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Holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at Welshpool and very occasionally elsewhere, by his brother David Howell mainly from Machynlleth. 12558D. Seventy-seven letters, 1833-1837 (financial and legal matters [relating to the professional activities of the two brothers in the solicitors' offices in which they were working in Welshpool and Machynlleth respectively], personal and family affairs including the writer's efforts to improve his education, his inclination to seek a post in Manchester so that he could study at the Mechanics' Institution, his prospects in his law career at Machynlleth, his attempts to become an articled clerk, the problem of deciding upon a career for [their brother] George, the sending of [their sister] Elinor to school at Minsterley [co. Salop], and the health of their brother Edward, the possibility of a new bank being opened at Machynlleth, the certificates of registration of a chapel at Mallwyd and of Hebron chapel at Aberangell (1836), mention of Llanbrynmair and Diosg schools, the presenting of the rules of the Darowen Friendly Society to the [Quarter] Sessions (1836), a fire at [Machynlleth] (1836), mention of the Mer[ioneth] election (1836), a public dinner and ? firework display to be organised [at Machynlleth] to celebrate the coming of age of Princess Victoria) (one of the letters contains an abstract of the contents of a letter sent by another brother, Lewis Howell, from Lake Providence, Louiziana, to his father and mother, January 1837, in which he comments on wages, land transactions, cotton growing, etc., in that state). 12559D. Seventy-two letters, 1838-1840 (the financial and legal activities of the two brothers, personal and family news, the writer's career prospects in the solicitor's office in which he was employed at Machynlleth, [their sister] Ellen's schooling at Minsterley, the writer's impressions of James Rees Jones ['Kilsby'] the prospective minister of Capel y Graig [Independent Church at Machynlleth], the members who had separated from Capel y Graig, trouble concerning possession of the said chapel and the advisability of having it registered, a plan to invest in property in London (the letter referring to this topic is accompanied by a copy of a letter from David Howell to his brother Evan in London giving more details of the plan), the tenancy of a factory [? at Llanbryn- mair] (the letter referring to this point is on the dorse of a lengthy letter to Abraham Howell from [Elinor Howell] his mother, from Llanbrynmair, 27 November 1838, containing local news including details of a fatal shooting accident near Diosk [farm, Llanbryn-mair], news of [the recipient's brother] Lewis in America, moral exhortations to the recipient and his brothers and sisters in the form of verse, and a long poem advocating the cause of temperance), an attack by Hugh Thomas, clerk to the Board of Guardians [of the Machynlleth Union], on Captain Thruston [? chairman of the board] at [his home in] Talgarth, the election of the writer as clerk to the aforementioned Board of Guardians as successor to Thomas (some of the letters dealing with this election are dated January 1838, but this is a mistake for 1839 as the election was held in January of that year), a query with regard to the registration of a Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Aberangell in 1836, a subscription by the writer towards six copies of the Rev[eren]David W[illiam] Williams ['Caledfryn']: Drych Barddonol [neu Draethawd ar Farddoniaeth . . ., Caernarfon, 1839], a meeting to discuss enclosing 'the Park and other Commons', possible proposals for enclosures in the manor of Cyfeiliog) the letters contain occasional references to Samuel Roberts and John Roberts, the writer's cousins). 12560D. Eighty letters, 1841-1845 (personal and family news, legal and financial transactions by the writer and recipient, the commutation of Machynlleth tithes, a query concerning the legal venue for the parliamentary election for the county of Montgomery (1841), doubts as to 'whether the Conservative voters at Newtown will be allowed by the mob to vote' [? in the election for the borough seat], a post for [their brother] George in Liverpool, the moving of the Dovey bridge toll gate and the building of a road by Sir John Edwards, owner of Ffrydd, in order to evade paying toll at the new gate, the birth of recipient's son, mention of the certificate of registration of Capel y Graig [Independent Chapel at Machynlleth], [their sister] Hannah's schooling, the mental illness of [ their brother] Samuel, a request for advice in connection with the commutation of Darowen tithes).

Extracts, [c. 1935], in typescript and manuscript, from minutes of the Montgomeryshire Court of Quarter Sessions for 1707-1719, copied by A. Stanley Davies, Welshpool, from the original order book (now Llandrindod, Powys Record Office, M/Q/SO/1).
The extracts relate mostly to bridges in the county (ff. 2-3, 4, 5-8) and to nonconformist and Quaker meeting houses (ff. 9-11).

Two pedigree charts tracing descendants of Thomas Wolley of Woodhall [co. Salop] (d. 1725), and Eliz[abe]th, his wife (d. 1682), the first having been produced in a suit at Salop Assizes, March 1825, and the second, ?in the same suit, at [Salop] summer Assizes, 1827; and a third chart tracing three generations of the descendants of Edward Dyas of Aston, near Worthen [co. Salop] (d. 1789), and Martha, his wife (d. c. 1807-1808).

A copy (?incomplete) of a report, published in April 1865, entitled Borough and Local Government District of Welch-Pool. A statement of the result of an examination and enquiry by the Mayor and Council, respecting the books, documents, property, rules, regulations, and other matters relating to the borough and district. Also their accounts for 1864; together with descriptive and historical notes from nineteenth and ? early twentieth century sources, relating to the borough of Welshpool and the vicinity.

A note-book containing 'An Account of Money expended in the Repairs of the Embankments, Bridges, Sluices, Brooks, drains, &c., in the Manors [of] Streetmarshal (Ystrad Marchell), Tlrymynech, and Deyther [co. Montgomery], by John Jones, Surveyor', 1823-1825, with an attested statement, 25 Nov[ember] 1825, by David Pugh, esq., of Llanerchydol, one of the Justices of the Peace for co. Montgomery, that he had examined the said John Jones in respect of the sums expended, and allowed the account. At the reverse end of the volume is a 'Schedule of Debts of the late Mr. John Jones of Pool Quay in the Parish of Guildsfield [co. Montgomery]. Died Feb[ruar]y 26 1850'.

