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Press-cuttings, 1850-1886, relating to such matters as the presentation of a testimonial to the Rev. Samuel Roberts, 'S.R.', in Liverpool in March, 1868, the death and/or funeral of various persons (Mrs. [Maria] Griffiths, Llangollen, sister of 'S.R.' and 'J.R.' and mother of John Griffith, 'Y Gohebydd', 1868, the Rev. David Williams, Troed-rhiwdalar, 1874, Charles Robert Darwin, 1882, the Rev. Samuel Roberts, 'S.R.', 1885, and Mrs. [Anne] Roberts, Conwy, 1886), the Ashantee War of 1824-1826, the Maldwyn chair Eisteddfod at Llanbrynmair, 6 Sept. 1878, and Paddy's Run (Welsh settlement), Ohio, 1881, with reviews of Horace Waller, The Last Journals of Dr. Livingstone in Central Africa from 1865 to his death (1874) and David Williams, ed., Y Gof-adail Fethodistaidd, Ail-gyfrol (1884). Bound in with the cuttings is a copy of National Religion and the Church of Wales, an address delivered by [Henry Thomas Edwards], the dean of Bangor, at the Guild Hall, Carnarvon [sic] [20 Dec. [1883]] (Bangor: North Wales Chronicle, n.d.).

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).

Thirteen letters and one enclosure, 1841-1885 and undated, to David Howell, Machynlleth and [Aberdyfi], from the following correspondents:- Wm. Bebb, Hamilton [Ohio], 1848 (expressing thanks for a gift to Mrs. Bebb and himself from their cousins, the Reverend Samuel Roberts, Evan B. Jones, Edward Bebb and D.H., the end of the war with Mexico, 'Republics have in all ages been aggressive'), Marmaduke Cockin, Dunton Bassett Vicarage, Lutterworth, 1861 (congratulations on the birth of a son, sending deeds in connection with Dr. Marsh's property), [Sir] J[ohn] Edwards, Bath, 1841 ( he would accept the chair at the dinner (to be) given in celebration of Sir Watkin's attaining his majority), Griff. Jones, Aberystwyth, 1874 (3 and enclosure) (re articles for a loan exhibition of curiosities and fine arts at the University College of Wales), A[braham] Howell, Castlecroft nr. Wolverhampton, 1884 (observations headed 'Cof Adail, &c.' [i.e. Y Gofadail Fethodistaidd] and 'Barry Docks, &c.'), E[linor] H[owell], n.d. (2, the second containing a note also from G[eorge?] H[owell]) (acknowledging his kindness, Elin's health, the death of William Peat [sic], the (?) tailor, preparations for Abraham [Howell] and his wife), [John Roberts], 'J.R.', Conway, [18]84 (acknowledging a letter, where to send the manuscript if it was not returned that week), E. G. Salisbury, Chester, 1885 and undated (2 ) (the death of 'S.R.', queries concerning the true names of certain rivers and valleys and the connection between Catherine Jones of Ynysgerygog, co. Cardigan, and the writer's late father-in-law, [the Reverend] Arthur Jones of Bangor), and Herbert W. Williams Wynn, Llangedwyn, n.d. (asking him to convey to the Machynlleth committee the best thanks of Mrs. Williams Wynn and himself for the address).

Twenty-four letters, etc., 1805-1885 and undated, to and from various persons. The details in alphabetical order are as follows: Evan R. Bebb, New York, 1835, to the Reverend Gardiner Spring, D. D., (in) England ( introducing the writer's kinsman, the Reverend Samuel Roberts), (?) John [ i.e. Sir John] Conroy, Arbor field Hall, 1851, to an unnamed correspondent (thanking him for the perusal of certain papers, education, dissenters and the church school), Francis Darwin, Down, Beckenham, [1882], to Mrs. Howell (an accident to the addressee's letter), Col. and Mrs. Edwards, Greenfields, undated (2) (invitations, one to Miss Davis and Miss Matthews, the other to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lewis), Sir James Graham, Whitehall, 1844, to Mr. Arber (fearing inability to accept the offer to see the establishment in Upper Ogle Street, an order for Mr. Arber and friends to see the Pentonville prison (enclosure wanting)), Geo[rge] Hadfield, Manch[ ester], 1835, to an unnamed correspondent [? in Birmingham] (the board, the secretary of which was Thomas Bury, Esq., would give due consideration to the chapel case recommended by the addressee and the other gentlemen, the example set by lovers of religious liberty at (?) Birmingham, Lady Hewley's Charity suit), Abraham] Howell, Welshpool, to D[avid] Howell, M[achyn]lleth, 1885 (telegram arranging to be with Howell), D[aniel ?] Howell, Toledo, Ohio, 1890, to his niece [ ] (sympathy on the death of her father), D[avid] Howell, Machynlleth, 1877, to Sir Watkin W. Wynn (copy) (the name 'Caefen'), Eleanor [? Howell], Dolguog, Machynlleth, n.d., to her uncle [ ] (pleasure at hearing of his coming visit), Wm. Howell, n.d., to Elin Howell (family and other matters), Wm. Wms. Jones, Machynlleth, 1852 (circular) (inviting contributions towards the erection of an infant school in the town of Machynlleth to commemorate the birth of a son and heir to the house of Plas Machynlleth, with a list of subscriptions), W[illiam] L[eader] Maberly, General Post Office [London], 1837, to the Right Hon. C. W. Wynn, M.P. (consent again on the part of the Postmaster General to the setting up of a three day foot post from Newtown through Carno to Llanbrynmair), Edward Morgan, Dyffryn, [18]68, to the Reverend John Roberts (the committee of the (Dyffryn) British School have asked him to write to the addressee's brother, the Reverend Samuel Roberts, to request him to give a lecture on America in aid of the school) (with a copy of 'S.R.'s reply, in shorthand), Evan R. Morgan, Ebensburg, 1857, to his aunt and relations in Llambrinmair [sic] (Cousin Samuel Roberts's brief visit, family news), the Countess of Powis, Powis Castle, n.d. ( formal invitation to Captain and Mrs. Lewis to a ball) (with a visiting card bearing the name 'Mr. M. E. Lewis'), George (and Jane) Roberts, [Ebensburg], 1805 and 1835 (2), the earlier letter [to Jane Roberts's parents] addressed 'Mr. Thos. Edward, Cwmderwen [Llanerfyl] . . .' (their circumstances, his work as constable and assessor, various items of news) and the other letter addressed to Edward Thomas, Canon, Parish of Lanerfil [? Jane Roberts's brother] (their wish to receive letters, the writer's health, family news, religious affairs, the death of Wm. Brees formerly of Sychnant, expenditure by Pennsylvania on canals and rail-roads), and George Roberts alone, Ebensburg, 1853, to his sister, Mrs. Elinor Howells ( thanking her for asking Daniel [? Howell] to send him a copy of her letter (giving an account of the death of Anne Williams), sympathy for Isaac Williams and his little orphan children, mention of Lewis Thomas and his wife, his own state of health) (with a note by Elinor Howell concerning the letter - her brother died the following November [1853]), M. Roberts, Conway, 1885, to Mr. Howell (re mourning-cards), (?) James Stratten, Hamilton Terrace [London], 1847, to Mrs. Arber (information concerning Mr. Newell, 'one of the most excellent of men'), W. Keinion Thomas, [Conway], 1885, to D[avid] Howells, Aberdyfi (a printed intimation of the death of [ the Reverend Samuel Roberts] 'S.R.' and the funeral arrangements), and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Wynnstay, n.d., to Mrs. Lewis, Brynn Glas, Llanvair ( formal invitation to Captain and Mrs. Lewis to a ball).