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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).

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.

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'.

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).

Manuscripts and papers, 1825-1938, of or collected by A. Stanley Davies, consisting mainly of correspondence addressed to Abraham Howell, solicitor, of Welshpool, by members of his family, including his cousin Samuel Roberts (S.R.); together with other correspondence and papers of the Howell family, and letters addressed to Arthur Stanley Davies. The majority of the material is of Montgomeryshire interest.