Printed material, manuscript and typescript notes, and correspondence, relating mainly to navigation and trade on the river Severn, including two sets of pages (fourteen and eleven respectively) extracted from Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire . . . (i.e., Vol. XLIII, pp. 33-46 and Vol. XLIV, pp. 46-56), the first fourteen pages containing the first part of an article by A. Stanley Davies on 'The River Trade of Montgomeryshire and Its Borders', and the remaining eleven pages a continuation of the same article, under the slightly different title 'The River Trade and Craft of Montgomeryshire and its Borders'; cuttings [from the Shrewsbury Chronicle, 23, 30 March 1934], giving the text of a paper on 'The Navigation of the Upper Severn', read by A. Stanley Davies at a meeting of the Caradoc [and Severn Valley] Field Club, 8 March [1934], [from the same newspaper, 20, 27 April 1934], giving the text of a paper on 'The Port of Bridgnorth', read by Dr. W. Watkins- Pitchford [at a meeting of the same club], 13 April [1934], and from the Timber Trades Journal & Saw Mill Advertiser, January 7, 1933, the [Daily Sketch, 20 April 1932], and the [Birmingham Evening Despatch, 4 February 1933], all relating to the river Severn; typescript lists, ?compiled in 1934, of 'Severn Trows still rigged and trading', 'Severn Trows still afloat as barges, houseboats, etc.', and 'Severn Trows still afloat'; eleven holograph or autograph letters and one holograph postcard to A[rthur] Stanley Davies at Welshpool, from Frank G[eorge] G[riffith] Carr, House of Lords Library, 1936 (a reply to a query regarding photographs of trows), Grahame E[dgar] Farr, Redland, Bristol, 1934-1936 (5 + 1 postcard) (information relating to Severn and other trows, barges, etc.), E[dwyn] Jervoise, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, 1934 (3) (bridges in which the writer was interested in connection with the preparation of his book [The Ancient Bridges of Wales and Western England (London, 1936)]), Griff. Phillips, Kinnerley, Oswestry, [19]36 (thanks for a book received), and Fred C. Poyser, Nautical Photo Agency, London, 1934 (forwarding photographs of Severn trows); and miscellaneous notes consisting mainly of extracts from, and references to, printed and manuscript sources relating to the Severn. The papers on 'The Navigation of the Upper Severn', and 'The Port of Bridgnorth', read by A. Stanley Davies and Dr. W. Watkins-Pitchford, were also published in the Transactions of the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, Vol. IX, pp. 198-211, and pp. 216-33.

Correspondence (nineteen letters) and notes, November-December 1840, relating to proposals for establishing fox hunting in co. Montgomery. The correspondence includes letters from J. Robinson Jones, Welshpool, to R[ichar]d Griffiths Parry, W[elsh] Pool (soliciting recipient's company at a meeting to be held at Welshpool, 9 November, to consider proposals relating to fox hunting in the county) (autograph), and [Edward Herbert, 7th earl of] Powis (enclosing a copy of the resolutions passed at the aforementioned meeting held 9 November, viz., that a subscription be 'set on foot in aid of the intended establishment of The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds', that a committee be formed in connection therewith, that the committee should solicit the support of the earl of Powis and other landed proprietors in the county, that John Buckley Williams be appointed master of the fox hounds, that Tho[ma]s Bowen and Alfred Meredith be treasurer and secretary respectively, etc.) (holograph draft); a letter from John Vaughan, Crosswood, to J. Robinson Jones, Welsh Pool (an offer by the writer to lend his hounds to the gentlemen of the county for the remainder of the season) (holograph); a copy of a circular letter addressed by the aforesaid Alfred Meredith (as secretary), from Welch-Pool [to landed proprietors in the county] (informing recipients of the meeting held 9 November, soliciting subscriptions, requesting permission to draw recipients' coverts); and fifteen holograph letters, eight of which are addressed to Alfred Meredith, and the remainder of which were also, by inference, intended for him, from Fra[nci]s Allen, Pool, P. Devereux, Llanfair, Tho[ma]s Edgworth, Wrexham (on behalf of the Rev[eren]d N. Roberts, Cefn Park, near Wrexham), John Edmunds, Edderton, the Rev[erend] G[eorge] A[rthur] Evors, Newtown, J[ohn] R[alph] Ormsby Gore [aft. 1st baron Harlech], Porkington, the Rev[eren]d J[ohn] A[rthur] Herbert, Glan Hafren, Rob[ert] Lightbody, Pant, R[obert] M[aurice] Bonnor Maurice, Preston, Cirencester, W[illia]m Morris, Pentre pant, R[ichard] H[erbert] Mytton, The Derwin, J. M. Severne, Wallop Hall (2), Sir R[obert] W [illiames] Vaughan [2nd bart. of] Nannau, and J. B. Williames, Pennant (replies to the circular sent out by recipient). The notes, dated ?26 December 1840, are in the hand of the earl of Powis, and give the substance of a conversation between the writer and representatives of the hunt committee, concerning the drawing of coverts on the Powis estate.

