subsequent to their marriage in 1783], from Bala, 1780- 1787. The originals of fifty-seven of these letters are now with the correspondence in the Thomas Charles Edwards Collection of manuscripts and documents amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales. The remaining four originals form part of N.L.W. MSS. 4797-8.

Forty-four holograph letters, 1842-1855 and undated, from [the Reverend] Edw[ ar]d Morgan [vicar of Syston, 1814-1869, and of Ratcliffe on the Wreak, 1818- 1867, both in co. Leicester], from Aberffraw (I), Bangor (I), Cheltenham (I), Pyle [co. Glamorgan] (I), and Syston. The names of the addressees are not ascertainable but the contents of the letters indicate that the majority were written to one person, possibly Thomas Jones of Chester, the recipient of the letters in NLW MS 12757C. Several of the letters contain advice to recipient with regard to preparatory studies, initial steps to be taken, etc., in connection with a desire he had expressed of offering himself as a candidate for Holy Orders. The college at St. Bees, the school at Cowbridge, the Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool, and St. David's College, Lampeter, are mentioned in this context. There are also numerous references to the biographies or selections of the letters of the Calvinistic Methodist clerics or ministers [Thomas] Charles, [John] Elias, Howell Harris, [David] Jones, Llangan, [Daniel] Rowland, and W[illia]m Williams, Pantycelyn, which the writer was preparing for publication or had already published. The letters also refer to correspondence of [the Reverend] Jo[hn] Humphreys [C.M. minister] in the writer's possession, the need to tell Mr. H. Griffith to proceed with a Welsh memoir of [John] Elias, the death of recipient's father, the possibility of recipient writing a memoir of his father and of the aforementioned [John] Humphreys, the writer's willingness to help recipient with his 'intended Periodical', Thomas Parry's account [Cofiant] of [the Reverend John] Davies [C.M. minister] of Nantglyn, contacting the Reverend E. Evans [? Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd')], 'Jones the poet at Mold' [? the Reverend Thomas Jones ('Glan Alun')], and the Reverend W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog'], with regard to William Williams, Pantycelyn, an attack on the writer's edition of the letters of [John] Elias ? by [William Williams] 'Caledfrin' (sic) in the Carnarvon Herald, a seminary for young ladies kept in Chester by Mrs. Williams 'wife of a preacher there', a subscription due from Chancellor [Henry] Raikes of Chester [Cathedral] for a copy of the biography of Howel Harris, and an article on the Reverend S[imon] Lloyd [ Methodist cleric] which the writer was preparing.

Typewritten copies of letters from the Reverend Tho[ma]s Jones (Calvinistic Methodist minister), Denbigh, to Joseph Tarn (assistant secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society), Spa Fields, London, 1813-1815 (5 + 2 by inference) (local branches of the Bible Society in Denbighshire, the supplying of Bibles and Testaments by the parent Society, problems relating to the price of Bibles, a proposed memoir of the Reverend [Thomas] Charles in English, the writer's progress with his 'Life' of Thomas Charles in Welsh [Cofiant neu Hanes Bywyd a Marwolaeth y Parch. Thomas Charles . . . wedi ei gyfieithu a'i gasglu gan y Parchedig Thomas Jones . . . (Bala, 1816)]); an obituary article on the Reverend Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Carmarthen, extracted from Yr Efangylydd . . ., 1831, tt. 133-7; a letter from E[van] Evans from Shacklewell [London], to the aforementioned J[oseph] Tarn, London, 1814 (the establishing of local branches [of the Bible Society] in different parts of London, the illness of Mr. [Thomas] Charles, the writer' s experience of stereotype printing, his application to go to Russia with an acquaintance named Alexander Smith, under the patronage of the Bible Society, to set up a stereotype printing office); and a letter from John Roberts [Calvinistic Methodist preacher] from London, to his son Michael Roberts [also C.M. preacher] in Liverpool, 1803 (the writer's visit to London, matters relating to C.M. churches in London).

