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- 1825-1885. (Creation)
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Holograph letters addressed to John Roberts the elder and his son Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'), Congregational ministers, of Llanbryn-mair, etc., with some copy replies: (a) Six letters to John Roberts from [the Reverend] J. W. H. Pritchard, Old College, Homerton, 1825 (an invitation to 'S. R.' to a pastorate at Chesterfield); A[nne] Williams, Ynys y towyn [Portmadoc], 1827 (an invitation to 'S. R.' to the pastorate of the new church [Salem] at Portmadoc); John Williams [Ynys y towyn], Port Madoc, 1827 (soliciting help to clear the debt on [Salem] chapel); Sarah Yallowley, Tythe Hill Cottage [co. Salop], 1827 (2) (a diary of a preacher called [Samuel] Bradburn, an invitation to preach at Lythe Hill, a book sent to the recipient); and John Bulmer, Haverfordwest, 1833 (a review by 'S. R.' in Y Dysgedydd of the writer's Hymns and Evangelical Songs, the progress of David Griffiths, son of the Reverend [Benjamin] Griffiths, Trefgarn, at the writer's school, a volume of hymns to be published by the writer). (b) Fourteen letters to 'S.R.' from Walter Davies ['Gwallter Mechain'], Manafon, 1828 (comments on the recipient's essay on 'Yr laith Gymraeg'); Wm. Williams, Carnarvon, 1833 (a request for an essay on 'Anghyfiawnder a Drygioni Sefydliadau Eglwysig' and for the establishment of a local Society to propagate information on the subject); [the Reverend] Thomas Lewis [of Builth], from Bristol, 1835 (collections in England for liquidating debts on Welsh Congregational chapels); Edward James Herbert, 3rd earl of Powis, 1849 (the succession to the Douglas peerage); D. Jones [ London], 1872 (interment of Mr. E. Jones); Edward Hooker, for Mr. Williams of George Hitchcock, Williams, & Co., London, 1872 (declining to respond to the recipient's request); Miss [ ] Edwards [London], 1872 (a subscription towards rebuilding the Welsh chapel in Southwark Bridge Road); J. T. Beighton, London Congregational Chapel Building Society, 1872 (a clause in a [Southwark] chapel trust deed relating to the use of the Welsh language); Thos. Barnes, Chirk (confining assistance to local chapels); D. Howell, Machynlleth, etc., 1876 (2) (thanks for a packet of autograph letters, the success of the 'Cronicl bach', personal and family news, the writer will endeavour to ascertain the view of Mr. D. Davies [of Llandinam]); R. M. Davies, Lancashire and Cheshire Congregational Chapel and School Building Society, from Harrogate, 1878 (the case of the Queen's Road people); Wm. Thomas, Park Glas, Carmarthen, 1879 (collections towards Y Celt, etc.); and R. Ivor Parry, solicitor, Pwllheli, 1885 (returning letters, etc.); together with a post office order for £1/1/0 from Erasmus Jones [London] to 'S. R.', [18]72.
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English, Welsh.
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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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Preferred citation: NLW MS 11891C.
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- Salem (Church : Porthmadog, Wales) (Subject)
- Borough Welsh Congregational Chapel (Southwark, England) (Subject)
- George Hitchcock, Williams & Co. (Subject)
- London Congregational Chapel Building Society. (Subject)
- Cheshire Congregational Chapel and School Building Society. (Subject)
- Roberts, John, 1767-1834 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Bradburn, Samuel. (Subject)
- Griffiths, David, Trefgarn. (Subject)
- Davies, David, 1818-1890. (Subject)
- Pritchard, J. W. H. (Subject)
- Williams, Anne, Porthmadog. (Subject)
- Williams, John, Porthmadog. (Subject)
- Yallowley, Sarah. (Subject)
- Bulmer, John, 1784-1857. (Subject)
- Davies, Walter, 1761-1849. (Subject)
- Williams, William, Caernarfon, fl. 1833. (Subject)
- Lewis, Thomas, Rev., Builth. (Subject)
- Powis, Edward James Herbert, Earl of, 1818-1891. (Subject)
- Jones, D., London. (Subject)
- Hooker, Edward. (Subject)
- Beighton, J. T. (Subject)
- Barnes, Thomas, Chirk. (Subject)
- Howell, D., Machynlleth. (Subject)
- Davies, R. M. (Subject)
- Thomas, William, Park Glas, Carmarthen. (Subject)
- Parry, R. Ivor, solicitor. (Subject)
- Jones, Erasmus, London. (Subject)
- Roberts, Samuel, 1800-1885 -- Correspondence (Subject)