Miscellaneous printed and manuscript material, 1888-1895, relating to Montgomeryshire County Council. Most of the items relate to the election held in January 1889 [to elect the first County Council to be elected for the county, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888], and include printed notices, November 1888, addressed to the electors of the electoral divisions of the borough of Welshpool, by [Edward James Herbert, 8th earl of] Powis, Powis Castle, A[braham] Howell, Rhiewport [Berriew], D[evereux] H[erbert] Mytton, Garth [Guilsfield], and David Richards, Royal Oak, Welshpool, individually, announcing their intention of offering themselves as candidates; five holograph or autograph letters, November 1888 - January 1889, from A[braham] Howell to the chairman [of...] (apologising for his inability to attend a meeting at which candidates were to explain the working of the [Local Government] Act, suggestions as to how this could be done) (carbon copy), Charles E[dward] Howell to Messrs. Woodall & Venables, Oswestry Advertizer, Oswestry (requesting recipients to discontinue inserting his father [Abraham Howell]' s election address in their paper) (carbon copy), T. Hughes, Buttington, to [Abraham] Howell (enclosing a sketch map of the Buttington district, with locations of houses and a list of occupiers, promising support at the election) (dated January 1888, recte 1889), John Lloyd, chairman of Buttington Cons[ervative] Working Men's Club, to A[braham] Howell, Rhiewport [Berriew] (enclosing a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the club, whereby members pledged support for Lord Powis, Capt. Mytton, A. Howell, and D. Richards, at the election), and [Messrs.] Woodall, Minshall, & Co., Office of the Oswestry Advertizer, Oswestry, to A[braham] Howell, Rhiewport, Welshpool (requesting the favour of instructions to insert recipient's [election] address in their paper); a copy (printed) of the return submitted, 21 January 1889, by William Corbett-Winder, the returning officer, of the councillors elected for each division of the county at the election, which had been held on 17 January, with manuscript addenda at the end, listing the names of fourteen persons who had been elected as aldermen, 31 January 1889; and a receipt, 11 February 1889, from J. H. Bickerton Jones, to Abraham Howell, for £10/15/8, 'being expenses of County Council Election, 17 Jany. 1889'. Also included are a list of councillors serving on Montgomeryshire County Council, March 1892, giving the electoral divisions they represented, and, in some instances, the majorities they had won at their election, and a list of councillors and aldermen serving on the said council, March 1895, the former being listed in two groups, headed Conservative and Liberal respectively.