Five holograph letters from Daniel Jones from Flint and Wrexham, to Mrs. Jones, 1841 (personal, religious reflections, the writer and [John Phillips] 'Tegidon' had read and copied 'Ychydig hanes y Parch. T. Jones ' [? the Reverend Thomas Jones of Denbigh], 'Tegidon' would like to see the works of Charles [the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala] and ' Jones o Ddinbych' [the aforementioned Reverend Thomas Jones] republished in parts to appear every two months), his wife and family, 1842-1844 (2) ( personal), and [Mr. Parry], 1845 (2) (personal, arranging preaching engagements for recipient, religious sentiments).

Twenty-four letters, etc., from J[ohn] Mortimer Angus (registrar of the University of Wales, previously professor of Latin, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), University Registry, Cardiff, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), D[avid] Brynmor Anthony (registrar of the University of Wales), University Registry, Cardiff, 1930-1931 (2) (the University's decision to award recipient the honorary degree of M.A.), J. Atkinson, Liverpool, [19]06 (enquiries made on behalf of recipient concerning Robert Roberts [? of Holyhead, 1777-1836], enclosing a photograph of a bust ? of Roberts), T[homas] W[illiam] Barker (diocesan registrar of the diocese of St. Davids), Carmarthen, 1905-1907 (5) (information from the St. David's diocesan records), E. C. Beharrell, British Museum [London], [19]09 (a reference to an article on charity schools in Wales in The Gospel Magazine, March 1798, enclosing a copy of the title-page of the Rev[erend] T[homas] Charles: An Evangelical Catechism (London, 1797)), W. W. Benham (joint manager), The Provident Association of London, Limited, London, 1915 (enclosing a certificate of appointment of recipient as an agent for the company), [the Reverend] T[homas] Bird, St. Fagan's Rectory, Cardiff, [19]07 (2) (enclosing a copy of the memorial inscription on the tomb of the Rev[erend] Daniel Jones, curate of Radir (ob. 1821), and of his wife Joan (ob. 1840), at St. Fagan's, and an extract from the parish register recording their marriage, 1792), [Professor] A[lexander] Bruce Boswell (dean of the Faculty of Arts), University of Liverpool, 1932 (2) (recipient's candidature for the degree of D. Litt.), [the Reverend] Stafford F[aulkner] Bourdillon, East Tytherley Vicarage, Salisbury, 1906 (information concerning the Reverend Edward Phillips (ob. 1851), a previous incumbent of the parish, a copy of the inscription on Phillips's tombstone), [the Reverend] Arthur J[ames] Bowen, Kington Magna Rectory, Dorset, 1905 (a promise to look at old letters [for references to Thomas Charles], mention of W[illia]m Williams ['Williams Pantycelyn', 1717-1791], and of the writing by him of [the hymn commencing with the line] 'O'er those gloomy hills of darkness', in Berry Hill Wood [near Llwyn-gwair, parish of Nevern, co. Pembroke], looking across to Carn Ingli), George B[evan] Bowen, Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, 1906 (a reply to a query re James Bowen of Llwyngwair (ob. 1816), and documents re Madam Bevan's Charity), Charles E. Breese, Portmadoc, 1904 (a query relating to John Williams, agent to Mr. [William Alexander] Madocks [of Tremadoc], with whom the Rev[eren]d Tho[ma]s Charles was friendly, Charles's stay with Mr. Madocks on the occasion of the opening of the new [Calvinistic Methodist] chapel in Tremadoc), Capt[ain] James Buckley, Castell Gorfod, St. Clears, 1910 (recipient's 'Life of Tho[mas] Charles', the writer's 'very large Welsh Library of M.S.S.', information required concerning David Bowen), Edward J. Burrow and Co. Ltd . (publishers), Cheltenham, 1928-1932 (3) (the publication of another edition of the Denbigh Official Guide), and F. M. Burton, Filey, [19]06 (extracts from the records of the Congregational church and from the register of the parish church, Gainsborough, relating to the Rev[erend] Daniel Rowland (ob. 1804), pastor of the former).