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The Reverend John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, and his family,

Typescript and printed material relating to the Reverend John Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister] of Tal-y-sarn [co. Caernarvon], and his family. The typescript items include two copies of the reminiscences (35 pp.) of Mrs. Fanny Jones, daughter of the Reverend John Jones, which, under the title 'Adgofion Mebyd yn Nhal y Sarn', had been published as a series of weekly articles in Y Dinesydd Cymreig, 15 Awst - 7 Tachwedd 1917; two incomplete copies of a biographical essay (30 pp.) on Mrs. Fanny Jones, wife of the Reverend John Jones, by 'Adgof Uwch Anghof', which likewise, under the title 'Bywyd, Cymeriad, a Dylanwad Mrs. Fanny Jones, Tal y Sarn', had been published as a series of weekly articles in the same paper, 14 Tachwedd 1917-13 Mawrth 1918; extracts from Hugh Hughes ('Tegai'): Cofiant John Jones, Talsarn [(Pwllheli, 1858)], typed on the dorse of printed copies of a circular letter in Welsh addressed by D. E. Jenkins from Denbigh to the officers of [Calvinistic Methodist] churches in the Vale of Clwyd, 1907, drawing their attention to recently published Welsh books on religious topics, and offering suggestions with regard to the formation of reading groups or societies for buying and studying these and other works of a similar nature; a copy of a letter from [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones from Talsarn, to William Roberts, Nefyn, 1855, announcing his inability to fulfill a preaching engagement owing to pressure of work at the quarry (see Y Goleuad, 7 Tachwedd 1934, t. 4); and notes of sermons preached by John Jones ?at Denbigh in 1846. The printed material consists of a copy of Y Pulpud, cyf. II, rhif I, containing notes of a sermon preached by John Jones in Liverpool, 16 May 1853; and cuttings from Y Darlunydd, Ionawr 1877, [Y Drysorfa, 1897], and [Baner ac Amserau Cymru], 26 Gorffennaf 1905, all containing reminiscences of, or biographical notes on, the said John Jones.

Notes on the bishop of St Asaph's landmarks,

A typescript, ?printer's copy of D. E. Jenkins's pamphlet Notes on the Bishop of St. Asaph's Landmarks (Chapters XII, XIII) (Denbigh, 1913), containing a critical analysis of chapters 12-13 of Alfred George Edwards [ bishop of St. Asaph, aft. archbishop of Wales]: Landmarks in the History of the Welsh Church (London, 1912).

D. E. Jenkins.

Essay,

An incomplete, typescript copy of an essay on 'Ratiocination in Welsh Literature, 1789-1840', ? by D. E. Jenkins.

Miscellanea,

Typescript copies of an essay (13 pp.) by D. E. Jenkins entitled 'Wars and Religious Revivals', and of three undated letters addressed by D. E. Jenkins to the editor of the [Liverpool] Post and Mercury (a controversy between the writer and Mr. [ ] Jones relating to Daniel Rowland, Howel Harris, and the eighteenth century Methodist revival in general); and typewritten notes on 'Diwygiadau Crefyddol Cymru'.

D. E. Jenkins.

Miscellaneous essays and addresses,

Typescript and manuscript copies of essays and addresses ? by D. E. Jenkins on the following subjects - 'Oliver Wendell Holmes' (33 pp.), 'Is Trade Unionism conducive to the Interest of Industry' (13 pp.), 'The Gospel of Some Novels' (38 pp.), 'Efengyl Rhai Nofelau' (13 pp.), 'Cyflwr Crefyddol Cymru cyn y Diwygiad Methodistaidd' (14 pp.) (two copies), and 'Welsh Bibliographical Activities' (11 pp.).

Biographical sketches,

Biographical sketches of, or notes on, the Reverend David Charles Davies, principal of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Trefeca; the Reverend Lewis Edwards, principal of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Bala; the Reverend Thomas Charles Edwards, principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and later of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Bala; the Reverend John Elias ['o Fôn'], Calvinistic Methodist minister; the Reverend Christmas Evans, Baptist minister; the Reverend Evan Herber Evans, principal of Bala-Bangor Congregational College, Bangor; John Thomas ('Eos Gwynedd'), of Pentrefoelas [co. Denbigh], poet; Lewis Thomas, son of the aforesaid John Thomas; and John Thomas, of Llanrwst, son of the said Lewis Thomas.

Transcripts of miscellaneous correspondence, 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. . .