Seventy-seven miscellaneous holograph, autograph, and other letters, 1847-1938 and undated, including:
(a) Twelve letters to A[rthur] Stanley Davies at Welshpool, from E[ric] L[loyd] Horsfall Turner, town clerk, Aberystwyth, 1936 (2) (books borrowed by the writer's father [Ernest Richmond Horsfall Turner], the manuscript of his father's work [? on the Chartists in Montgomeryshire, now NLW MS 12888E]), H. R. Waiting, Richmond, 1935 (3) (enquiries about the making of 'old style, horn lanterns' in Welshpool, the writer's interest in local types of wains or waggons, and his making of scale models of these, suggestions for photographing and measuring local waggons,? at Welshpool), Frank Ward, Bettus y Coed, [19]35 (2) (the writer's interest in Welsh legends connected with Llyn Tarw, Llyn Dau Ychen, and Llyn Du), W[illia]m Watkins, Eastbourne, [19]19 (personal, the purchase of slides), D. R. Comley White, Hereford, 1935 (photographs of the writer's great-great-grandparents, enquiries re books), A. Bailey Williams, Llanymynech, undated (2) (plays called 'Judith' and 'Richard Roberts',? by the writer, the writer's intention of writing a play called 'Wtra Wen', a lecture or talk on Llanymynech by the writer), and Jack B[utler] Yeats, Dublin, 1938 (permission for recipient to use an illustration from the writer's book Life in the West of Ireland [(Dublin and London, 1912)], in his proposed booklet on Welsh ballads [The Ballads of Montgomeryshire (Welshpool, 1938 )]).
(b) Thirty-one letters to Morris Charles Jones [1818-1893, antiquary, founder of the Powysland Club], at Welshpool and Liverpool, from John Black, Garthbeibio, Cann Office, 1883 (the location of a vault found near Gwynyndu farm [parish of Llangadfan. See letters from the Reverend Griffith Edwards below]), [Colonel] Jos[eph] L[emuel] Chester, London, 1865 (2) (recommending Mr. Clarence Hopper, 'the paleologist of the Camden Society', as a transcriber of documents, an offer to, and the dispatch to, recipient of a set of the United States Diplomatic Correspondence for 1863 and 1864, in four 8vo volumes, acknowledging receipt of a copy of 'the Evans pamphlet' [probably the work listed in the British Museum Catalogue under A., J. R. and J., M. C. Evans [Genealogical notices of the family of Evans of Montgomeryshire. By J. R. A. and M. C. J., i.e., John Reed Appleton and Morris Charles Jones], Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1865]], the writer's genealogical researches into the history of the early New England settlers, an offer to procure for recipient a set of the N[ew] E[ngland] Hist[orical] and Gen[ealogical] Register), William Courthope, Somerset [Herald], College of Arms [London], 1865 (acknowledging receipt of the 'Evans Pamphlet'), H. Syer Cuming [London], 1883 (the writer's opinion concerning a ?pre-Roman, stone vessel in the [?Powysland] Museum), [the Rev.] G[riffith] Edwards, Llangadfan Rectory, 1883 (2) (an 'old interment' [sic] discovered in the parish of Llangadfan, notes relating thereto sent by the writer to the Shrewsbury Chronicle [see letter from John Black above, and Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire..., vol. XVI, 1883, pp. 379-80]), E. Bickerton Evans, Worcester, 1864 (comments on a draft copy of [the pamphlet on] the Evans family), Edw[ard] Evans, Beamaris [sic], 1865 (personal, thanks for a copy of 'the Evans pedigree', and comments thereon), Edward Evans, Worcester, [18]65 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of 'the Evans Genealogy', the presenting of 'a rare copy of an old Bible' to [H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick], Duke of Sussex [ob. 1843], by John Bickerton Williams, the belief that Mr. Williams had been knighted as a result, and that this was 'the first instance since the accession of the House of Hanover, that such an honour had been conferred on a Dissenter'), J[oh]n Evans, Llanberis and Leamington, [18]61-1865 (2) (personal, the [Evans] pedigree), John H. Evans, London, 1865 (thanks for the 'pamphlet Evans', comments on the name Evan), [ ] Goldsbro, London, 1865 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of the 'Genealogical Memoirs of the family Evans'), Edw[ard] Griffiths, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1865 (personal, acknowledging receipt of two pamphlets, viz. 'Reminiscences of Old Oak Panelling now at Gungrog' [i.e., Morris Charles Jones: Reminiscences connected with Old Oak Panelling now at Gungrog (Welshpool, 1864)], and 'Evans'), H. A. Hudson, Abergele, [18]65 (personal, acknowledging receipt of 'the pedigree of the Evanses'), Roger Kinsey, Berthddu Farm, Llandinam, 1883 (notifying recipient that he was forwarding 'the lumps of lead' for the Powysland Museum, the locations where the lead, a stone vessel, and a quern had been found, payment for the lead), S[amuel] S[avage] Lewis [librarian], Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1879 (publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society), William V. Lloyd, Kimbolton Vicarage, St. Neots, 1879 (2) (problems relating to [the Rev. Robert Kater] Vinter [vicar of Kimbolton, 1879-1880], and ?the tenancy of a farm belonging to the living), [ ] Marsden, Bedford Row [London], 1865 (thanking recipient for a pamphlet, and referring him to the Rev. I. C. Evans, Slough, for information), Tho[ma]s Newill, Powis Castle Office, Welch Pool, 1865-1876 (2) (information about minerals, readiness to provide information for the Evans's Pedigree, documents relating to Montgomery castle in the office), John Gough Nichols, Malvern Wells and Brighton, 1865 (2) (acknowledging receipt of the 'Genealogy of Evans', the receipt from Mr. [William] Pagan of a copy of his 'volume on Paterson' [The Birthplace and Parentage of W. Paterson ... (Edinburgh, 1865)]), Rycroft Reece, secretary, Genealogical and Historical Society of Great Britain, London, 1865 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Evans pamphlet), Thomas Richards, London, 1879 (a promise to try to make up deficiencies in a set of Arch[aeologia] Camb[rensis], a reference to the printing of Mont. Coll. [Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire...]), [the Rev.] L[awrence] W[illiam] Riley, The Parsonage, S. Cross, Knutsford, 1865 (thanking recipient for the 'Evans Pedigree', mention of the pamphlet on oak panelling, two Bibles, dated 1769 and 1773, in the writer's possession, one containing entries re members of the Evans family, genealogical information, the writer's 'large household ... upwards of twenty pupils'), and W[illia]m Wilding [?town clerk], Montgomery, 1876 (3) (a plan [of the town and castle of Montgomery] in the corner of [John] Speed's map of Montgomeryshire, 1610, documents relating to Montgomery castle, a proposed article [on the said castle] by the Rev[eren]d George Sandford [see Collections Historical ... relating to Montgomeryshire..., Vol. X, 1877, pp. 61-124]).
