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- 1801-1817 / (Creation)
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Twelve holograph letters, some imperfect, from [the Reverend] John Elias [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Llanfechell [co. Anglesey], to David Ellis, London, 1801-1817 (personal and family news, the writer's travels, comments and advice in respect of the contention between Mr. [Edward] Jones and the [Calvinistic Methodist] church or society under his charge in London (1801-1803), an order for shawls, etc., ?as stock for Mrs. Elias's shop, a request to recipient to buy specified books on behalf of one of the writer's acquaintances, some of the moral, doctrinal, and other problems discussed at various [Methodist] Association meetings, e.g., the slave trade, the selling of milk and baking on Sundays, the importance of setting a good example for children, continuance in grace, religious 'enthusiasm', the meaning of discipline, the doctrine of redemption, the practice of fasting, etc., the sending of James Hughes (1809) and of Rich[ar]d Lloyd (1812) to [the society in] London, a comment on the lack of Bibles and the degree of illiteracy in Anglesey (1813)) (the twelfth letter, July 1817, is on the same sheet as a letter to David Ellis from his wife, Ann, who, at the time, was staying in Llanfechell).
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Welsh, English.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 13.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12743D.
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- Wilderness Row (Church : London, England) (Subject)
- Elias, John, 1774-1841 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Ellis, David, London -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Jones, Edward, 1738/41-after 1806. (Subject)
- Hughes, James, 1779-1844 (Subject)
- Lloyd, Richard, 1771-1834 (Subject)
- Elias, John, 1774-1841 (Subject)
- Ellis, David, London (Subject)
- Ellis, Ann, London (Subject)