Transcripts of letters to Joseph Tarn, etc.,

Six note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, one hundred and eighteen letters, 1804-1821 and undated, being mainly (from the actual addresses or by inference) letters to Joseph Tarn, assistant secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Other recipients include [Dr.] Geo[ rge] Gaskin [secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge] ( 1), the Reverend [John] Owen [joint home secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society], Fulham (1), L. B. Seeley, bookseller, London (1), and the Welsh bishops and the bishop of Hereford (circular). The writers include [the Reverend] Christopher Anderson [Baptist minister], Edinburgh, A. Clarke [? the Reverend Adam Clarke, Wesleyan preacher], Gabriel Davies, Bala, John Davies, Vronhaulog, near Bala or Corwen, [the Reverend] W[ illiam] Dealtry [aft. archdeacon of Surrey], Hertford, [the Reverend] John Elias ['o Fôn'], from Wilderness Row [London], E[van] Evans, Shacklewell, [the Reverend] Timothy Evans [vicar of Llanbadarn Trefeglwys], Jos. Hughes, Ruthin, the Reverend David Johnston, Edinburgh (circular), the Reverend D[ avid] Jones, Holywell,. D. Jones, [? the Reverend David Jones, vicar of] Langan, John Jones, Bala, Owen Jones, Gelly, near Llanfair [Caereinion], [ the Reverend] Sam[ue]l Jones [of Kildimo, Limerick], from Holborn [London ], [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Jones [C.M. minister], Denbigh, Edmund Lloyd, Cefnfaes, Maentwrog, [the Reverend] S[imon] Lloyd [Methodist cleric], Bala, Richard Owen [Caernarvon], John Parry, Chester, [the Reverend] John Roberts, [vicar of] Tremeirchion, Rob[er]t Saunderson, Bala, L. B. Seeley, Fleet Street [London], [John Shore, 1st baron] Teignmouth [president of the British and Foreign Bible Society], Portman Square [London], John Thomas, Lodge, [ the Reverend] James Trego, Boughton, Chester, and John Walker, Chester. The letters deal mainly with the publication and distribution of Welsh Bibles and Testaments by the British and Foreign Bible Society, the activities of local branches of the Society set up in some of the counties of North Wales, and the collecting of contributions from these local branches for transmitting to the parent Society in London. Other topics referred to include a religious revival in the Bala area (No. 61 of 1818), elementary education in parts of Ireland (No. 64 of 1809) and Scotland (Nos. 65-8 of 1810-1811), a memoir of the Reverend Thomas Charles being prepared by the Reverend Thomas Jones of Denbigh (Nos. 84-5 of 1815), the Bible Society's intention of setting up a stereotype printing office in Russia (No. 88 of 1814), the publishing of Welsh versions of the Reverend Legh Richmond's tracts The Negro Servant and The Dairyman's Daughter, and of his tract relating to little Jane [i.e., The Young Cottager] (No. 95 of 1821), etc. Copies of, or extracts from, many of the above letters appear in D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . .

Letters to Daniel Jones, Wrexham,

Eleven holograph letters, 1808-1841 and undated, addressed to Daniel Jones (at Mr. Painter's Printing Office, High Street, at Bridge Street, at Mr. R. Hughes, Church Street, etc.), Wrexham. The writers include Rob[er]t Davies , ? Llansannan, undated (instructions re a book, etc., a request for information to be sent by means of invisible ink), R. Humphreys, seaman on board H.M.S. Ulysses, Jersey, 1811 (personal), Dan[ie]l. Jones, Liverpool, 1811 (his return to Liverpool after a visit to Wales), Mary Jones [? widow of the Reverend Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Denbigh], from Denbigh, 1841 and undated (2) (personal, religious reflections, her wish to dispose of the copyright of [her husband's] martyrology [Diwygwyr, Merthyron, a Chyffeswyr Eglwys Loegr . . . (Dinbych, 1813)], a suggestion that the sections of the work dealing with 'Popish persecution' be published in instalments 'as popery is so much on the increase both in England and Wales'), [the Reverend] Tho[mas Jones [husband of the aforesaid Mary Jones], Syrior and Liverpool, 1816-1817 (2) (personal, preaching engagements, differences of opinion relating to the doctrine of redemption), ? Geo[rge] Philips, Caemynydd, 1827 (requesting recipient to check a letter ? relating to the Welsh language written for publication in Y Gwyliedydd, a suggestion that the writer should translate into Welsh and publish in Y Gwyliedydd [Thomas Tregenna] Biddulph's [published] lectures on the liturgy of the Church of England, the writer's return to Oxford [ University]), Ellis Phillips, Rhos, 1831 (preaching engagements), J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon'), Caerlleon, [18]40 (the writer's contributions to Y Drysorfa including letters relating to [an advertised Biblical] concordance [Mynegair Ysgrythyrawl . . . wedi ei helaethu a'i orphen allan o waith . . . T. Charles, B.A., gan D. Charles, B.A., Bala (Caerlleon, 1840- , published in parts, incomplete)], a ? promised letter from recipient relating to the concordance), and Rice Price, Llanelwy, 1808 (personal, a request to recipient to ask William Jones to come to St. Asaph to keep a school).

Letters from the Reverend Edward Morgan,

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.

Reverend Edward Morgan.

Transcripts of letters from the Reverend 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 . . .

Transcripts of letters of the Charles family of Carmarthen,

Two note-books containing transcripts of thirty-two letters, 1812-1849 and undated, all except one (as per signatures, addresses, etc., or by inference) being to or from the Reverend David Charles [David Charles I, Calvinistic Methodist minister] of Carmarthen, his son David Charles [II] also of Carmarthen, and his daughter Eliza Charles [or, subsequent to marriage, Davies]. The remaining letter, from Mary Foulks, Machynlleth, is possibly also to a member of the Charles family.

Transcripts of letters to the Reverend Thomas Charles,

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.

Transcripts of letters to the Reverend Thomas Charles, etc.,

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.

Transcripts of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles,

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 letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles, etc.,

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.

Transcripts of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles and others,

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.

Transcripts of letters from the Reverend Thomas Charles,

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.

D. E. Jenkins.

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