(c) Twenty miscellaneous letters from Professor [aft. Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, to Mrs. Davies, 1910 (permission for recipient to use the writer's name as a reference for her son); [Francis] T[revelyan] Buckland, London, to C. Thomas, Newtown, [18]74 (articles by the writer, his wish to submit the 'mummies' eyes' to Mr. W[illiam White] Cooper, the occulist, for an opinion); H. Syer Cuming [London], to W. G. Smith, 1883 (personal, a stone vessel found in a marsh in Montgomeryshire); [the Rev.] E[dward] B[lackstone] Cokayne Frith, The Vicarage, Market Lavington, to [Charles Edward] Howell, [18]94 (personal, congratulations to recipient on being elected mayor [of Welshpool], a parish council election in the writer's parish, stormy weather and floods); W[illiam] A[rthur] Griffiths, HM Dockyard, Malta, to Mr. Owen, 1915 (genealogical points relating to members of the Griffiths family in co. Montgomery, prehistoric, Phoenician, and Roman remains in Malta, the publication of the writer's book [Tales from Welsh History and Romance (London, 1915)]); R[obert] F[raser] Isaacson, Public Record Office [London], to 'My dear Lloyd', undated (his inability to find any records relating to [?Dolforwyn] castle); Morris Cha[rle]s Jones, Liverpool, to the Rev. Geo[rge] Sandford, 1876 (3 ) (?notes for recipient's proposed article on Montgomery castle [see letter from William Wilding in section (b) above]); Geo[rge] Matthews [Newtown], to Tho[ma]s Bowen, Welshpool, 1847 (a bond for securing £100 on the road leading from Newtown to Machynlleth); [David Pryce Owen], mayor of Welch Pool, to Councillor Rogers, 1873 (an invitation to the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new town hall, 15 September 1873) (in third person; endorsed with pencilled draft of recipient's reply); W[illia]m Pugh Phillips, Newtown, to Mr. [?E. R.] Horsfall Turner, 1935 (the writer's concern because of proposed changes in the administration of justice in co. Montgomery); George Rae, Birkenhead, to Charles [Edward] Howell, 1894 (congratulations to recipient on becoming mayor of Welshpool); Samuel Roberts [S.R.], London, to Mrs. Gardiner, 1872 (written to accompany a printed circular appealing for funds for a proposed new Welsh Congregational chapel in Southwark [London], towards which Samuel Morley, MP, had promised £500); [ ] Rogers [Welshpool], to C[harles] Howell, [18]85 (inviting recipient to become mayor [of Welshpool] for the following year); H. Lester Smith, Llanbrynmair, to Mr. Simpson Jones, 1895 (a gift to the Powysland museum of a stone arrow-head found in 1886); [Archdeacon] D[avid] R[ichard] Thomas, Llandrinio, to [Richard] Williams, 1901 (arrangements with regard to meetings [of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, to be held at Newtown, 29 July-2 August], a promise by the writer of a paper on the camps and earthworks of the [Newtown] district [see Archaeologia Cambrensis, sixth series, vol. II, 1902, pp. 33-42], and by recipient of a paper on Dolforwyn castle [Arch. Camb., sixth series, vol. 1, 1901, pp. 299-317], excavations at Caersws); Isabel M. Welch, Abermule, to Mr. Jones, undated (her brother's failure to find time to search certain documents for recipient); D. R. Comley White, Hereford, to E[rnest] R[ichmond] Horsfall Turner, 1935 (searches in Llanidloes parish registers, genealogical matters); and J[ohn] B[ancroft] Willans, Kerry, local representative of the Office of Works, to Mr. [?E. R.] Hosfall [sic] Turner, [19]35 (arranging a meeting with recipient to discuss proposed alterations to Long Bridge, Llanidloes) (enclosed are copies of a letter from Sam. Evans, divisional road engineer for Wales and Mon[mouthshire], Cardiff, to W. Owen Jones, county surveyor [for co. Montgomery], 1935, and of a letter from the said W. O. Jones to J. B. Willans, 1935, concerning the proposed alterations).
(d) Fourteen letters, in which the addressee is not named, from J. Anderson, The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883 (a query relating to a two-handled, stone cup), Frances Arbuthnot, Winchester, 1901 (permission for the Cambrian Archaeological Association to visit Newtown Hall), Rob[er]t W[illiam] Eyton, Ripple Court [Kent], undated (the printing of charters of Llanlugan [sic] [nunnery], comments on transcripts of the charters submitted to the writer, Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn]'s objections to publishing charters, similar difficulties encountered by the writer in Shropshire) (this letter is possibly intended for Morris Charles Jones, the recipient in section (b) above, for whose article 'Some Account of Llanllugan Nunnery', incorporating transcripts of charters, see Collections ... relating to Montgomeryshire ..., vol. II, 1869, pp. 301-10), Albert Hartshorne, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1883 (a query concerning an [ancient] stone ?quern, a ?Roman bronze mortar purchased by the writer), John G. Jones [London], 1884 (Humphrey Jones of Garthmill [co. Montgomery], founder of Berriew school, and some of his immediate descendants), T. G. Jones, Llansantffraid, undated (mention of 'Caer droiau', and the possible engraving of the Figures so called [see Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Rhan VI, Caerdydd, 1953], a reference to monks at Pool ? in a history of Wales by [Robert John Pryse] 'Gweirydd ab Rhys' [?Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry (Llundain, 2 gyf. ?1873-1876)], a cywydd by Gutto'r Glyn referring to the marble in Ystrad Marchell [abbey] [see Ifor Williams a John Llywelyn Williams, Gwaith Guto'r Glyn (ail arg., Caerdydd, 1961), pp. 14-16], an account of monks and their labours in an ecclesiastical history by [John Williams] 'Ab Ithel' [?The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry or The Ancient British Church ... (London, 1844)]), John Lloyd, Abermule, [18]85 (the marriage and children of the writer's grandfather), Marquise Catherine Niccolini [née Pryce], Firenze, 1891 (a request for copies of a part of Vol. XI of Collections Historical ... relating to Montgomeryshire ..., [in which a genealogical article on the Price family of Pertheirin, parish of Llanwnog, co. Montgomery, from whom the writer was descended, had appeared], also a request that the marriages of the writer and of her sisters, Sarah and Emelie, to members of the Italian aristocracy, be recorded in the volume), and W. G. Smith, London, 1883 (6) (a 'stone mortar' and another stone vessel submitted by recipient for examination, palaeolithic implements ? in the writer's collection, drawings by the writer of a large cromlech near Glan Conway).

An account book containing a draft statement of [Abraham Howell's] account with [his employer] Joseph Jones [solicitor, Machynlleth], October-December 1831.

Account books containing draft statements of Abraham Howell's accounts with [his employers] Messrs. [Hugh] Owen and [Joseph] Jones [solicitors, Machynlleth], 1829-1832. The partnership between Messrs. Owen and Jones was dissolved in September 1831, but payments and receipts by Abraham Howell on behalf of the firm until June 1832 are recorded.

Forty-five holograph and autograph letters, 1931-1938 and undated, addressed to A[rthur] Stanley Davies at Welshpool, at Llanidloes, and [in Nigeria]. The writers include Richard S. Biddle, Columbus, Ohio [U.S.A.], 1937 (2) (a genealogical query concerning the writer's ancestors who were from the parish of Carno, co. Montgomery), M. E. Bull, the Cathedral Library, Hereford, 1934 (books from Cwm [Jesuit 'college'] in Hereford Cathedral Library), Frank G[eorge] G[riffith] Carr, House of Lords Library, 1936 (a reply to a query by recipient concerning enclosure acts, noting four such acts relating to cos. Merioneth and Montgomery, 1761-1816, and giving an estimate of the cost of providing copies), [Messrs.] Churchill, Clapham, and Co., London, 1938 (?the binding of Collections . . . relating to Montgomeryshire), L. E. Dales, Plas Hafod, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[ gomery], [19]36 (the location of the 'Howells family Bible'), Ellis W[ illiam] Davies [Member of Parliament for South Caernarvonshire, 1906-1918, and for Denbigh, 1923-1929], Caernarvon, 1937 (?problems relating to publishing, mention of the Cymmrodorion, the National Eisteddfod Society, and the Gregynog Press), J. Breese Davies, Dinas Mawddwy, 1933 (the Talglannau palstaves [see John Ward: 'The Bronze Age in Montgomeryshire', Collections... relating to Montgomeryshire..., Vol. XLIII, pp. 110- 65]), [The Reverend] Lewis Davies (acting rector of Llandysilio), Llandysilio, Oswestry, 1937 (a promise to check the parish registers), Llywarch P[eredur] C[aenog] Dodd, the County School, Portmadoc, 1938 (back numbers of Min y Traeth [the school magazine]), T[homas] P[eter] Ellis [Dolgellau], [1935] (a reply to recipient's query concerning a [Catholic] priest named [Philip] Parry [referred to in Calendar of State Papers Domestic, July 1 to September 30, 1683, pp. 12-13]), [The Reverend] Llewelyn Grey, The Vicarage, Llandinam, [19]37 (a promise to examine the churchwardens' accounts for items of interest), W[illiam] A[rthur] Griffiths, Malta Dockyard [Malta], 1937 (the writer's transcripts of the earlier Guilsfield and first extant Llandrinio [parish] registers, suggestions that the Montgomeryshire marriage licences at St. Asaph and the Montgomeryshire Quarter Session Books should be indexed, queries re Window Tax lists), C. F. C. Hawkes (Honorary Secretary), Royal Archaeological Institute, St. James's [London], 1934 (an offer of twenty- four volumes of back numbers of the Archaeological Journal at special rates if the Powysland Museum were enrolled as a subscribing member of the Institute), Hillside Mining Company, London, 1938 (a refusal to grant permission to visit the gold mine at Bontddu [co. Merioneth]), James Hornell, St. Leonards on Sea, 1935-1937 (3) (the writer's researches in Wales and Ireland on coracles and curraghs, and papers read or published thereon, a request for information about canoe making in Nigeria [where recipient was at the time], other subjects of research), [The Reverend] Alfred Ivett, Aberhafesp Rectory, Newtown, 1937 (the bells of the parish church), J[ohn] Charles Jones, The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, London, 1936 (forwarding a parcel of books from a friend of the Powysland Museum), Katie Griffith Jones, Llansantffraid, [19]38 (acknowledging condolences, her husband's papers and Welsh books), [Robert William Jones] 'Erfyl Fychan', Llanerfyl, Welshpool, [19]36 (a reply to a query concerning harp makers and harpists mentioning Thomas Peters of Llangynog (fl. circa 1820), harp maker, Griffith James of Dolgelley (fl. circa 1820), harp maker, Ellis Roberts ('Eos Meirion'), harpist, a note by Carnhuanawc [Thomas Price] on 'Y Delyn Fach', the making of harps by Sackville Gwynne of Glanbran Park, near Llandovery, and their presentation to wandering harpists, the presentation of a harp to John Roberts ('Telynor Cymru') by Lady Llanover), T. Griffiths Jones, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[gomery], [19]36 (a [family] bible with entries re the Howell family), Nest Lloyd, Cynghordy, Llandovery, 1934 (3) (the writer's interest in objects, buildings, etc., with Stuart and Jacobite associations), J. B. Oldham, Shrewsbury, 1937 (forwarding four deeds relating to Montgomeryshire), Bryan H. St. J. O'Neil, H. M. Office of Works, Westminster, 1931-1938 (5) (replies to queries concerning a wig curler, clay pipes, and the handle of a jug or pitcher, local bridges, Newtown churchyard, the demolition of Wrexham old town hall), Maureen O'Reilly, University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, 1934-1937 (3) (a proposed exchange of a stone axe found near Montford Bridge, Shropshire, for a Cambridgeshire stone axe, a cast of the former), N. Bennett Owen, Llanidloes, [19]37 (a photograph of John Roberts [? 'Telynor Cymru'] in the possession of Nicholas Bennett [of Glanyrafon, co. Montgomery, 1823-1899 ], ? Roberts's harp, the disposal of Bennett's library), Arthur Ll. Phillips, The Robert Owen Museum, Newtown, 1936 (newspaper cuttings exhibited in the museum), Ivor Powell, London, 1935 (2) (a query about the writer's grandmother), [Walter FitzUryan Rhys, 7th baron] Dynevor [London], 1934 (his inability to present to the Powysland Museum a copy of his book [Trees at Dynevor Castle. A summary list with notes, Carmarthen, 1934]), D. C. Roberts, Welshpool County School, [19]37 (the writer's interest in a survey of Oswestry, 1577-1602), Mary E. Savage, Penstrowed, Caersws, 1937 (acknowledging condolences), F. R. Thomas, Llanfair, Welshpool, undated ( the location of a notebook in which Samuel Roberts, clockmaker, of Pant Tanhouse [Llanfair Caereinion], made a list of the clocks he made [1755-1774 ]) (for a photostat copy of the notebook see NLW MS 4519A), and Ivor Thomas, Adelphi [London], 1937 (2) (enquiring whether the Abraham Howell papers in recipient's possession contained material relating to David Davies [of Llandinam], whose biography the writer was compiling [Top Sawyer. A Biography of David Davies of Llandinam, London, 1938]).

Forty-nine autograph letters and post cards, 1894-1907 and undated, addressed to T[homas] Rowley Morris, Welshpool. The writers include [Professor, later Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, 1906, J. Henry Davies, Queensferry, [co.] Flint, [18]97, R. E. Davies, Aberystwyth, 1901 (2), the Rev[eren]d D. Charles Edwards, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, 1900-1903 (2), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]06-1907 (2), D. W. Elias, Wrexham, 1900, John Young Evans, Trefecca College, Talgarth, [19]03-[1906] (2), Hugh M. Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1901, T. Mortimer Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1904 (2), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Swansea and Liverpool, 1900-1901 (2), E. P. Hughes, Guilsfield, 1901, Howell H. Hughes, Theol[ogical] Coll[ege], Bala, 1900, D. Lloyd Jones, Llandinam, undated (2), E. Norman Jones, Three Cocks, Breconshire, 1904, J. Cynddylan Jones, Whitchurch, Cardiff, 1896, M. H. Jones, Treherbert, nr. Pontypridd, 1900, T. C. Jones, Penarth, [19]06, W. S. Jones, Machynlleth, 1900, F. Knoyle, U[niversity] C[ollege of] W[ales], Aberystwyth, [19]00, Celia Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1902, Fred[eri]ck Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1901, W. Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1895, W. Dickens Lewis [?the same as in the preceding letter], Shrewsbury, [19]03, Owen Matthias, Llan-y-Mynech, Oswestry, [19]04, J. Harry Owen, Welshpool, undated, E. Parry, Newtown, [18]94, W[illia]m Pritchard, Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire, 1901, F. Prothero, Hay, 1903, David Pryce, Montgomery, undated (2), Owen Prys, Trevecca College, Talgarth, [18]97-[1900] and undated (3), T. W. Reese, Ruthin, [18]97, [Principal] T[homas] F[rancis] Roberts, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1894, the Rev[eren]d J. Stephens Roose, Pontypridd, 1902, A. Wynne Thomas, Aberystwyth, [19]06, Cuthbert Thomas, Llandilo, [19]06, D. D. Williams, Oswestry, 1904, E. Williams, Trefecca College, Talgarth, 1900-1902 (2), and Howell Williams [Welshpool], 1904. All the letters are in connection with preaching engagements at the [English] Presbyterian Church, Welshpool.

Fourteen holograph letters from Samuel Roberts [S.R.] from Llanbrynmair, to his cousin (the first letter is addressed to Ab[raham] Howell, solicitor, Welshpool, and the others, by inference, are also intended for the same addressee), 1846-1848 and undated (personal and family news, financial and legal matters, financial transactions undertaken by the recipient on behalf of Mr. Charles Benbow of Aberhavesp, Newtown, references to [Y] Cronicl Bach, the writer's opinion ?on the impending appointment of a clerk of the peace [for co. Montgomery], his possible conversion to the doctrine 'that government grants on Fair Principles for the Promotion of Education are justifiable').

A transcript of the following correspondence: five letters exchanged between Geo[rge] Meares, Dollys [near Llanidloes], and Thomas Edmund Marsh, Llanidloes, 1844-1845, relating to Mr. Meares's inability to support Mr. Marsh [in an election] owing to a prior promise to Mr. Slyman, and the canvassing of Mr. Meares's tenants on behalf of Mr. Slyman in the said contest; and a letter from Thomas Edmund Marsh to Geo[rge] Meares, 1845, and five letters exchanged between Thomas Edmund Marsh and the Rev[eren]d J. A. Herbert, Glanhafren, Newtown, 1845, concerning the attempted removal of Mr. Marsh from the office of clerk to the magistrates acting for the upper division of the hundred of Llanidloes, and differences about the calling of meetings of the said magistrates. Supplementary notes relating to the incidents referred to in the letters have been inserted. The whole transcript is possibly in the hand of D[avi]d Davies, clerk to the aforesaid Mr. Marsh.

Articles of clerkship, 23 June 1836, whereby Abraham Howell of Welshpool became bound [as an articled] clerk to Joseph Jones of Welshpool, attorney of the Court of King's Bench and solicitor in the Court of Chancery, and undertook to serve the said Joseph Jones and his partner, Richard Griffithes, for a term of five years (copy, subsequently used as a rough draft when D[avi]d Howell [brother of Abraham Howell] became articled to H[ugh] D[avies] of Mach[ynlle]th in 1840); and an agreement, also 23 June 1836, whereby the said Abraham Howell agreed to serve the aforementioned Joseph Jones and Richard Griffithes for a further period of two years, after the expiration of the five year term stipulated in his articles of clerkship (copy).

Fifty-four holograph and ?autograph letters, 1836-1897 and undated, to or from members of the Howell family including: (a) Forty holograph letters to Abraham Howell, Welshpool, from Jane Bebb, W[elsh] Pool, 1836 (personal) (endorsed with comments by recipient), Henry T[obit] Evans (of Neuadd - Llanarth, Aberayron, co. Cardigan), London, 1887 (reminding recipient that they had met at S[amuel] R[oberts]'s funeral and discussed the possibility of obtaining a 'government annuity for Miss Roberts' [?Margaret Roberts, niece of Samuel Roberts], and suggesting that a memorial be sent to the authorities in connection therewith), David Howell [recipient's brother], Machynlleth, Aberdovey, and Wolverhampton, [?1839]-1885 and undated (21) (personal and family matters including the illness of [their brother] Samuel, legal matters, financial affairs especially in connection with [their brother] Evan, colliery shares, Llanfair Railway (1876), the Barry Dock and Railway Co[mpany] (1885), the death of Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn, 6th bart. of Wynnstay] in 1885), Edw[ar]d Howell, recipient's brother, Chertsey, 1852 (plans for building cottages, and financial arrangements in connection therewith), Evan Howell [recipient's brother], St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1874-1883 (9) (the writer's activities as a manufacturer of silk and satin in London, financial matters in connection with the business, complaints about the 'dying away of the silk trade' and the ruin of 'all Silk Manufacturers in Spitalfields', a biographical note on [?the writer's deceased brother] William extracted from 'a little book called Dryorfa [sic] for June 1828', mention of the Welsh school [in London]), [Mary Howell], recipient's wife, undated (2) (personal and family matters), Mary [Jones, later Howell, recipient's wife], undated (3) (personal), R. Owen, Gelly, [18]39 (business matters), and Samuel Roberts ['S.R.'], Llanbrynmair, 1838 (a request to recipient to send on [copies of] the Patriot to the writer and his brother John). (b) Seven holograph and autograph letters (1 draft + 6 carbon copies) from Abraham Howell from Welchpool, to Mr. Benbow, Aberhavesp, Newtown, 1848 (financial matters), Henry T[obit] Evans, J.P., Neuadd-Llanarth, Aberayron, 1887 (the writer's political opinions, conjectures as to the opinions of S[amuel] R[oberts] and J[ohn] R[oberts] had they been alive, Cardiganshire's rejection of Mr. [David] Davies [of Llandinam] [at the parliamentary election for the county seat in 1886] because he would not follow Gladstone 'however often his views changed', the writer's response to the recipient's previous letter concerning a memorial [see section (a) above]), Edward Howell [the writer's brother], officer of excise, Chertsey, Surrey, 1852 (advice in respect of investing in house property), [Elinor and William Howell], the writer's parents [Llanbryn-mair], 1836 (financial matters) (one sheet barely legible), Lewis Jones, the writer's uncle, Castle Forgate, Salop, 1836 (the acceptance by Messrs. Griffithes and Jones [solicitors of Welshpool] of the writer as an articled clerk, his need of £130 to meet the expenses in connection therewith, the writer's financial account with recipient, and a request for a loan), Tho[ma]s Penson, 1837 (acknowledging the news of the appointment of the writer's brother [Edward Howell] to a post in the Oswestry excise district, thanking the recipient for the part he had played in securing the said appointment, and requesting him to convey the writer's thanks to Sir John Conroy for his help), and Sam[ue]l Roberts ['S.R.'], 1847 (financial and legal). (c) Seven miscellaneous holograph letters: David Howell, Llanbrynmair, to Mr. [ ] Howell [?son of Abraham Howell], 1897 (an ?imagined insult to recipient's father and uncle, David Howell, in a paper read at Machynlleth on the history of the Sunday school there, a proposal to publish in book form the story of the Sunday schools in the Llanbrynmair and Glan Dyfi districts, a paper prepared by the writer on the Sunday school at Bont [dolgadfan], the absence of religious bigotry at Llanbrynmair, mention of a picture of 'old Bont Chapel' [Bethel C.M. Chapel, Bontdolgadfan], and of 'a brief outline of the history of the cause here since 1739' by the writer in the Goleuad [9 December 1896], the writer's hopes that recipient would succeed in getting 'the University [of Wales] offices located at W[elsh] pool') (enclosed with the letter is a transcript of three eight-line stanzas from an elegy to William Howell of Bont[dolgadfan], [?recipient's uncle] by his cousin Richard Williams); David Howell, Machynlleth, to [his sister-in-law] Mrs. [Abraham] Howell, Welshpool, 1844-1845 (2) (personal and family news); Edward Howell, Lawley Bank [near Wellington, co. Salop], to his father Will[ia]m Powell, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair. To the care of [his brother] David Howell, Machynlleth, 1838 (personal and family news, the writer's movements as an officer in the excise, comments on his various lodgings, etc.) (two letters, one to the writer's parents, the other to his brother, on one sheet; this was then forwarded by the recipient, David Powell, to [his brother] Abraham Howell at W[elsh] Pool, with added comments on personal, family, and business matters); E[van] Howell [London], to [his brother] Edw[ar]d Howell, Shrewsbury, 1838 (personal); John Howell, Portsmouth [America], to his brother Abraham Howell, Welch pool, 1840 (the writer's activities in America, details of the economic possibilities of a wool and cloth factory, the possibility of borrowing money from recipient, the death of an uncle Edw[ar]d Bebb, news of [their brother] Lewis, comments on the economic situation and on prices and wages, the presidential election to be held in November, some of the differences between the political parties, the economic policy of the party in power, the opposition party's success in state elections, and the possibility of a change of administration) (the letter, though directed to the writer's brother Abraham Howell, was written to his parents [William and Elinor Howell of Llanbrynmair]; a postscript intended for Abraham Howell states that the writer's original intention was to write two separate letters); and W[illia]m Loudan, London, to David Howells, Machynelleth [sic], 1839 (legal documents) (endorsed with a copy of recipient's reply).

Nineteen holograph letters and copies of letters addressed to David Howell at Machynlleth, etc., 1837-1887 and undated. The writers include Sam[ue]l Bakewell, Oulton [near] Stone [Staffordshire], 1845 (acknowledging receipt of money due in respect of the recipient's brother [Samuel Howell], who had been placed in the writer's care [owing to his mental illness]), John Breese, Llanbrynmair, 1887 (requesting a donation towards a prize of ten pounds and a chair worth five guineas, which were to be awarded for the best 'pryddest' submitted in memory of 'y diweddar enwog dri Brawd o Gonwy' [Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'; d. 1885), and his brothers, John (d. 1884) and Richard (d. 1883), all of whom had settled at Conway] at an eisteddfod to be held at Llanbrynmair), [the Misses] A. and M. Griffiths, Minsterley [co. Salop], 1837 (their readiness to receive [recipient's sister] into their school, a statement of their terms) (in third person), A[braham] Howell [recipient's brother], Welchpool, 1844-1845 (10) (financial and legal matters) (carbon copies, some barely legible), E[linor] H[owell], recipient's mother, 18[ ]5 and undated (3) (the condition of [recipient's brother] Samuel, the school expenses of [recipient's sister] Hannah) (one of the letters is endorsed with a note from [recipient's brother] Abraham] Howell), Geo[rge] Howell [recipient's brother], Liverpool, 1841 (2) (personal and financial), and Morris Cha[rle]s Jones, Liverpool, 1841 (arrangements for employing [recipient's brother] George ? in the writer's office in Liverpool).

Forty-one holograph and autograph letters, copies of letters, and telegrams, exchanged between the brothers Abram [sic], David, and Evan Howell, including letters from A[bram] Howell to David Howell, 1885 (5) (financial matters involving the writer, the recipient, and their brother Evan) (carbon copies), and Evan Howell, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1888 (5) (financial matters) (carbon copies); from D[avid] Howell, Aberdovey and Llandrindod, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 (7) (financial matters, their brother Evan's business affairs, mention of colliery shares and of Barry docks), and Evan Howell, 1885 (2) (recipient's business affairs) (carbon copies); and from Evan Howell, London, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 and undated (20 + 2 telegrams) (financial matters in connection with the writer's silk manufacturing business in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, comments on the state of the trade, mention of the 'good trade dying out by mere freak of fashion', and of 'the Spitalfields weavers 30,000 of them dying out or gone to the work-house').

Holograph letters from Abr[aha]m Howell, Welshpool, to Messrs. Edye and Jefferson, solicitors, Montgomery, 1836 (the writer's defence in respect of a charge intended to be brought against him by the parish of Montgomery ), John Jones, clerk to Messrs. Edye and Jefferson, Montgomery, 1836 (the charge referred to in the preceding letter) (copy), and the Rev[eren]d David Morgan [Calvinistic Methodist minister at Welshpool], 1836 (2) (the writer's intention of relinquishing his membership of the Welsh [Calvinistic Methodist] church in Welshpool and of joining the English Independents, partly for reasons connected with the charges mentioned in the preceding letters) (copies); holograph letters addressed to Abraham Howell at W[elsh] Pool, by J. ?Y. Jefferson, Montgomery, 1836 (the writer's belief in the recipient's innocence in respect of the charge the parish [of Montgomery] had intended bringing against him), and John Jones, Montgomery, 1836 (2) (the charge mentioned in the preceding letter); and a statement [by the aforementioned Abraham Howell] outlining his personal religious history, and tracing the development of his religious views in the direction of those held by the Independents (with a footnote stating ' Read by Mr. Morgan at preparation meeting Friday night, Nov[ember] 18th 1836') (draft copy).